Video Parser
AI-generatedSummary
Parses metadata from public video links on Douyin, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, YouTube, Kuaishou, and Xiaohongshu.
Inputs
- videoUrl (required) — The public URL of the video. Supports Douyin, TikTok, Instagram Reels, Facebook, X, YouTube, Kuaishou, and Xiaohongshu.
- platform — The specific platform. Defaults to 'auto' for automatic detection based on the URL domain.
- downloadVideo — If true, downloads the video as binary data (streamed, capped at 250 MiB).
Output shape
A list of items, each containing video metadata in JSON and optionally a binary data field with the downloaded video file.
Returns an error item for invalid URLs or unsupported content (e.g., images) when continue on fail is enabled. Errors are thrown otherwise.
Examples
Example 1: Extract metadata from a TikTok URL without downloading the file.
videoUrl: https://www.tiktok.com/@user/video/12345, platform: auto, downloadVideo: false
Example 2: Download a Douyin video as a binary attachment.
videoUrl: https://v.douyin.com/xxxxx/, platform: douyin, downloadVideo: true