Get insights about a video
Sometimes users want to get information about a video, such as getting related videos. Each Video object includes a video ID that you use to get insights. The following Video object fragment shows the videoId
field that contains the ID.
"value" : [
{
. . .
"name" : "How to sail - What to Wear for Dinghy Sailing",
"description" : "An informative video on what to wear...",
"contentUrl" : "https:\/\/www.fabrikam.com\/watch?v=vzmPjHBZ--g",
"videoId" : "6DB795E11A6E3CB...",
. . .
}
],
After getting the ID, send an HTTP GET request to Video Insights API. Set the id query parameter to the ID in videoId
. Set the modules query parameter to the insights you want to get. To get all insights, set modules
to All. The response includes all the insights that you requested, if available.
curl -H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: <yourkeygoeshere>" https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/videos/details?id=6DB795E11A6E3CB...&modules=All&mkt=en-us
The top-level object in the response is a VideoDetails object. The following fragment shows what it might look like.
{
"_type": "Api.VideoDetails.VideoDetails",
"relatedVideos": { ... },
"videoResult": { ... }
}
The relatedVideos
field contains a list of videos that are related to the specified videos and the videoResult
field contains the video that the insights are based on.
Getting related videos insights
To get videos that are related to the specified video, set the modules query parameter to RelatedVideos
.
curl -H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: <yourkeygoeshere>" https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/videos/details?id=6DB795E11A6E3CB...&modules=relatedvideos&mkt=en-us
"relatedVideos": {
"value": [
{
"webSearchUrl": "https:\/\/www.bing.com\/videos\/search?q=&view=detail&mid=B84EB61E20A24C7F09F2B84EB61E20A24C7F09F2",
"name": "Solo sailing Los Angeles to Hawaii on 23ft boat",
"description": "Instagram @SamHolmesSailing This video documents the 27 days alone at sea aboard my small 23ft sailing yacht. I sailed 2100 nautical miles from Los Angeles California to Hilo Hawai’i. This was my first big ocean crossing. The boat was a Ranger 23. If you’re interested in contributing to the next adventure, links for patreon, paypal and ...",
"thumbnailUrl": "https:\/\/tse3.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OVP.i57jQTjnUvZDfgjYJzjDegEsDh&pid=Api",
"datePublished": "2019-07-17T22:15:26.0000000",
"publisher": [
{
"name": "YouTube"
}
],
"creator": {
"name": "Sam Holmes Sailing"
},
"isAccessibleForFree": true,
"isFamilyFriendly": true,
"contentUrl": "https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yUi0gsxVHZM",
"hostPageUrl": "https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yUi0gsxVHZM",
"encodingFormat": "h264",
"hostPageDisplayUrl": "https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yUi0gsxVHZM",
"width": 1280,
"height": 720,
"duration": "PT39M45S",
"motionThumbnailUrl": "https:\/\/tse2.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OM.8gl_TKIgHrZOuA_1592594362&pid=Api",
"embedHtml": "<iframe width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yUi0gsxVHZM?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>",
"allowHttpsEmbed": true,
"viewCount": 2914001,
"thumbnail": {
"width": 300,
"height": 225
},
"videoId": "B84EB61E20A24C7F09F2B84EB61E20A24C7F09F2",
"allowMobileEmbed": true,
"isSuperfresh": false
},
. . .
]
}
For information about displaying the videos that Bing returns, see Displaying videos.
Next steps
- Learn how to get trending videos.
- Learn how to search the web for videos.
- Learn about the quickstarts and samples that are available to help you get up and running fast.