TornadoAPI

If you've ever tried downloading YouTube videos at scale‚ you know the pain: after a few hundred requests‚ you hit the dreaded "Sign in to confirm you're not a bot" error. Your pipeline breaks‚ your yt-dlp scripts crash‚ and you spend hours rotating proxies and debugging 403 errors. Tornado API eliminates all of that. Tornado API is a production-grade REST API built by Velys Software that lets developers download YouTube videos‚ audio tracks‚ and Spotify podcasts in bulk‚ with no rate limits‚ no bot detection blocks‚ and no infrastructure to manage. While tools like yt-dlp break every few weeks due to YouTube's constantly evolving anti-bot systems‚ Tornado API handles all the complexity behind a single API call. Send a URL‚ get your file. No proxy rotation‚ no cookie management‚ no CAPTCHA solving. It just works‚ even at thousands of downloads per day. Built entirely in Rust for maximum performance and reliability‚ the API delivers blazing-fast downloads with minimal resource usage. Every plan includes direct cloud export to AWS S3‚ Google Cloud Storage‚ or Azure Blob Storage at zero egress fees‚ files stream directly to your bucket without touching your server‚ saving you hundreds of dollars monthly at scale. Key features include batch downloads processing up to 1‚000 URLs per request‚ real-time webhook notifications for tracking progress without polling‚ video clipping by timestamp‚ live stream recording‚ and multi-format output including MP4‚ MP3‚ WAV‚ and more. Tornado API is built for developers who need reliable‚ high-volume media downloads as part of a larger pipeline. Whether you're collecting AI training datasets‚ building a podcast analytics platform‚ running a content repurposing SaaS‚ or archiving media for compliance‚ the API integrates in minutes. It works seamlessly with n8n‚ Zapier‚ and any HTTP client‚ and comes with an official Python SDK plus full documentation https://docs.tornadoapi.io . The API follows a clean REST design with structured JSON responses and clear error codes. Authentication uses simple API keys. Most developers go from signup to first download in under 10 minutes. Pricing is usage-based and transparent. Start free‚ scale as you grow. No hidden bandwidth fees‚ no per-seat pricing‚ no surprise charges. You pay only for the downloads you process. Stop fighting YouTube's bot detection. Stop maintaining fragile self-hosted scrapers. Stop losing hours to 403 errors and broken pipelines. Tornado API gives you the d