---
title: "API Documentation"
weight: 4
summary: A guide on how to use Piped's API.
---

## API Servers

A list of public instances can be found at https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped/wiki/Instances

To keep up-to date with the instances list, you are expected to dynamically parse it.

An example on how this can be done is available at https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped/blob/85e2296dc410fd20375d623465900c55b5483da9/src/components/Preferences.vue#L202-L221

## Base URL

For all endpoints in this documentation, you will have to use an API url as a prefix. For example, the official instance's base URL would be https://pipedapi.kavin.rocks

## Unauthenticated Endpoints

These endpoints work un-authenticated, and you're highly discouraged to send an `Authorization` header for these endpoints.

### /streams/:videoId

Parameters:

-   `videoId`: The video ID of the YouTube video you want to get information about.

Response:

```json
{
	"audioStreams": [
		{
			"bitrate": 0, // The bitrate of the audio stream in bytes
			"codec": "mp4a.40.5", // The codec of the audio stream
			"format": "M4A", // The format of the audio stream
			"indexEnd": 0, // Useful for creating dash streams
			"indexStart": 0, // Useful for creating dash streams
			"initStart": 0, // Useful for creating dash streams
			"initEnd": 0, // Useful for creating dash streams
			"mimeType": "audio/mp4", // The mime type of the audio stream
			"quality": "48 kbps", // The quality of the audio stream
			"url": "https://pipedproxy-bom.kavin.rocks/videoplayback?...", // The stream's URL
			"videoOnly": false // Whether or not the stream is video only
		}
	], // The audio streams of the video
	"dash": null, // The dash manifest URL, to be used if not null (for OTF streams)
	"description": "", // The description of the video
	"dislikes": 0, // The number of dislikes the video has
	"duration": 0, // The duration of the video in seconds
	"hls": null, // The hls manifest URL, to be used for Livestreams,
    "lbryId": "", // The lbry id of the video, if available
    "likes": 0, // The number of likes the video has
    "livestream": false, // Whether or not the video is a livestream
    "proxyUrl": "https://pipedproxy-bom.kavin.rocks", // The proxy url to be used for rewrites
    "relatedStreams": [
        {
            "duration": 0, // The duration of the related video in seconds
            "thumbnail": "https://pipedproxy-bom.kavin.rocks/vi/...", // The thumbnail of the related video
            "title": "", // The title of the related video
            "uploadedDate": "3 months ago", // The date the related video was uploaded
            "uploaderUrl": "/channel/...", // The URL of the channel of the related video
            "uploaderVerified": true, // Whether or not the channel of the related video is verified
            "url": "/watch?v=..." // The URL of the related video
            "views": 0 // The number of views the related video has
        }
    ], // A list of related streams
    "subtitles": [
        {
            "autoGenerated": false, // Whether or not the subtitle was auto-generated
            "code": "en", // The language code of the subtitle
            "mimeType": "application/ttml+xml", // The mime type of the subtitle
            "name": "English", // The name of the subtitle
            "url": "https://pipedproxy-bom.kavin.rocks/api/timedtext?..." // The URL of the subtitle
        }
    ], // A list of subtitles
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://pipedproxy-bom.kavin.rocks/vi/...", // The thumbnail of the video
    "title": "", // The title of the video
    "uploadedDate": "2021-01-01", // The date the video was uploaded
    "uploader": "", // The name of the channel of the video
    "uploaderUrl": "/channel/...", // The URL of the channel of the video
    "videoStreams": [
        {
            "bitrate": 0, // The bitrate of the video stream in bytes
            "codec": "avc1.64002a", // The codec of the video stream
            "format": "MPEG_4", // The format of the video stream
            "fps": 30, // The frames per second of the video stream
            "height": 720, // The height of the video stream
            "indexEnd": 0, // Useful for creating dash streams
            "indexStart": 0, // Useful for creating dash streams
            "initStart": 0, // Useful for creating dash streams
            "initEnd": 0, // Useful for creating dash streams
            "mimeType": "video/mp4", // The mime type of the video stream
            "quality": "720p", // The quality of the video stream
            "url": "https://pipedproxy-bom.kavin.rocks/videoplayback?...", // The stream's URL
            "videoOnly": false // Whether or not the stream is video only
            "width": 1280 // The width of the video stream
        }
    ], // The video streams of the video
    "views": 0 // The number of views the video has
}
```