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Video Download AI — Media Retrieval API
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Video Download AI — Media Retrieval API is a paid API for AI agents from video-download.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Downloads a video or audio file from a public media page URL (via yt-dlp) and returns the binary media content in MP4 or MP3 format.
Price / call$0.05
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
An agent-native media retrieval API with x402 payments, duration-only pricing, and a 60-minute media limit.
Output
A binary file body containing either a video/mp4 or audio/mpeg stream, ready to be saved or piped directly to downstream processing. No JSON wrapper — the response body is the raw media content.
Example use cases
Offline video archive for research
“Can you download this documentary clip as a 1080p MP4 from this URL so I can review it offline? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exampleDocumentary”
Audio extraction for podcast workflow
“Pull the audio from this interview video as an MP3 so I can transcribe it — the URL is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exampleInterview”
Low-bandwidth video download for mobile
“Download this tutorial video at 360p MP4 quality from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exampleTutorial — I need a smaller file size.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://video-download.ai/api/downloadWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need to retrieve a binary media file (video or audio) from a public media page URL supported by yt-dlp, especially when you need a specific resolution or audio-only output and are operating in an agent context with x402 micropayment support on Base network. Prefer over generic scraping tools when the goal is a downloadable media asset rather than page text or metadata.
Side effects
- Unsupported URL: yt-dlp cannot extract from the given media page, returns an error
- URL exceeds 60-minute media duration limit, request rejected
- Invalid format or quality enum value supplied
- Payment failure on Base network via x402, request not processed
- Private or geo-restricted content that yt-dlp cannot access
- Malformed or non-HTTP/HTTPS URL rejected by schema validation
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| url | string | Public HTTP or HTTPS media page URL supported by yt-dlp. |
| format | string | MP4 video or MP3 audio output. |
| quality | string | Maximum requested video height; ignored for MP3 output. |
| paymentNetwork | string | USDC payment network. |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "binary",
"format": "video/mp4 or audio/mpeg",
"example": "<binary media response body>"
}Tags
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