Youku Video details API

POST

API health

24h health
Normal
24h average time
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Last checked
September 26, 2026 at 18:04 (UTC)
  • Healthy / normal
  • Available
  • Limited
  • Mostly down
Health APINormal
How health is measured
  • Health = the share of calls that returned data, in percent. Empty results, failures and unknown outcomes do not count as returning data.
  • Levels: 90% and above is healthy, 70% and above is available, 40% and above is limited; anything lower is mostly down.
  • A period (the last 24 hours, one hour or one day) gets a score only once it has at least 50 calls. Periods with fewer calls show as normal: a few failures among a handful of calls do not mean the API is down.
  • Calls include real customer calls and our own daily probe calls. Request errors (wrong parameters, no balance) are excluded.
  • Average time counts only calls that completed normally: response time for sync calls, acceptance to completion for async ones.
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Retrieve a public video from Youku. Accepts these parameters: id. Returns these fields: title, category, posted_at, and author_url.

Price $1.39 per 1,000 requests ($0.001389 per call). Failed calls and empty results are not charged. Synchronous. For slow jobs add "mode": "async" to the body, take the job_id and poll.

Request parameters

NameInTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
AuthorizationheaderstringYes-Bearer followed by your API key. Create it in the console; never put it in a URL or a code repository.
platformbodystringYesyoukuPlatform identifier, fixed value.
actionbodystringYesvideoCapability identifier, fixed value.
idbody.paramsNot declaredYes-The show ID (showId) or video ID (vid) required by the video action, extractable from search results or video page URLs matching id_...html. Encoded UGC IDs differ from series hashes, and certain routes only accept UGC IDs. This parameter is not an author UID.

Code samples

bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERYINFRA_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "platform": "youku",
  "action": "video",
  "params": {
    "id": "dedc76345e0843deb992"
  }
}'

[OpenAPI definition (JSON)]Samples read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable; copied code never contains your key.

Response example

Real response

Captured September 26, 2026 at 08:56 (UTC) by calling this API with the parameters in the code sample above. results and count are that call's real response with personal information (names, handles, avatars, profile links, contact details) removed. id, billing and quota differ on every call, so only their shape is shown.

json
{
  "id": "req_…",
  "platform": "youku",
  "action": "video",
  "results": {
    "id": "XNjU0MDQ4ODMzMg==",
    "show_id": "dedc76345e0843deb992",
    "url": "https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjU0MDQ4ODMzMg==.html",
    "title": "寒战1994",
    "show_name": "寒战1994",
    "subtitle": "警界暗战四方势力博弈",
    "category": "电影",
    "video_type": "正片",
    "duration_seconds": 7037,
    "episode_total": 1,
    "episode_last": 1,
    "is_completed": true,
    "comment_count": 972,
    "like_count": 53,
    "is_vip": true,
    "allow_comment": true,
    "posted_at": "2026-07-24T09:41:29+00:00",
    "show_release_time": "2026-07-24T10:00:00+00:00",
    "thumbnail_url": "http://m.ykimg.com/053500006A601EF5140C6E0C371971C9",
    "author_id": "(已隐去)",
    "author_url": "https://m.youku.com/(已隐去)",
    "platform": "youku"
  },
  "billing": { … },
  "quota": { … }
}

Response fields

Business data is in results. The table lists the fields a record can contain; values the source does not provide are never made up.

FieldMeaning
idThe record's unique ID on the source platform. Unique only within one platform; IDs can repeat across platforms.
show_idKeeps the platform's own meaning
urlLink to the record on the source platform.
titleTitle. null when the platform has no titles (for example text-only posts).
show_nameKeeps the platform's own meaning
subtitleKeeps the platform's own meaning
categoryCategory name in the source platform's own taxonomy, not normalized across platforms.
video_typeKeeps the platform's own meaning
duration_secondsDuration in seconds. null for content that is not video or audio.
episode_totalKeeps the platform's own meaning
episode_lastKeeps the platform's own meaning
is_completedKeeps the platform's own meaning
comment_countComments. null means not disclosed, not 0.
like_countLikes. null means the platform or this capability does not disclose it; it is not 0.
is_vipKeeps the platform's own meaning
allow_commentKeeps the platform's own meaning
posted_atPublish time in ISO 8601, UTC (for example 2026-08-07T12:34:56+00:00). Non-standard strings from the platform are passed through as is, so parse defensively. null means the platform does not disclose it.
show_release_timeKeeps the platform's own meaning
thumbnail_urlThumbnail link, lower resolution than image_url.
tagsArray of tags. An empty array, not null, when there are none.
author_idAuthor's unique ID on the source platform.
author_nameAuthor's display name.
author_avatar_urlKeeps the platform's own meaning
author_follower_countAuthor's follower count. null means not disclosed.
author_urlLink to the author's profile on the source platform.
platformSource platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok).

Errors and billing

401
Missing or invalid key. Authentication runs before parameter checks, so unauthenticated requests never see the parameter schema.
422
Wrong parameter name or value. The error lists the parameters and allowed values this capability accepts and the closest match; it happens before any charge.
402
Insufficient balance. Top up first.
429
Per-minute request limit reached. Wait for Retry-After and try again.
503
Could not complete right now. Any charge for the call goes back to your balance automatically, and the billing receipt in the response states the actual outcome, including when it is not yet known. Do not resend blindly.
200 empty
The request completed without data and is not charged (billing.reason = empty_result_refunded).

Official references

Used only to check objects and terms. They do not imply authorization or endorsement of EveryInfra by the platform.

  • Youku: Video Metadata and Content License Scope ↗

    The Youku agreement distinguishes platform features such as watching, caching, searching, and commenting, and sets limits on content copying, dissemination, and downloading. The usage boundaries cited here mean readable show or video details are not an authorization for playback, downloading, republication, or official Youku endorsement.

    Checked 2026-09-04