# Coockies.ai YouTube Downloader

> Coockies.ai YouTube Downloader is a paid API for AI agents from coockies-ai.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.103983/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).

Downloads YouTube videos or extracts media content from a given YouTube URL

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://coockies-ai.vercel.app/api/yt-downloader?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.103983/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-12
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/coockies-ai-youtube-downloader-ed2420b6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Zv0dCSUsHVF2adSSZdhOk

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 coockies-ai-youtube-downloader-ed2420b6 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you download this YouTube video for me? Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a pay-per-call, programmatic way to download YouTube videos without managing your own scraping infrastructure. It is especially useful for agents operating on Base chain with x402 micropayment capability and needing occasional on-demand video downloads without subscription overhead.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or malformed YouTube URL returns an error
- Private or age-restricted videos may fail to download
- Deleted or unavailable videos return not-found errors
- YouTube rate limiting or bot detection may cause failures
- Region-blocked content may not be accessible

## How this service works

194 production-ready API endpoints. AI, Search, Social, Finance, Crypto. Pay-per-call with x402 on Base chain.

## Output

Returns a result object containing download data for the requested YouTube video, likely including a direct download URL or binary media content along with any available video metadata such as title, format, and resolution.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "API response data"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "example": {
  "result": {
   "data": "example response"
  }
 },
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "API response data"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/coockies-ai-youtube-downloader-ed2420b6/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from coockies-ai.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/coockies-ai.vercel.app/llms.txt)