# Blockbuster.ai YouTube Media Downloader

> Blockbuster.ai YouTube Media Downloader is a paid API for AI agents from blockbuster-ai.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.08/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Downloads YouTube video or audio media given a YouTube URL or query string

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://blockbuster-ai.vercel.app/api/youtube-media-downloader
- Price: $0.08/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/blockbuster-ai-youtube-media-downloader-a23e30b9
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_treWtx77N7iSuYf7oaZCY

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability blockbuster-ai-youtube-media-downloader-a23e30b9 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you download this YouTube video for me — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ — and give me a link to the file?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically download or retrieve a direct media link for a YouTube video or audio track, especially within a micropayment-enabled x402 workflow on Base chain. Prefer this over manual browser-based downloading or when automation is required.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent YouTube URL returns error in data object
- Private or age-restricted videos may fail to return download links
- Rate limiting or payment failure results in 402 or error response
- Ambiguous query string may return unexpected video match
- YouTube may block scraping attempts intermittently causing failures

## How this service works

115+ premium paid endpoints: Social Media, AI/ML, E-commerce, Finance, Data Intelligence, Media, Tools. x402 micropayments on Base chain.

## Output

Returns a success flag and a data object containing download URLs or media file information for the requested YouTube video or audio content.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Input parameter for the API call"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "data": {
   "type": "object"
  },
  "success": {
   "type": "boolean"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/blockbuster-ai-youtube-media-downloader-a23e30b9/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from blockbuster-ai.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/blockbuster-ai.vercel.app/llms.txt)