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YouTube Downloader for AI projects

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The Oxylabs (part of ) is designed to provide high-quality, structured public data, suitable for AI and machine learning applications. With bulk extraction capabilities, it streamlines dataset creation for model training and analysis.

By helping you extract , along with such as views, tags, and engagement metrics, this API enables applications like sentiment analysis, topic modeling, and recommendation engines.

Setup and performance

The Youtube Downloader is built for enterprise-grade scalability, capable of handling high volumes of public data extraction while maintaining speed, security, and reliability.

All extracted content is delivered in structured formats like JSON or CSV, ensuring seamless integration with data pipelines and AI workflows.

Users submit a list of YouTube video IDs and specify a cloud storage destination. The API processes the request, confirms job status, and delivers video, audio, and transcripts directly to storage.

See more in the .

Please note that all information provided herein is for informational purposes only. Use of Oxylabs' products, including Youtube Downloader does not grant you any rights with regards to the described data, videos or images, which may be protected copyright, intellectual property or other rights. Before engaging in web scraping activities of any kind you should consult your legal advisors and carefully read the particular website's terms of service or receive a web scraping license.


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