Download public VK videos with one API call: MP4 video up to the best available quality, or just the audio as MP3, M4A or WAV. Title, channel, duration and thumbnail come with every response.
Free: read the title, channel and duration before you download, and see what it will cost. Values below are placeholders for your own link.
curl -G "https://videodownloadapi.com/api/v1/media" \ --data-urlencode "url=https://vk.com/video-123_456" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
{
"title": "VIDEO_TITLE",
"channel": "CHANNEL_NAME",
"platform": "VK",
"thumbnail": "https://…",
"duration_seconds": 120,
"minutes_required": 2
}The API answers right away with HTTP 202 and a download_id; the file is prepared in the background.
curl -X POST "https://videodownloadapi.com/api/v1/downloads" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"url": "https://vk.com/video-123_456", "format": "mp4"}'{
"download_id": "162b76ab-833e-4720-b687-dac284d479aa",
"title": "VIDEO_TITLE",
"platform": "VK",
"duration_seconds": 120,
"format": "mp4",
"quality": "best",
"status": "processing",
"progress": 0,
"minutes": 2,
"expires_at": null
}Poll the download every few seconds. When the status is ready, the response includes the file link.
curl "https://videodownloadapi.com/api/v1/downloads/162b76ab-833e-4720-b687-dac284d479aa" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
{
"download_id": "162b76ab-833e-4720-b687-dac284d479aa",
"title": "VIDEO_TITLE",
"platform": "VK",
"duration_seconds": 120,
"format": "mp4",
"quality": "best",
"status": "ready",
"progress": 100,
"minutes": 2,
"expires_at": "2026-11-04T10:30:46.678Z",
"download_url": "https://videodownloadapi.com/api/downloads/162b76ab-833e-4720-b687-dac284d479aa?token=…"
}status, progressprocessing, then storing, then ready (or failed). progress goes from 0 to 100.
download_urlSigned link to the file, valid for 1 hour. Ask for the download again to get a fresh one while the file is kept (48 hours).
title, platform, duration_secondsRead from the link before the download starts, with format and quality.
minutesDownloads are billed per started minute of media: a 61-second video uses 2 minutes. Charged when the job starts, refunded automatically if it fails.
The same API for every platform, with predictable costs
Start a download, follow its progress, get a link: long videos never time out
Private, deleted or unreadable videos cost nothing: the minutes come back
MP4 up to the best available quality, or MP3, M4A and WAV audio
Get your API key and start integrating our VK video download API into your application.