# YouTube oEmbed API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-oembed-api/  
**Provider:** Youtube — https://apis.io/providers/youtube/  
**Base URL:** https://www.youtube.com/oembed  
**Documentation:** https://oembed.com/

YouTube oEmbed API is one of 36 APIs that [Youtube](https://apis.io/providers/youtube/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Embed, oEmbed, and Videos. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Provides an oEmbed-compliant endpoint that returns embed code and metadata for YouTube videos in JSON or XML format, enabling easy embedding of YouTube content on external websites.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://oembed.com/

## Other Youtube APIs (12)

- [Youtube Channel Sections API](https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-channel-sections-api/)
- [Youtube Channel Banners API](https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-channel-banners-api/)
- [Youtube Members API](https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-members-api/)
- [Youtube Memberships Levels API](https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-memberships-levels-api/)
- [Youtube Thumbnails API](https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-thumbnails-api/)
- [Youtube Watermarks API](https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-watermarks-api/)
- [Youtube Video Abuse Report Reasons API](https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-video-abuse-report-reasons-api/)
- [YouTube IFrame Player API](https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-iframe-player-api/)
- [YouTube Subscribe Button](https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-subscribe-button/)
- [Youtube Playlist Images API](https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-playlist-images-api/)
- [YouTube Content ID API](https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-content-id-api/)
- [Youtube Analytics Groups API](https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-analytics-groups-api/)

## Tags

Embed, oEmbed, Videos

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-oembed-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/youtube/.