# HookFindr Video Metadata API

> HookFindr Video Metadata API is a paid API for AI agents from api.hookfindr.com, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns metadata (title, duration, uploader, platform, detected music) for any public video URL across TikTok, YouTube, Instagram Reels, X, Twitch, Facebook, and ~1000 other platforms.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.hookfindr.com/api/x402/info
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 1
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/hookfindr-video-metadata-api-f8cae598
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ejhi4E4LC1XRyRTGpVRQW

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 hookfindr-video-metadata-api-f8cae598 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the metadata for this TikTok video — https://www.tiktok.com/@charlidamelio/video/7123456789 — I want the title, uploader, duration, and what song is playing in it?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need lightweight, structured metadata about a public social video — title, uploader, duration, platform, and music — without downloading or transcribing the video. It covers ~1000 platforms via yt-dlp and is notably strong on TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, X, Twitch clips, and Facebook. Prefer it over transcription or caption endpoints when you only need surface-level video info or music identification.

## Known failure modes

- Private or deleted video URL returns an error indicating the content is inaccessible
- Unsupported or malformed URL returns a validation error
- Music detection unavailable for some platforms or videos with no audio track
- Rate limits or yt-dlp extraction failures may return a 5xx error
- Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance blocks the request at the x402 layer

## How this service works

Video metadata for any URL — TikTok, YouTube, Instagram Reels, X, Twitch, Facebook. Get title, duration, uploader, platform, and detected music track for any public short-form video URL. Works on ~1000 platforms via yt-dlp.

## Output

A JSON object containing the video's title, duration in seconds, uploader name, hosting platform name, and detected background music track (artist and track title where available), sourced via yt-dlp.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "url"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "url": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Public URL of a short-form video. Supports TikTok, YouTube, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, Twitter/X, Twitch clips, Facebook, and ~1000 other platforms via yt-dlp."
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/hookfindr-video-metadata-api-f8cae598/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.hookfindr.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.hookfindr.com/llms.txt)