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GET
/
api
/
trending
Trending Videos
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.example.com/api/trending
{
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "<string>",
      "title": "<string>",
      "thumbnail": "<string>",
      "duration": 123,
      "uploader": "<string>",
      "url": "<string>",
      "view_count": 123
    }
  ]
}
Fetch currently trending videos from YouTube.

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Query Parameters

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max_results
integer
default:"20"
Maximum number of trending videos to return (1-50)

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Response

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results
array
Array of trending video objects

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Example Request

curl -X GET "http://localhost:8001/api/trending?max_results=15"

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Example Response

{
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "xyz789abc12",
      "title": "Trending Music Video 2026",
      "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xyz789abc12/hqdefault.jpg",
      "duration": 240,
      "uploader": "Popular Artist",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyz789abc12",
      "view_count": 5000000
    },
    {
      "id": "def456ghi78",
      "title": "Viral Comedy Sketch",
      "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/def456ghi78/hqdefault.jpg",
      "duration": 180,
      "uploader": "Comedy Channel",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=def456ghi78",
      "view_count": 3200000
    }
  ]
}

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Error Responses

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500 Internal Server Error

Returned when unable to fetch trending videos. 
{
  "detail": "Error obteniendo tendencias: [error message]"
}

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Implementation Notes

  • Fetches from YouTube’s trending feed (https://www.youtube.com/feed/trending)
  • Falls back to popular music search if trending feed is unavailable
  • Results are capped at the max_results parameter value
  • May vary by region (currently optimized for Spain with global fallback)
  • Uses yt-dlp’s extract_flat mode for efficient metadata retrieval