YouTube Video Info

API key Retired v1

Retired on 15 Sep 2026. This endpoint is retired as of 15 September 2026. It receives no further fixes or support and may be switched off without further notice. Remove it from existing integrations; no replacement is offered.

Duration, view counts, metadata and channel details for one video.

Looks up a single YouTube video by its page URL and returns its statistics, description and the channel that published it.

GET https://api.zactonz.com/tuber/v1/yt-fetch.php

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`key`required	string	Your API key, repeated as a query parameter. Kept for existing integrations; the `Authorization: Bearer` header is the supported way to authenticate.
`url`required	string	The YouTube video URL.

Send parameters in the query string.

Response

Video statistics and channel information.

Field	Type	Description
`status`	string	`"200"` on success (a string). See status codes below.
`results`	object
`results.videoId`	string
`results.title`	string
`results.description`	string
`results.publishedAt`	string	ISO 8601 publish time.
`results.thumbnail`	string	`hqdefault` thumbnail URL.
`results.duration`	string	`H:MM:SS` or `MM:SS`.
`results.viewCount`	string
`results.likeCount`	string
`results.dislikeCount`	null	Always `null`.
`results.commentCount`	string
`results.channel`	object
`results.channel.channelId`	string
`results.channel.channelTitle`	string
`results.channel.subscriberCount`	string
`results.channel.thumbnail`	string	Channel avatar URL.
`results.channel.viewCount`	string	Lifetime channel views.

Status codes

The outcome is reported in the JSON status field. See Errors & status codes for the general rules.

`200`	OK	The video was found. An empty `results` means its statistics are not public.
`301`	Not a video URL	No video id could be read from `url`.
`400`	Missing key	`key` was absent.
`403`	Invalid key	`key` is not recognised.
`502`	Lookup failed	YouTube's Data API rejected the request. Retry later.

Notes

Accepts watch?v=, youtu.be/ and embed URLs. dislikeCount is always null (retired by YouTube in 2021). Videos whose statistics are private return status 200 with an empty results object.