# YouTube Video Downloader

> YouTube Video Downloader is a paid API for AI agents from blackbobs-ai.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.103983/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-19).

Downloads YouTube videos by returning downloadable media data or stream URLs for a given YouTube video

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://blackbobs-ai.vercel.app/api/yt-downloader?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.103983/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-19
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/youtube-video-downloader-ec4f138a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_NSu2fRObK-uh9AlH0zhBp

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 youtube-video-downloader-ec4f138a -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 an AI agent needs to programmatically download or retrieve a YouTube video file or stream URL with pay-per-call pricing via x402 on Base chain, without managing OAuth or YouTube API quotas directly.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or malformed YouTube URL returns an error
- Private or age-restricted videos may be inaccessible
- Deleted or unavailable videos return a not-found error
- Rate limiting or quota exceeded on the underlying YouTube data source
- Payment failure on Base chain blocks the request

## 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 video download data, which may include a direct download URL, stream link, or binary media data for the requested YouTube video.

## 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/youtube-video-downloader-ec4f138a/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from blackbobs-ai.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/blackbobs-ai.vercel.app/llms.txt)