Retrieve metadata for a social media post or video — title, description, view count, like count, author info, thumbnail, and more. Supports YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter/X, and Facebook.
GET/v1/metadata•1 credit
Parameters
Name
Type
Required
Default
Description
url
string
required
—
Full video or post URL from any supported platform
Code Examples
from supacrawlx import Client
client = Client("YOUR_API_KEY")
meta = client.metadata("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ")
print(meta.title, meta.view_count)
Response
JSON
{
"platform": "youtube",
"videoId": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
"title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)",
"description": "The official video for ...",
"author": "Rick Astley",
"channelId": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
"viewCount": 1500000000,
"likeCount": 16000000,
"duration": 213,
"thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dQw4w9WgXcQ/maxresdefault.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2009-10-25T06:57:33Z",
"creditsUsed": 1
}