Retrieving popular videos

Request examples

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer poix-xxx',
  },
};

fetch('https://api.poix.io/popularVideos', options)
  .then((response) => response.json())
  .then((response) => console.log(response))
  .catch((err) => console.error(err));

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.poix.io/popularVideos \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer poix-xxx'

import requests

url = "https://api.poix.io/popularVideos"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer poix-xxx"}

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

Use the GET /popularVideos endpoint to retrieve a list of the most popular videos on YouTube. The endpoint returns a list of videos sorted by popularity, with the most popular videos appearing first.

Response example

{
  "totalResults": 109,
  "resultsPerPage": 1,
  "nextPageToken": "CAEQAA",
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "jbGCow_lWVI",
      "publishedAt": "2024-09-30T19:45:01Z",
      "channelId": "UCzXwjTI6c6mVn6oui_p6oiw",
      "title": "I Regret Playing This Game",
      "description": "Liar's Bar is a game alright\n\nUse code S7 on Gamer Supps for 10% OFF your order\nGet my GamerSupps flavor, GOOD here!: https://gamersupps.gg/s7\n\nCheck out my other channels!\nSecond Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/SMii7Yplus\nStream VODs:  https://www.youtube.com/c/SMii7Yminus\n\nFollow my social medias and stream!\n🔴 Stream  -  http://www.twitch.tv/smii7y\n🐦 Twitter  -  https://twitter.com/SMii7Y\n📷 Instagram  -  https://www.instagram.com/smii7y/\n📱 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thesmii7y\n👕 Merch - https://smii7y.store/\n\nFriends in the video:\n@Yumi \n@soup \n@BlargMyShnoople \n\n🎵 Music by:\nhttp://www.epidemicsound.com/\nhttp://www.premiumbeat.com/\nhttp://audiojungle.net/\nincompetech.com \nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\nhttps://99sounds.org/\n\nOutro Music Created by:  https://www.youtube.com/@UCzUzppA619_K_OTLCeJ7DYw",
      "thumbnails": {
        "default": {
          "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jbGCow_lWVI/default.jpg",
          "width": 120,
          "height": 90
        },
        "medium": {
          "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jbGCow_lWVI/mqdefault.jpg",
          "width": 320,
          "height": 180
        },
        "high": {
          "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jbGCow_lWVI/hqdefault.jpg",
          "width": 480,
          "height": 360
        },
        "standard": {
          "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jbGCow_lWVI/sddefault.jpg",
          "width": 640,
          "height": 480
        },
        "maxres": {
          "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jbGCow_lWVI/maxresdefault.jpg",
          "width": 1280,
          "height": 720
        }
      },
      "channelTitle": "SMii7Y",
      "tags": [
        "mii7y",
        "smii7yplus",
        "smii7y+",
        "smii7y plus",
        "liars bar",
        "liar's bar",
        "liar's bar game",
        "liar's bar gameplay",
        "liar's bar roulette",
        "liar's bar dice game"
      ],
      "categoryId": "20",
      "viewCount": "1305665",
      "likeCount": "83406",
      "commentCount": "2536",
      "topicCategories": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action-adventure_game",
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_game",
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_video_game",
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_culture"
      ],
      "uploadStatus": "processed",
      "privacyStatus": "public",
      "license": "youtube",
      "embeddable": true,
      "publicStatsViewable": true,
      "madeForKids": false,
      "hasPaidProductPlacement": false,
      "categoryTitle": "Gaming",
      "duration": "PT27M58S",
      "parsedDuration": 1678,
      "captionsUrl": "https://api.poix.io/captions/jbGCow_lWVI",
      "videoFileUrl": "https://api.poix.io/files/video/jbGCow_lWVI",
      "audioFileUrl": "https://api.poix.io/files/audio/jbGCow_lWVI"
    }
  ]
}

The result is similar to what you would see on the YouTube website in the “Trending” section. Get more details about all props available in the Get popular videos object.

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