# Look up many videos by URL > For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://www.shortsintel.com/llms.txt). Every docs page is also available as markdown: add .md to its URL. To connect, read [agents.md](https://www.shortsintel.com/agents.md). POST `/v1/videos/lookup/batch` Up to 100 video URLs, any mix of TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook, in one Run. Each distinct URL is looked up exactly as `POST /v1/videos/lookup` would. - Validation: every URL is checked before anything runs. One bad URL refuses the whole call with 400 `invalid_request` naming it (`urls[3]`), uncharged. - Duplicates: the same video however spelled is looked up and charged once, under the first URL that named it. - Results: `result.items` lists each input with its `video` (the single lookup's shape) or its `error`. The same outcomes are the Run's items at `GET /v1/runs/{id}/items`, free to read again. - Partial Runs: the Run is `completed` when every URL succeeded, `partial` when some did, `failed` when none did. A URL that is not found, unavailable or whose Source is down is not charged. - Long batches: over 10 distinct URLs answer 202 with the Run to poll at once unless `wait` is passed; any batch answers 202 past `wait`. ## Price 3 credits per video, charged only for the distinct URLs that succeed. `estimate=true` quotes them all. Supports `"estimate": true` in the body: the reply is the price in Credits and whether it would be `cached`, with no Run created and nothing charged. A cached result costs the same as a fresh one; `cached` says which you got. ## Parameters | Name | In | Type | Required | Default | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `Idempotency-Key` | header | `string` | Optional | — | 1-255 printable ASCII characters. The same key and payload returns the original Run (202 while running); a different payload or operation is a 409 `idempotency_conflict`. | ## Request body `application/json` object - `urls` array of string required items 1 to 100 1 to 100 video URLs, any mix of platforms, each one `POST /v1/videos/lookup` accepts. Duplicates (the same video however spelled) are looked up once. - `wait` number value 0 to 120 Default `30` Seconds to hold the response open before returning a running Run to poll. Default 30, max 120. - `max_credits` integer value at least 0 As in the query. - `estimate` boolean If a source the call would read is unavailable and the cache cannot answer, the estimate adds `unavailable` (the `{ platform, capability }` parts it cannot reach), or is a 503 `source_unavailable` when it can reach none. ## Responses ### 200 OK The Run finished inside the wait budget: `{ run, result }`. The example found one of its two URLs, so the Run is `partial` and charged for one lookup. With `estimate=true`, `{ estimate_credits, cached, items, credits_per_item }` instead. any of 2 shapes - Option 1 object The envelope every charged operation answers with: `{ run }` while the Run is running (plus `poll_url` on the 202), joined by `result` once it completes or `error` once it fails. - `run` object required Every charged operation creates a Run; the envelope is the same inline or polled. - `id` string required - `kind` string required What was run, e.g. `video_lookup`. - `status` string required one of `running`, `completed`, `partial`, `failed` `partial` keeps the completed items and charges for them, up to what the Balance covers; `failed` charges nothing. - `created_at` string required RFC 3339. - `completed_at` string required nullable Null while the Run is still running. - `charge_credits` integer required What this Run actually cost, in Credits. A stored answer costs the same as a fresh one. - `list_price_credits` integer required The full price of the work asked for, in Credits. Equal to `charge_credits` unless the Run charged for only part of it. - `cached` boolean required True when a stored result answered without a fresh fetch. - `progress` object A running Research's `stage` and counts so far, such as `analysed` of `shortlisted`; a count is absent until known. Absent once the Run settles and on other kinds. - `stage` string required one of `keywords`, `searching`, `reading_creators`, `filtering`, `analysing`, `writing_digest` - `keywords` integer value at least 0 - `creators` integer value at least 0 - `creators_read` integer value at least 0 - `searches` integer value at least 0 - `found` integer value at least 0 - `judged` integer value at least 0 - `kept` integer value at least 0 - `dropped_off_topic` integer value at least 0 - `dropped_unsure` integer value at least 0 - `shortlisted` integer value at least 0 - `analysed` integer value at least 0 - `updated_at` string required - `result` object required - `requested` integer required Distinct inputs looked up. - `completed` integer required Inputs answered, and charged. - `failed` integer required Inputs that failed, uncharged. - `items` array of object required - `input` any The input this item answers, as you sent it. - `status` string required one of `completed`, `failed` - `video` object On a completed item: the same object the single lookup returns. - `platform` string required - `id` string required - `url` string required nullable - `description` string required nullable Null when the read fetched no caption. - `posted_at` string required nullable - `duration_seconds` number required nullable - `thumbnail_url` string required nullable - `hashtags` array of string required - `sound` object required nullable - `id` string required - `title` string required nullable - `author` string required nullable Who made the sound, as the platform names them. Null when the platform did not say (Facebook never does). - `is_original` boolean required nullable True for the creator's own audio, false for a catalogue track. Null when not reported. - `creator` object required nullable - `id` string required - `handle` string required nullable - `name` string required - `follower_count` number required nullable - `avatar_url` string required nullable Our archived copy, else the platform's URL, which may expire: download it rather than store the link. - `verified` boolean required nullable The verified badge, from the latest profile read, else this video's. Null when unreported. - `region` string required nullable Where the video was posted, as the platform reports it (a country code on TikTok). Null when not reported. - `language` string required nullable Platform-declared caption language, e.g. `en` (TikTok). Null when not reported. - `title` string required nullable The video's own title (YouTube, Facebook). Null when none or not reported. - `commerce` object required nullable What the Platform declares, never inferred from the content. A flag is null when not reported, never false; the object is null when nothing was. - `is_ad` boolean required nullable The Platform marks the video as an ad (TikTok, Instagram). - `paid_partnership` boolean required nullable The Platform marks a paid partnership (TikTok, Instagram; on YouTube, its "Includes paid promotion" label). - `affiliate` boolean required nullable The Platform marks affiliate content (Instagram). - `shop_url` string required nullable The product link the video carries (TikTok Shop). - `anchors` array of object required The links the video carries under its caption (an editing template, a product, a place). Empty when none were reported. - `kind` string required The Platform's own anchor type id, e.g. `54`. - `label` string required What the anchor shows, e.g. `CapCut · Editing made easy`. - `people` object required nullable Accounts the Video mentions or names (on Instagram, tagged users first). Null when none. - `mentions` array of string required Handles the caption mentions (lowercased). - `collaborators` array of object required Co-authors the Platform names on the Video (an Instagram collab, a Facebook collaborator). - `handle` string required nullable - `name` string required nullable - `location` object required nullable The place the Video names (Instagram). Null when it named none or the read did not say. - `id` string required nullable The Platform's own place id. Null when not sent. - `name` string required The place, e.g. `Central Park, New York`. - `topics` object required nullable Platform-declared topics. Null when the Platform reported none. - `keywords` array of string required The creator's own tags (YouTube). - `genre` string required nullable The Platform's category, e.g. `Education` (YouTube). - `labels` array of string required The Platform's own category labels (TikTok). - `chapters` array of object required nullable The description's chapters, in order (YouTube). Null when the video has none or they were not reported. - `title` string required - `start_seconds` number required Where the chapter starts, in seconds from the start. - `ai_generated` boolean required nullable The Platform labels the video AI-generated (TikTok). Null when not reported. - `is_pinned` boolean required nullable Pinned to the top of the creator's feed (Instagram). Null when not reported. - `is_sponsored` boolean required nullable Ad flag, #ad or #…partner tag, or a brand collaborator. Null: unchecked. - `sponsor` string required nullable The sponsoring brand's handle when is_sponsored. - `snapshot` object required nullable Deprecated: use `engagement`. - `at` string required - `views` number required nullable - `likes` number required nullable - `comments` number required nullable - `shares` number required nullable - `saves` number required nullable - `engagement` object required nullable A count the platform did not report is null, never 0. - `views` number required nullable - `likes` number required nullable - `comments` number required nullable - `shares` number required nullable - `saves` number required nullable - `at` string required - `scores` object required nullable Null when the creator has no baseline yet. - `outlier` number required nullable Views over the creator's median views. - `outlier_p90` number required nullable - `percentile` number required nullable Where this video sits in the creator's own sample, 0-100. - `velocity` object required nullable - `views_per_hour` number required - `window` string required - `since` string required nullable When the window starts. - `engagement_rate` number required nullable This video's reported interactions (likes, comments, shares, saves) over its views. Null when unknown. - `anomaly` boolean required nullable True when `engagement_rate` is under 20% of the baseline's, as paid or boosted views read. Null when unknown. - `reason` string required nullable always `aged_out` `aged_out` when the video is over 30 days old and the view Scores are null. - `baseline` object required The yardstick every Score on this creator is measured against. - `median_views` number required - `p90_views` number required - `engagement_rate` number required nullable - `posts_per_week` number required nullable - `sample` integer required - `confidence` string required one of `high`, `low` - `source` string required one of `videos`, `follower_tier` - `computed_at` string required nullable - `stale` boolean required True past 7 days; the next lookup refreshes it. - `coverage` string always `partial` Present only where the platform's index is best-effort. - `error` object On a failed item: why, e.g. `not_found` or `source_unavailable`. Not charged. Its fields are on [Errors](https://www.shortsintel.com/docs/reference/errors). - Option 2 object Returned instead of a Run when `estimate=true`. Nothing is charged; some operations add members. - `estimate_credits` integer required What the call would be charged, in Credits. - `cached` boolean required Whether a stored result can already answer. It does not change the price. ### 202 Accepted Still running: `{ run }`. Poll `GET /v1/runs/{id}`. object Still running. Poll `poll_url` (`GET /v1/runs/{id}`), waiting the 202's `Retry-After` seconds between polls. - `run` object required Every charged operation creates a Run; the envelope is the same inline or polled. Its fields are on [Poll or re-read a run](https://www.shortsintel.com/docs/reference/runs/get-run#response-200). - `poll_url` string required format `uri` Absolute URL of `GET /v1/runs/{id}`, the body's copy of the `Location` header (for MCP). Present only while `running`. 202 · Example ```json { "run": { "id": "run_8f2c1ad04b", "kind": "video_lookup_batch", "status": "running", "created_at": "2026-09-08T09:14:02.418Z", "completed_at": null, "charge_credits": 0, "list_price_credits": 0, "cached": false }, "poll_url": "https://www.shortsintel.com/v1/runs/run_8f2c1ad04b" } ``` ### 400 Bad Request `invalid_request` (a malformed id, `wait`, `estimate` or Idempotency-Key) or `unsupported_platform`, refused before any Run opens. Nothing is charged. Codes: `invalid_request`, `unsupported_platform`. The problem body and every code are on [Errors](https://www.shortsintel.com/docs/reference/errors). ### 401 Unauthorized Codes: `missing_authorization`, `invalid_key`, `key_revoked`, `key_expired`, `invalid_token`. The problem body and every code are on [Errors](https://www.shortsintel.com/docs/reference/errors). ### 402 Payment Required `insufficient_balance`: the Balance cannot cover the quoted price (the worst case for Research and enriched search). No Run opens and nothing is charged; a multi-item Run that runs short later charges its completed items up to the Balance and ends `partial`. Code: `insufficient_balance`. The problem body and every code are on [Errors](https://www.shortsintel.com/docs/reference/errors). ### 409 Conflict `idempotency_conflict` — the same Idempotency-Key with a different payload. Code: `idempotency_conflict`. The problem body and every code are on [Errors](https://www.shortsintel.com/docs/reference/errors). ### 429 Too Many Requests `rate_limit_exceeded` or `concurrency_limit_exceeded`, with `Retry-After`. Codes: `rate_limit_exceeded`, `concurrency_limit_exceeded`. The problem body and every code are on [Errors](https://www.shortsintel.com/docs/reference/errors). ### 502 Bad Gateway A Run that opened and then failed answers `application/problem+json` with its problem's status (`vendor_error` here, `not_found` as 404) and the Run envelope, keeping the Run id. Never charged. The example is a Video lookup's. Code: `vendor_error`. The problem body and every code are on [Errors](https://www.shortsintel.com/docs/reference/errors). ### 503 Service Unavailable `source_unavailable`: every source this Run reads failed or is switched off. The Run fails uncharged, envelope alongside; `endpoints` names the source. Retry after `retry_after_seconds` (also `Retry-After`); it does not mean empty. The example is a Video lookup's. Code: `source_unavailable`. The problem body and every code are on [Errors](https://www.shortsintel.com/docs/reference/errors). ## Related guides This call creates a Run. With `wait` it holds the response open until the Run finishes or the wait runs out, then answers with the finished result or `202` and the running Run. Poll [`GET /v1/runs/{id}`](https://www.shortsintel.com/docs/reference/runs/get-run) until it settles; re-reading a Run is free. - [Runs](https://www.shortsintel.com/docs/concepts/runs): How a call becomes a Run, waiting inline, polling and free re-reads. - [Pricing and estimates](https://www.shortsintel.com/docs/concepts/pricing-and-estimates): Credits, estimates and why a cached result costs the same as a fresh one. - [Analysis](https://www.shortsintel.com/docs/concepts/analysis): What we derive from a video, why it is computed once and reused, and when asking for a refresh is charged as new work. - [Scores](https://www.shortsintel.com/docs/concepts/scores): Outlier and velocity, how a creator baseline is built, what confidence means, and when a score stops being reported. ## Request samples curl: ```bash curl -X POST "https://www.shortsintel.com/v1/videos/lookup/batch" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_YOUR_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"urls":["https://www.tiktok.com/@someone/video/7300000000000000000","https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAbCdEfGhIj/"]}' ``` TypeScript: ```typescript const response = await fetch( "https://www.shortsintel.com/v1/videos/lookup/batch", { method: "POST", headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer sk_live_YOUR_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json", }, body: JSON.stringify({ "urls": [ "https://www.tiktok.com/@someone/video/7300000000000000000", "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAbCdEfGhIj/" ] }), }, ); if (!response.ok) { throw new Error(`ShortsIntel ${response.status}`); } const data = await response.json(); ``` Python: ```python import requests response = requests.post( "https://www.shortsintel.com/v1/videos/lookup/batch", headers={ "Authorization": "Bearer sk_live_YOUR_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json", }, json={ "urls": [ "https://www.tiktok.com/@someone/video/7300000000000000000", "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAbCdEfGhIj/", ], }, ) response.raise_for_status() data = response.json() ``` 200 · The Run finished inside the wait budget: `{ run, result }`. The example found one of its two URLs, so the Run is `partial` and charged for one lookup. With `estimate=true`, `{ estimate_credits, cached, items, credits_per_item }` instead. ```json { "run": { "id": "run_8f2c1ad04b", "kind": "video_lookup_batch", "status": "partial", "created_at": "2026-09-08T09:14:02.418Z", "completed_at": "2026-09-08T09:14:04.930Z", "charge_credits": 3, "list_price_credits": 6, "cached": false }, "result": { "requested": 2, "completed": 1, "failed": 1, "items": [ { "input": "https://www.tiktok.com/@someone/video/7300000000000000000", "status": "completed", "video": { "platform": "tiktok", "id": "7300000000000000000", "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@someone/video/7300000000000000000", "description": "3 minutes at 4°C every morning for 30 days. Here is what actually changed. #coldplunge #recovery", "posted_at": "2026-09-05T06:32:11.000Z", "duration_seconds": 41, "thumbnail_url": "https://p16-sign.tiktokcdn.com/obj/tos-cover-7300000000000000000.jpeg", "hashtags": [ "coldplunge", "recovery", "morningroutine" ], "sound": { "id": "7180000000000000000", "title": "original sound - someone", "author": "someone", "is_original": true }, "creator": { "id": "cre_9d4b2a7f1c", "handle": "someone", "name": "Someone", "follower_count": 184300, "avatar_url": "https://p16-sign.tiktokcdn.com/obj/tos-avatar-someone.jpeg", "verified": false }, "region": "US", "language": "en", "title": null, "commerce": { "is_ad": false, "paid_partnership": null, "affiliate": null, "shop_url": null, "anchors": [ { "kind": "54", "label": "CapCut · Editing made easy" } ] }, "people": { "mentions": [ "coldplungeco" ], "collaborators": [] }, "location": null, "topics": { "keywords": [], "genre": null, "labels": [ "Fitness", "Health" ] }, "chapters": null, "ai_generated": false, "is_pinned": null, "is_sponsored": null, "sponsor": null, "snapshot": { "at": "2026-09-08T09:14:04.219Z", "views": 1284000, "likes": 143200, "comments": 2810, "shares": 9040, "saves": 21600 }, "engagement": { "at": "2026-09-08T09:14:04.219Z", "views": 1284000, "likes": 143200, "comments": 2810, "shares": 9040, "saves": 21600 }, "scores": { "outlier": 4.21, "outlier_p90": 1.6, "percentile": 95, "velocity": { "views_per_hour": 6698.6, "window": "snapshot", "since": "2026-10-03T08:00:00.000Z" }, "engagement_rate": 0.1376, "anomaly": false, "reason": null, "baseline": { "median_views": 305000, "p90_views": 802000, "engagement_rate": 0.1342, "posts_per_week": 4.1, "sample": 20, "confidence": "high", "source": "videos", "computed_at": "2026-09-08T09:14:03.902Z", "stale": false } } } }, { "input": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAbCdEfGhIj/", "status": "failed", "error": { "type": "https://www.shortsintel.com/docs/reference/errors/not_found", "title": "Not found", "status": 404, "code": "not_found", "detail": "No video with that id exists on this platform.", "retryable": false, "action": "Check the id or handle; list your resources to find the right one." } } ] } } ``` 200 · With `estimate=true`: the price, no Run, no charge. ```json { "estimate_credits": 6, "cached": false, "items": 2, "credits_per_item": 3 } ``` [Previous Look up a video by URL](https://www.shortsintel.com/docs/reference/videos/lookup-video)[Next Look up a video by id](https://www.shortsintel.com/docs/reference/videos/get-video)