# Get a YouTube video's details

Returns one YouTube video's title, description, channel, length and view count. Use it to read a known video's details.

Tool `youtube.video.detail` on YouTube. Contract version 1, released 2026-11-01.

## Example call

Over REST, send the input in the body. Over MCP, pass the same input to `call_tool`.

cURL:

```bash
curl https://api.voxoria.ai/v1/tools/youtube.video.detail/calls \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VOXORIA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"video_id":"dQw4w9WgXcQ"}}'
```

Python:

```python
import os

import httpx

response = httpx.post(
    "https://api.voxoria.ai/v1/tools/youtube.video.detail/calls",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['VOXORIA_API_KEY']}"},
    json={"input": {"video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ"}},
    timeout=60,
)
print(response.json())
```

TypeScript:

```ts
const response = await fetch("https://api.voxoria.ai/v1/tools/youtube.video.detail/calls", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.VOXORIA_API_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({"input": {"video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ"}}),
});
console.log(await response.json());
```

MCP (`tools/call` params):

```json
{
  "name": "call_tool",
  "arguments": {
    "tool": "youtube.video.detail",
    "input": {
      "video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ"
    }
  }
}
```

Both return [the full response](/docs/call-response.md): the call's ID, status and cost, with this tool's result in `output`.

## Input

| Input | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `video_id` | string | Yes |  | YouTube's identifier of the video, the 11 characters after watch?v= in its address. Matches `^[0-9A-Za-z_-]{11}$`. |

## Output

A successful call returns these blocks in its `output`. A field not marked required can be `null`.

### video

One object. Can be `null`.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | Yes | YouTube's identifier of the video. The video is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= followed by it. |
| `url` | string | No | Address of the video on youtube.com. |
| `title` | string | No |  |
| `description` | string | No | The video's description. |
| `published_at` | string | No | When the video was published, in ISO 8601. |
| `duration_ms` | integer | No | Length of the video, in milliseconds. |
| `preview_image_url` | string | No | Address of the video's thumbnail. |
| `live` | boolean | No | Whether the video is a live stream on air now. |
| `category` | string | No | YouTube's category of the video, in English. |
| `keywords` | array of string | No | The keywords the channel set on the video. |
| `author_id` | string | No | YouTube's identifier of the channel, which begins with UC. |
| `author_name` | string | No | The channel's name. |
| `author_image_url` | string | No | Address of the channel's profile picture. |
| `author_verified` | boolean | No | Whether YouTube marks the channel as verified. |
| `view_count` | integer | No | Number of times the video was watched. |
| `like_count` | integer | No |  |

## Example output

The `output` of a real call, each list cut to 3 items.

```json
{
  "video": {
    "id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
    "url": null,
    "title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Video) (4K Remaster)",
    "description": "The official video for “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley. \n\nNever: The Autobiography 📚 OUT NOW! \nFollow this link to get your copy and listen to Rick’s ‘Never’ playlist ❤️ #RickAstleyNever\nhttps://linktr.ee/rickastleynever\n\n“Never Gonna Give You Up” was a global smash on its release in July 1987, topping the charts in 25 countries including Rick’s native UK and the US Billboard Hot 100.  It also won the Brit Award for Best single in 1988. Stock Aitken and Waterman wrote and produced the track which was the lead-off single and lead track from Rick’s debut LP “Whenever You Need Somebody”.  The album was itself a UK number one and would go on to sell over 15 million copies worldwide.\n\nThe legendary video was directed by Simon West – who later went on to make Hollywood blockbusters such as Con Air, Lara Croft – Tomb Raider and The Expendables 2.  The video passed the 1bn YouTube views milestone on 28 July 2021.\n\nSubscribe to the official Rick Astley YouTube channel: https://RickAstley.lnk.to/YTSubID\n\nFollow Rick Astley:\nFacebook: https://RickAstley.lnk.to/FBFollowID \nTwitter: https://RickAstley.lnk.to/TwitterID \nInstagram: https://RickAstley.lnk.to/InstagramID \nWebsite: https://RickAstley.lnk.to/storeID \nTikTok: https://RickAstley.lnk.to/TikTokID\n\nListen to Rick Astley:\nSpotify: https://RickAstley.lnk.to/SpotifyID \nApple Music: https://RickAstley.lnk.to/AppleMusicID \nAmazon Music: https://RickAstley.lnk.to/AmazonMusicID \nDeezer: https://RickAstley.lnk.to/DeezerID \n\nLyrics:\nWe’re no strangers to love\nYou know the rules and so do I\nA full commitment’s what I’m thinking of\nYou wouldn’t get this from any other guy\n\nI just wanna tell you how I’m feeling\nGotta make you understand\n\nNever gonna give you up\nNever gonna let you down\nNever gonna run around and desert you\nNever gonna make you cry\nNever gonna say goodbye\nNever gonna tell a lie and hurt you\n\nWe’ve known each other for so long\nYour heart’s been aching but you’re too shy to say it\nInside we both know what’s been going on\nWe know the game and we’re gonna play it\n\nAnd if you ask me how I’m feeling\nDon’t tell me you’re too blind to see\n\nNever gonna give you up\nNever gonna let you down\nNever gonna run around and desert you\nNever gonna make you cry\nNever gonna say goodbye\nNever gonna tell a lie and hurt you\n\n#RickAstley #NeverGonnaGiveYouUp #WheneverYouNeedSomebody #OfficialMusicVideo",
    "published_at": "2009-10-25T06:57:33Z",
    "duration_ms": 213000,
    "preview_image_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dQw4w9WgXcQ/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEbCKgBEF5IVfKriqkDDggBFQAAiEIYAXABwAEG&rs=AOn4CLDd2KtelLHaNSXrI9_5K-NvTscKNw",
    "live": false,
    "category": "Music",
    "keywords": [
      "rick astley",
      "Never Gonna Give You Up",
      "nggyu"
    ],
    "author_id": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
    "author_name": "Rick Astley",
    "author_image_url": null,
    "author_verified": null,
    "view_count": 1832626897,
    "like_count": null
  }
}
```