# Diffbot Video Extraction

> Diffbot Video Extraction is a paid API for AI agents from Diffbot at diffbot.mpp.paywithlocus.com, paid per call via MPP, $0.0042/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-10).

Extracts structured metadata and content from a video page URL, including title, description, embed URLs, and optional comments.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://diffbot.mpp.paywithlocus.com/diffbot/video?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.0042/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-10
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: Diffbot
- Docs: https://docs.diffbot.com
- Website: https://www.diffbot.com
- Tags: web-scraping, extraction, articles, products, web, data
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/diffbot-video-8be05617
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_9r0oFEklyMNcmLXm7OA1q

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 diffbot-video-8be05617 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Extract all the structured metadata from this video page — title, description, duration, author, and any comments — using Diffbot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to extract structured metadata from a video page URL without building a custom scraper. Prefer this over generic HTML scrapers when you specifically need video-oriented fields like duration, embed URL, or thumbnail. Choose this over Diffbot's Analyze endpoint when you already know the page type is a video.

## Known failure modes

- URL is not a valid video page — returns empty or low-confidence extraction
- Page behind a paywall or login wall — extraction fails or returns partial data
- Timeout exceeded for slow-loading pages — returns timeout error
- Video page uses heavy JavaScript rendering not supported — incomplete extraction
- Invalid URL format — returns 400 bad request

## How this service works

Extract video metadata, thumbnails, direct URLs, and embed codes.

## Output

Returns a structured JSON object containing video metadata such as title, description, embed URL, duration, author, publish date, thumbnail, and optionally comment threads extracted from the video page.

## Example request

```json
{
 "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqz-KE-bpKQ",
 "fields": "links,meta",
 "timeout": 30000,
 "discussion": true
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "url"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "url": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "URL of the video page"
  },
  "fields": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Comma-separated extra fields to return (e.g. links, meta, breadcrumb)"
  },
  "timeout": {
   "type": "number",
   "description": "Request timeout in ms (default 30000)"
  },
  "discussion": {
   "type": "boolean",
   "description": "Extract comments/discussion threads (default true for article)"
  }
 },
 "additionalProperties": true
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/diffbot-video-8be05617/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from diffbot.mpp.paywithlocus.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/diffbot.mpp.paywithlocus.com/llms.txt)