Video Downloader API quick start
Send your first authenticated social media video downloader API request and read the normalized media response.
1. API authentication
Send the token in the Authorization header. Never place production tokens in URLs, client logs, source control, or analytics.
2. Request
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.easydown.org/api/v1/parse \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer ed_live_your_token' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiBY6TeIvJ4"}'3. Response
{
"status": 200,
"data": {
"platform": "youtube",
"title": "Example public post",
"thumbnail": "https://public-cdn.example/cover.jpg",
"duration": 18,
"images": [],
"videos": [
{
"url": "https://public-cdn.example/video.mp4",
"quality": "1080p",
"mimeType": "video/mp4",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1080,
"hasAudio": true,
"source": "direct"
}
],
"audios": []
},
"msg": "success"
}A response is charged only after downloadable media is returned. Each successful parse costs 1 credit. Authentication, validation, permission, unavailable-content, no-media, and upstream failures are not charged.
Social Media Video Downloader API
Developer docs for one video downloader API across TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, X, RedNote, Bilibili, Douyin, Threads, Kuaishou, Weibo, and Toutiao.
API authentication
Authenticate EasyDown video downloader API requests with a Bearer token and keep production credentials secure.