YouTube Thumbnail Scraper API

URL, Title, Youtuber, Youtuber md5, Video url, Video length, Likes, Views, and more.

Youtube - Videos posts - Collect YouTube posts by hashtags

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Youtube - Videos posts - Discovery records by Explore page URL

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Youtube - Videos posts - Discovery videos by podcast url

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YouTube - Channels

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538+

URL, Handle, Handle md5, Banner img, Profile image, Name, Subscribers, Description, and more.

YouTube - Channels - Collects channel by keyword related to the channel or video's of the channel

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538+

Comment id, Comment text, Likes, Replies, Username, Username md5, User channel, Date, and more.

Youtube - Comments

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Receive clean, parsed YouTube thumbnail data in JSON, NDJSON, or CSV. Delivered via API, webhook, or cloud storage.

Scraper API Call

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer API_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '[{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuhE6PYnRMc","country":"","transcription_language":""},{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfkjm2YRG-Q","country":"","transcription_language":""}]' "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/trigger?dataset_id=gd_lk56epmy2i5g7lzu0k&format=json&uncompressed_webhook=true"

import requests
import json

headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer API_TOKEN",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
}
payload = [{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuhE6PYnRMc","country":"","transcription_language":""},{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfkjm2YRG-Q","country":"","transcription_language":""}]
response = requests.post(
    "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/trigger"
    "?dataset_id=gd_lk56epmy2i5g7lzu0k&format=json&uncompressed_webhook=true",
    headers=headers,
    json=payload,
)
print(response.json())

const response = await fetch(
  "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/trigger?dataset_id=gd_lk56epmy2i5g7lzu0k&format=json&uncompressed_webhook=true",
  {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
      "Authorization": "Bearer API_TOKEN",
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    body: JSON.stringify([{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuhE6PYnRMc","country":"","transcription_language":""},{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfkjm2YRG-Q","country":"","transcription_language":""}]),
  }
);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Response payload

[
  {
    "db_source": "1752428323118",
    "timestamp": "2025-07-13",
    "url": "https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d9_PdGebVtA",
    "title": "I will pick you up   osu attempt 2",
    "youtuber": "@Brandonls4",
    "youtuber_md5": null,
    "video_url": null,
    "video_length": 226
  },
  {
    "db_source": "1744020775620",
    "timestamp": "2025-04-07",
    "url": "https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GLTUbe87Mm8\u0026bpctr=9999999999\u0026has_verified=1",
    "title": "FFXIV Endwalker - And Now I\u0027m Conflicted",
    "youtuber": "@D3vious113",
    "youtuber_md5": null,
    "video_url": "https:\/\/rr3---sn-jgp5up85-na1e.googlevideo.com\/videoplayback?expire=1744041860\u0026ei=JKPzZ_X3DuSPobIP9e-DgAY\u0026ip=200.36.212....",
    "video_length": 3168
  },
  {
    "db_source": "1759184746716",
    "timestamp": "2025-09-29",
    "url": "https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wtVtiFPUuV4",
    "title": "塩焚き屋",
    "youtuber": "@peacedoor123",
    "youtuber_md5": "6e3805e99791ede16cd4d592e7aa5f98",
    "video_url": "https:\/\/rr5---sn-uxax4vopj55gb-x1xe7.googlevideo.com\/videoplayback?expire=1759205084\u0026ei=fALbaK_6CYXHobIPg-2KyQk\u0026ip=186.5...",
    "video_length": 13
  },
  {
    "db_source": "1751315180371",
    "timestamp": "2025-06-30",
    "url": "https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ku4M8OH5D_k",
    "title": "99 BRICKS REVIEW",
    "youtuber": "@famous_hans",
    "youtuber_md5": null,
    "video_url": null,
    "video_length": 118
  },
  {
    "db_source": "1760590833753",
    "timestamp": "2025-10-16",
    "url": "https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hCDj5M_C3E4",
    "title": "শ্বশুরবাড়িতে প্রথমবার বরের সাথে গণেশ আরাধনায় দর্শনা দেখুন Sourav Darshana-র বাড়ির Ganesh Puja",
    "youtuber": "@CineGossip",
    "youtuber_md5": "66f0ec966f1944e529fd3f98e0c1c535",
    "video_url": "https:\/\/rr2---sn-a5mekndd.googlevideo.com\/videoplayback?expire=1760611015\u0026ei=Z3bwaI7UCaiLsfIPkf2WkAE\u0026ip=76.91.48.209\u0026id=...",
    "video_length": 84
  }
]

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