# Vid Kraken API docs

> REST API for downloading YouTube videos and audio: submit a URL, poll (or get a webhook) for a direct download link. Bearer API key auth; every page below is Markdown.

## Docs

- [API overview](https://vidkraken.com/docs.md): authentication, billing, every endpoint and the download.finished webhook
- [Connect Claude (MCP)](https://vidkraken.com/docs/mcp.md): the remote MCP server, its tools and how to connect

## Categories

- [Info](https://vidkraken.com/docs/endpoint/tag/info.md): Fetch metadata for a YouTube video without queueing a download.
- [Download](https://vidkraken.com/docs/endpoint/tag/download.md): Server-side YouTube downloads — submit a job, poll for the CDN URL.
- [Channel](https://vidkraken.com/docs/endpoint/tag/channel.md): List recent videos from a YouTube channel.
- [Account](https://vidkraken.com/docs/endpoint/tag/account.md): Your account details, current plan, and remaining balances.

## Endpoints

- [Submit a video-info job](https://vidkraken.com/docs/endpoint/submit-video-info.md): `POST /info`. Queue a job that fetches metadata for a YouTube video — title and duration.
- [Get video-info job status](https://vidkraken.com/docs/endpoint/get-video-info-status.md): `GET /info/{jobId}`. Poll the status of a previously-submitted video-info job.
- [Submit a download](https://vidkraken.com/docs/endpoint/submit-download.md): `POST /download`. Queue a YouTube video for download.
- [Get download status](https://vidkraken.com/docs/endpoint/get-download-status.md): `GET /download/{jobId}`. Poll the status of a previously-submitted download job.
- [List channel videos](https://vidkraken.com/docs/endpoint/list-channel-videos.md): `POST /list-channel`. List recent videos for a YouTube channel.
- [Get account info & balances](https://vidkraken.com/docs/endpoint/get-account.md): `GET /me`. Returns the account behind the API key — name, email, current plan, and the live balance on every metered feature.

## Optional

- [All docs in one file](https://vidkraken.com/llms-full.txt): every page above, concatenated
- [OpenAPI spec (JSON)](https://vidkraken.com/openapi.json): the machine-readable definition of everything above
- [Product overview](https://vidkraken.com/llms.txt): what Vid Kraken is, pricing and when to use it