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POST
/
datasets
/
v3
/
scrape
curl --request POST \ --url 'https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_lk56epmy2i5g7lzu0k&include_errors=true' \ --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{"input": [{"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"}, {"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L_m0m3bEtE"}]}'
[
  {
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L_m0m3bEtE",
    "title": "Video Title Here",
    "youtuber": "@channelname",
    "video_url": "https://...",
    "video_length": 96,
    "likes": 18,
    "views": 1648,
    "date_posted": "2025-04-18T05:26:16.000Z",
    "description": "Video description...",
    "num_comments": 0,
    "subscribers": 4810000,
    "video_id": "4L_m0m3bEtE",
    "channel_url": "https://www.youtube.com/@channelname",
    "preview_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4L_m0m3bEtE/maxresdefault.jpg",
    "shortcode": "4L_m0m3bEtE",
    "verified": true,
    "handle_name": "Channel Name",
    "is_sponsored": false,
    "quality": "hd1080",
    "transcript": "...",
    "tags": ["tag1", "tag2"],
    "is_age_restricted": false
  }
]

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Query Parameters

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dataset_id
string
default:"gd_lk56epmy2i5g7lzu0k"
required
The dataset ID used for this request.
Must be set to gd_lk56epmy2i5g7lzu0k to collect YouTube videos data.
​
notify
boolean
default:false
Whether to send notifications when the request is completed.
​
include_errors
boolean
default:true
Whether to include errors in the response.

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Request Body

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input
object[]
required
An array of input objects.

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Example

{
  "input": [
    {"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"},
    {"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L_m0m3bEtE"}
  ]
}

[
  {
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L_m0m3bEtE",
    "title": "Video Title Here",
    "youtuber": "@channelname",
    "video_url": "https://...",
    "video_length": 96,
    "likes": 18,
    "views": 1648,
    "date_posted": "2025-04-18T05:26:16.000Z",
    "description": "Video description...",
    "num_comments": 0,
    "subscribers": 4810000,
    "video_id": "4L_m0m3bEtE",
    "channel_url": "https://www.youtube.com/@channelname",
    "preview_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4L_m0m3bEtE/maxresdefault.jpg",
    "shortcode": "4L_m0m3bEtE",
    "verified": true,
    "handle_name": "Channel Name",
    "is_sponsored": false,
    "quality": "hd1080",
    "transcript": "...",
    "tags": ["tag1", "tag2"],
    "is_age_restricted": false
  }
]

Authorizations

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Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Query Parameters

​
dataset_id
string
default:gd_lk56epmy2i5g7lzu0k
required

Must be gd_lk56epmy2i5g7lzu0k for this dataset.

​
notify
boolean
default:false

Send notifications when the request is completed.

​
include_errors
boolean
default:true

Include errors in the response.

Body

application/json
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input
object[]
required

Array of input objects. See Request Body below for the supported fields.

Response

200 - application/json

OK. See response example below the parameters.