Struct VideoDetails

pub struct VideoDetails {
    pub video_id: String,
    pub title: String,
    pub length_seconds: u32,
    pub keywords: Option<Vec<String>>,
    pub channel_id: String,
    pub short_description: String,
    pub view_count: String,
    pub author: String,
    pub thumbnails: Vec<VideoThumbnail>,
    pub is_live_content: bool,
}

VideoDetails

Comprehensive metadata about a YouTube video.

This struct contains detailed information about a video, extracted from YouTube’s player response. It includes basic information like title and author, as well as more detailed metadata like view count, keywords, and thumbnails.

Fields

• video_id - The unique YouTube ID for the video
• title - The video’s title
• length_seconds - The video duration in seconds
• keywords - Optional list of keywords/tags associated with the video
• channel_id - The YouTube channel ID
• short_description - The video description
• view_count - Number of views as a string (to handle very large numbers)
• author - Name of the channel/creator
• thumbnails - List of available thumbnail images in various resolutions
• is_live_content - Whether the video is or was a live stream

Example Usage

let api = YouTubeTranscriptApi::new(None, None, None)?;
let video_id = "dQw4w9WgXcQ";

// Fetch video details
let details = api.fetch_video_details(video_id).await?;

println!("Title: {}", details.title);
println!("By: {} ({})", details.author, details.channel_id);
println!("Duration: {} seconds", details.length_seconds);
println!("Views: {}", details.view_count);

// Get highest resolution thumbnail
if let Some(thumbnail) = details.thumbnails.iter().max_by_key(|t| t.width * t.height) {
    println!("Thumbnail URL: {}", thumbnail.url);
}

Fields

video_id: String

The unique YouTube video ID (e.g., “dQw4w9WgXcQ”)

title: String

The video’s title

length_seconds: u32

Total duration of the video in seconds

keywords: Option<Vec<String>>

Optional list of keywords/tags associated with the video

channel_id: String

The YouTube channel ID that published the video

short_description: String

The video description text

view_count: String

Number of views as a string (to handle potentially very large numbers)

author: String

Name of the channel/creator who published the video

thumbnails: Vec<VideoThumbnail>

List of available thumbnail images in various resolutions

is_live_content: bool

Whether the video is or was a live stream

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for VideoDetails

fn clone(&self) -> VideoDetails

Returns a duplicate of the value.

const fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for VideoDetails

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for VideoDetails

fn deserialize<__D>(__deserializer: __D) -> Result<Self, __D::Error>

where __D: Deserializer<'de>,

Deserialize this value from the given Serde deserializer.

impl Serialize for VideoDetails

fn serialize<__S>(&self, __serializer: __S) -> Result<__S::Ok, __S::Error>

where __S: Serializer,

Serialize this value into the given Serde serializer.