Quick Start
Get up and running with YouTube Intelligence API in under a minute.
1. Get your API key
Sign up on RapidAPI to get your free API key. The Basic plan includes generous rate limits at no cost.
2. Make your first request
curl -G "https://youtube.toolkitapi.io/v1/youtube/transcript" \
--data-urlencode "url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"import httpx
resp = httpx.get(
"https://youtube.toolkitapi.io/v1/youtube/transcript",
params={"url": "https://youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"},
headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_KEY"},
)
print(resp.json())const resp = await fetch(
"https://youtube.toolkitapi.io/v1/youtube/transcript?url=" +
encodeURIComponent("https://youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"),
{
headers: { "X-API-Key": "YOUR_KEY" },
}
);
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);3. Explore endpoints
Browse the full tool listing to find the endpoint you need. The API covers YouTube transcripts, video metadata, channel data, web scraping, site crawling, and more.