Dailymotion API

Base URL

https://api.dailymotion.com

Authentication

Public read endpoints need no key. Uploading and user data require OAuth.

Rate limit

Roughly 100 requests per 10 seconds per IP for anonymous access.

Pricing

Free for public read access.

CORS

Enabled — callable directly from browser JavaScript

Official docs

Read the docs

Every request below was executed against the live API on 20 Aug 2026, and the response shown is the real body it returned — not an illustration.

curl 'https://api.dailymotion.com/videos?limit=1&fields=id,title,owner.screenname,duration'

const res = await fetch("https://api.dailymotion.com/videos?limit=1&fields=id,title,owner.screenname,duration");
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${res.status}`);
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.dailymotion.com/videos?limit=1&fields=id,title,owner.screenname,duration", timeout=20)
res.raise_for_status()
print(res.json())

{
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 1,
  "explicit": false,
  "total": 1000,
  "has_more": true,
  "list": [
    {
      "id": "xaz5x0m",
      "title": "WWF Hulk Hogan wrestling song",
      "owner.screenname": "Rehan Haq",
      "duration": 30
    }
  ]
}

page / limit / totalinteger

Pagination metadata.

has_moreboolean

Whether further pages exist.

list[].idstring

Video identifier.

list[].titlestring

Video title.

list[].durationinteger

Length in seconds.

list[].owner.screennamestring

Uploading channel name, when requested.

list[].thumbnail_urlstring

Preview image, when requested via fields.

• Build video search without an API key or quota
• Embed curated Dailymotion playlists on a site
• Analyse video metadata and view counts
• Offer an alternative video source alongside YouTube

If Dailymotion does not fit, these video & streaming apis cover similar ground. Every one was called before publishing, and each links to its own reference page with a working curl command and the response it returned.