Dailymotion API

by developers.dailymotion.com

Video Added on October 31st, 2026 Checked and working on November 8th, 2026

What it does

The Dailymotion API gives access to public videos, channels, users and playlists on Dailymotion: search videos, get their details and thumbnails, and embed them with the Dailymotion player. Uploading and managing videos needs an API key and OAuth. Responses are JSON. Free; reading public data needs no key.

API
HTTP-GET
JSON
REST

At a glance

API key: Not needed · More APIs with no key
Pricing: Free; reading public data needs no key.
From the browser: Yes (CORS)
Formats: JSON
Interface: REST, HTTP-GET
Provider: developers.dailymotion.com
Last checked: Working on November 8th, 2026

More information: https://developers.dailymotion.com/api/

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Example request

curl

curl 'https://api.dailymotion.com/videos?search=london&limit=5'

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://api.dailymotion.com/videos?search=london&limit=5");
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.dailymotion.com/videos?search=london&limit=5",
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())

The JavaScript works in a web page as well as in Node.js 18 or newer.