Advanced YouTube Data Extraction API with Proxy Support

Advanced YouTube Data Extraction API with Proxy Support

The Advanced YouTube Data Extraction API with Proxy Support is a tool designed to facilitate comprehensive extraction of YouTube data and media files. It allows developers to extract video metadata, subtitles, search results, and channel data as structured JSON. Additionally, it supports video and audio file downloads using yt-dlp with proxy rotation to help manage rate limits effectively.

What this skill does

• Extracts video metadata, including titles, views, likes, and descriptions.
• Retrieves closed captions or subtitles from YouTube videos.
• Provides YouTube search results for videos, channels, and playlists in structured formats.
• Collects data on YouTube channels, including video lists.
• Facilitates video and audio downloads through yt-dlp with proxy rotation for sustained access.

Who it is for

This skill is aimed at developers and teams using AI coding agents like Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex who require structured YouTube data or media downloads for application development, research, or data analysis tasks.

Use cases

• Developers creating applications that need to display or analyze YouTube video and channel data.
• Data analysts interested in extracting subtitles for sentiment or textual analysis.
• Educators compiling video content along with metadata for instructional purposes.
• Content creators who need to integrate search results and video metadata into custom dashboards or reports.

Technical details

• Utilizes the same endpoints as Oxylabs’ Web Scraper API for YouTube-specific data sources.
• Supports structured JSON format for metadata, subtitles, and search results.
• POST requests to endpoints for immediate query responses or push-pull downloads.
• Authentication managed via username and password combination for secure access.
• Proxy rotation capabilities integrated with yt-dlp for high-bandwidth media downloads.

This product targets publicly available information on YouTube only. Users should ensure compliance with YouTube's terms and conditions, and this tool does not bypass authentication or CAPTCHA systems.

Source & Licence

This package is built on open-source work published by oxylabs (oxylabs/agent-skills) and distributed under MIT. The original licence text and copyright notice are included in your download.

Personal and commercial use, modification and redistribution are permitted, provided the original copyright and licence notice are retained.

Your purchase covers curation, licence verification, packaging, documentation and instant delivery. It does not grant exclusive rights to the underlying open-source code, which remains available under its original licence.

Delivery & Support

• Delivery: instant — a secure download link is emailed to you as soon as payment is confirmed.
• Format: ZIP archive containing the skill files, documentation and the original licence.
• Support: support@mcpcart.com — we aim to reply within 2 business days.
• Updates: updates are included only where stated on this page.

Refunds

This is a digital product delivered immediately after purchase. By completing your order you request immediate delivery and acknowledge that, once the download has been accessed, the statutory right to cancel no longer applies to the extent permitted by law. Refund requests are handled in accordance with our published Refund Policy.

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