Automation & Workflow

YouTube Video Downloader with Make

Use YouTube Video Downloader with Make with Hunt

Make automation with HuntAPI video download

Build video download workflows with Make and HuntAPI. Archive content, extract audio for podcasts, and route CDN URLs into Drive, Slack, or your CMS without custom servers.

Quick Start

Hunt downloads are asynchronous. In Make, use HTTP modules plus a sleep/repeat pattern:

HTTP GET https://api.huntapi.com/v1/video/download?query=... → job_id
Sleep 5-10 seconds
HTTP GET https://api.huntapi.com/v1/jobs/{job_id}
Router / filter: if status ≠ CompletedJob, go back to Sleep; else continue
Use result.response as the file URL

Header on every Hunt call: x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY

Start download

GET https://api.huntapi.com/v1/video/download?query=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID&video_quality=720p
x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY

{ "job_id": "0193443f-fb80-9d19-29ba-82bc77c7cd84" }

Poll job (Running)

{
  "status": "Running",
  "progress": 63,
  "result": null
}

progress is 0-100. You can branch in Make on progress while status is Running.

Completed

{
  "status": "CompletedJob",
  "progress": 100,
  "result": {
    "metadata": { "title": "Example video", "duration": 432 },
    "response": "https://s3.huntapi.com/videos/<uuid>.mp4"
  }
}

Metadata without downloading

GET https://api.huntapi.com/v1/media/metadata?query=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID
x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY

Use this module first to skip downloads when duration is too long.

Make scenario outline

Trigger: Webhook, Google Sheets watch, or RSS
HTTP - Metadata (optional): GET .../v1/media/metadata
Filter: continue only if metadata.duration < your limit
HTTP - Download: GET .../v1/video/download
Repeater / Sleep loop: poll jobs until CompletedJob or Error
HTTP - Get file or pass result.response to Google Drive / Dropbox / Slack

Alternative to polling: set webhook_url on the download call and handle the result in a second scenario.

Useful parameters

Param	Values	Notes
`query`	URL	Required
`download_type`	`audio_video`, `audio`, `video`	`audio` for MP3
`video_quality`	`best`, `1080p`, `720p`, …	Long videos (>1h) capped at 720p
`webhook_url`	URL	Optional callback instead of polling

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