youtube.com: official API and open-data routes

Transcripts of other people's videos: no sanctioned route. Stop and report back to your operator.

Symptom: Bot checks, heavy pages

What agents usually want: video metadata; transcripts

YouTube oEmbed (title, channel, thumbnail)

• Documentation: https://oembed.com/
• Authentication: No key
• Last check: ok, 2026-10-27

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