Discover Videos by Explore
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"input": [
{
"url": "<string>"
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape"
payload = { "input": [{ "url": "<string>" }] }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({input: [{url: '<string>'}]})
};
fetch('https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'input' => [
[
'url' => '<string>'
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"input\": [\n {\n \"url\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"input\": [\n {\n \"url\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"input\": [\n {\n \"url\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body[
{
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L_m0m3bEtE",
"title": "Video Title Here",
"youtuber": "@channelname",
"video_url": "https://...",
"video_length": 96,
"likes": 18,
"views": 1648,
"date_posted": "2025-04-18T05:26:16.000Z",
"description": "Video description...",
"num_comments": 0,
"subscribers": 4810000,
"video_id": "4L_m0m3bEtE",
"channel_url": "https://www.youtube.com/@channelname",
"preview_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4L_m0m3bEtE/maxresdefault.jpg",
"shortcode": "4L_m0m3bEtE",
"verified": true,
"handle_name": "Channel Name",
"is_sponsored": false,
"quality": "hd1080",
"transcript": "...",
"tags": ["tag1", "tag2"],
"is_age_restricted": false
}
]
YouTube
Discover videos by explore
Use the Bright Data Web Scraper API to discover Videos by Explore. Calls the POST /datasets/v3/scrape endpoint and returns a snapshot ID.
POST
/
datasets
/
v3
/
scrape
Discover Videos by Explore
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"input": [
{
"url": "<string>"
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape"
payload = { "input": [{ "url": "<string>" }] }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({input: [{url: '<string>'}]})
};
fetch('https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'input' => [
[
'url' => '<string>'
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"input\": [\n {\n \"url\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"input\": [\n {\n \"url\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"input\": [\n {\n \"url\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body[
{
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L_m0m3bEtE",
"title": "Video Title Here",
"youtuber": "@channelname",
"video_url": "https://...",
"video_length": 96,
"likes": 18,
"views": 1648,
"date_posted": "2025-04-18T05:26:16.000Z",
"description": "Video description...",
"num_comments": 0,
"subscribers": 4810000,
"video_id": "4L_m0m3bEtE",
"channel_url": "https://www.youtube.com/@channelname",
"preview_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4L_m0m3bEtE/maxresdefault.jpg",
"shortcode": "4L_m0m3bEtE",
"verified": true,
"handle_name": "Channel Name",
"is_sponsored": false,
"quality": "hd1080",
"transcript": "...",
"tags": ["tag1", "tag2"],
"is_age_restricted": false
}
]
Query Parameters
string
default:"gd_lk56epmy2i5g7lzu0k"
required
The dataset ID used for this request.
Must be set to
gd_lk56epmy2i5g7lzu0k to collect Discover Videos by Explore data.string
default:"discover_new"
Must be set to
discover_new.string
default:"explore"
Must be set to
explore.boolean
default:false
Whether to send notifications when the request is completed.
boolean
default:true
Whether to include errors in the response.
Request Body
object[]
required
[
{
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L_m0m3bEtE",
"title": "Video Title Here",
"youtuber": "@channelname",
"video_url": "https://...",
"video_length": 96,
"likes": 18,
"views": 1648,
"date_posted": "2025-04-18T05:26:16.000Z",
"description": "Video description...",
"num_comments": 0,
"subscribers": 4810000,
"video_id": "4L_m0m3bEtE",
"channel_url": "https://www.youtube.com/@channelname",
"preview_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4L_m0m3bEtE/maxresdefault.jpg",
"shortcode": "4L_m0m3bEtE",
"verified": true,
"handle_name": "Channel Name",
"is_sponsored": false,
"quality": "hd1080",
"transcript": "...",
"tags": ["tag1", "tag2"],
"is_age_restricted": false
}
]
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