getVideoDetails

Retrieve detailed metadata and statistics for YouTube videos, including content information and optional tags for keyword extraction.

Instructions

Get detailed information about multiple YouTube videos. Returns comprehensive data including video metadata, statistics, and content details. Use this when you need complete information about specific videos.

Input Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`descriptionDetail`	No	Controls video description detail to manage token cost. Options: 'NONE' (default, no text), 'SNIPPET' (a brief preview for broad scans), 'LONG' (a 500-char text for deep analysis of specific targets).	NONE
`includeTags`	No	Specify 'true' to include the video's 'tags' array in the response, which is useful for extracting niche keywords. The 'tags' are omitted by default to conserve tokens.
`videoIds`	Yes	Array of YouTube video IDs to get details for

Input Schema (JSON Schema)

{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "descriptionDetail": {
      "default": "NONE",
      "description": "Controls video description detail to manage token cost. Options: 'NONE' (default, no text), 'SNIPPET' (a brief preview for broad scans), 'LONG' (a 500-char text for deep analysis of specific targets).",
      "enum": [
        "NONE",
        "SNIPPET",
        "LONG"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "includeTags": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Specify 'true' to include the video's 'tags' array in the response, which is useful for extracting niche keywords. The 'tags' are omitted by default to conserve tokens.",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "videoIds": {
      "description": "Array of YouTube video IDs to get details for",
      "items": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "type": "string"
      },
      "type": "array"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "videoIds"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

mcp-youtube

getVideoDetails

Instructions

Input Schema

Input Schema (JSON Schema)

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