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Extract Metadata

Paste a YouTube video URL to pull its publicly available title, channel name, and thumbnail using YouTube's own oEmbed service.

Category: youtube
Use Case: Quick Video Reference Lookups, Verifying a Link Before Sharing, Building Link Previews

This uses YouTube's public oEmbed service, which only exposes a video's title, channel name, and thumbnail - not its full description, view count, upload date, or tags. Getting that additional data requires the YouTube Data API and an API key, which isn't possible from a purely browser-based tool. The video URL you enter is sent directly to YouTube's own servers to look it up.

Recommended Settings

Pro Tips

  • oEmbed is the same lightweight metadata service many websites use to generate link previews for embedded content
  • For full metadata like view count, exact upload date, or tags, you'd need the official YouTube Data API and a developer API key
  • This works for any public or unlisted video with embedding enabled - private videos and some embedding-restricted videos won't return data
  • The channel name links directly to the uploader's channel page

Most Popular

Most users paste a video link to quickly confirm its title and channel before sharing it further

When to Use This Tool

Quick Video Reference Lookups

Check a video's title and channel without opening YouTube directly.

Verifying a Link Before Sharing

Confirm what a YouTube link actually points to before sending it to someone.

Building Link Previews

Get the basic metadata needed to build a simple link preview card.

Quick Channel Attribution Checks

Verify which channel uploaded a specific video.

How It Works

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Extract the video ID from your pasted URL

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Request the video's public oEmbed data directly from YouTube's own oembed endpoint

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Display the title, channel name, and thumbnail returned

100% Private

Files never leave your device. All processing happens locally in your browser.

Lightning Fast

Powered by YouTube's public oEmbed API for optimal performance on modern browsers.

Secure

No data collection, no tracking, no sign-up required.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why can't I get the video's description or view count?

YouTube's oEmbed service only exposes basic metadata - title, channel name, thumbnail, and embed code. Description, view count, upload date, and tags require the official YouTube Data API, which needs a developer API key and can't be called directly and securely from a purely browser-based tool.

Is my data sent to a server?

The video URL you enter is sent directly from your browser to YouTube's own oEmbed service to look up its metadata - it doesn't pass through this website's own servers.

Why did my lookup fail?

This usually means the video is private, has been deleted, or has embedding disabled by the uploader - oEmbed only works for videos that allow this kind of public metadata access.

Does this work for Shorts and live streams?

Yes, as long as the video ID is valid and the video is public and embeddable, oEmbed works the same way regardless of video format.

Is this an official YouTube feature?

Yes, oEmbed is a standard, publicly documented protocol that YouTube (and many other platforms) officially support for basic metadata retrieval.