Vid Kraken
Máy chủ MCP được lưu trữ để tải video YouTube dưới dạng MP4 hoặc MP3, lấy siêu dữ liệu video và tạo clip. Cho phép các tác nhân AI tải xuống và xử lý video YouTube mà không cần chạy yt-dlp. Yêu cầu khóa API Vid Kraken; có gói miễn phí. Điểm cuối HTTP có thể truyền trực tuyến từ xa: https://vidkraken.com/api/mcp/mcp. Tài liệu: https://vidkraken.com/docs
Máy chủ MCP được lưu trữ
npx add-mcp 'https://vidkraken.com/api/mcp/mcp'Cài vào Claude Code, Codex, Cursor và nhiều công cụ khác
Tài liệu
Vid Kraken: YouTube download API for developers
Vid Kraken is a managed YouTube download API. Send a YouTube URL and get back a direct download link to the finished MP4 or audio file. Bot detection, proxies, cookies and retries are handled server-side, so there is no yt-dlp, cookie or proxy setup to maintain.
Vid Kraken completed 99.995% of downloads over the last 30 days, counted per video (live figures).
Quickstart
- Get an API key at https://vidkraken.com/login (free to start, no credit card).
- Submit a download:
curl -X POST https://vidkraken.com/api/v2/download \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"url":"https://youtu.be/...","format":"1080"}'
# → { "jobId": "...", "title": "...", "duration": 213, "status": "IN_QUEUE" }
- Poll until the file is ready (or pass a
webhookUrlinstead):
curl https://vidkraken.com/api/v2/download/JOB_ID \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
# → { "status": "COMPLETED", "downloadUrl": "https://proxy.vidkraken.com/...", "fileSize": 32240544 }
Features
- Video: MP4 (H.264 by default) at 360p, 480p, 720p or 1080p through
format, and 4K on request. - Audio:
audio-mp3(real MP3, 320 kbps CBR),audio-aac(YouTube's AAC stream in M4A) oraudio(the original stream, not re-encoded). - Trim and clip:
startTimeandendTimein seconds deliver only a section. - Multi-language audio: pick a dubbed audio track by language.
- Metadata:
POST /api/v2/inforeturns title, duration and region restrictions. - Clear errors: failed jobs carry a machine-readable
errorCodesuch asAGE_RESTRICTED,GEO_RESTRICTED,PRIVATE_VIDEOorMEMBERS_ONLY.
Pricing
You pay for bandwidth only: each download counts its delivered file size against your plan's allowance, with a 20 MB minimum per download. There are no per-download fees. Failed downloads, polling and metadata lookups are free. Start free with no credit card required.
| Plan | Price | Included bandwidth | Effective rate | Overage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $99/month | 400 GB | $0.25 per GB | $0.50 per extra GB |
| Growth | $399/month | 2 TB | $0.20 per GB | $0.40 per extra GB |
| Scale | $1,499/month | 10 TB | $0.15 per GB | $0.30 per extra GB |
| Custom | Contact us | 25 TB+ | as low as $0.06 per GB | Negotiated |
- Pay as you go: no subscription. A one-time $49 to start, then top up as you need.
- Limits: one URL per request, and up to 100 downloads queued or running per account.
- Custom plans: committed volume, custom formats and negotiated rates. Email hello@vidkraken.com.
Sign up and get an API key at https://vidkraken.com/login.
For AI agents
- MCP server: remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP, OAuth) at
https://vidkraken.com/api/mcp/mcp - OpenAPI spec: machine-readable API definition
- llms.txt: key facts and an index of the docs
- AI catalog: every agent-facing resource
- SDKs and CLI:
npm install vidkraken(npm) orpip install vidkraken(PyPI); source at https://github.com/vidkraken/vidkraken
Links
Downloading copyrighted material is not allowed. You are responsible for having the right to download any content you access.
Last updated October 22, 2026.