Chocodata

Chocodata Youtube API

The Youtube API from Chocodata — 2 operation(s) for youtube.

Documentation GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 2

GET /api/v1/youtube/transcript Specific-item endpoint: the timed transcript for a single YouTube video #

GET /api/v1/youtube/comments Comments for a single YouTube video #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Chocodata YouTube API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: One web scraper API for the whole web.
  contact:
    name: Chocodata
    url: https://chocodata.com
    email: hello@chocodata.com
servers:
- url: https://api.chocodata.com
security:
- apiKeyQuery: []
tags:
- name: Youtube
paths:
  /api/v1/youtube/transcript:
    get:
      operationId: getYouTubeTranscript
      summary: 'Specific-item endpoint: the timed transcript for a single YouTube video'
      parameters:
      - name: api_key
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Your API key.
      - name: query
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: YouTube video id or watch URL.
      - name: language
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Preferred transcript language code, e.g. en.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Transcript segments with start time, duration, and text.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key.
        '502':
          description: The target site blocked us or returned an unparseable page (not charged).
      tags:
      - Youtube
  /api/v1/youtube/comments:
    get:
      operationId: getYouTubeComments
      summary: Comments for a single YouTube video
      parameters:
      - name: api_key
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Your API key.
      - name: query
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: YouTube video id or watch URL.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of comments with author, text, like count, and timestamp.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key.
      tags:
      - Youtube
components:
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: Chocodata
  source: https://chocodata.com/openapi.json
  note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
    stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)