# Rumble Video API Beta Returns a public Rumble video, short or live stream: title, full description, publish time, duration, thumbnail, the channel with its avatar, badge and follower count, views, likes and dislikes, Rumble's categories and tags, every video and audio file with its size, the caption tracks, and for live streams whether they are on air, when they started or are scheduled, and how many people are watching. Accepts every Rumble video link form, embed links included, or a bare video ID. [Get 100 free credits](https://staging.socialtap.dev/signup/?next=%2Fplayground%2F%3Fendpoint%3Drumble.post) · [API reference](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/reference/rumble/post/index.md) · [Try it](https://staging.socialtap.dev/playground/?endpoint=rumble.post) - **Price**: From **1 credit** per request$0.75–$1.45 per 1,000 requests - **Request**: `GET /v1/rumble/post`One API key, one JSON schema - **Input**: `url`e.g. `https://rumble.com/v79xhhm-discovery-why-glenn-wants-israel-to-sue-the-new-york-times.html` - **Failed requests**: Free: 0 credits Use cases ## What teams build with it. From one request. - Track views, likes and dislikes on Rumble videos over time - Monitor live streams and their concurrent viewers - Collect caption files and media links for analysis - Enrich Rumble links with titles, channels and thumbnails What you get ## Posts in one schema. The same on every platform. - **`platform`string**: Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …). - **`id`string**: Platform-native post ID (string; Instagram shortcode, Reddit without t3_). - **`url`string**: Canonical post URL. - **`type`string**: Normalized content shape. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other. - **`platform_type`string**: The platform's own product label, lowercase (reel, short, story, live, tweet, …). - **`title`string**: Headline (YouTube title, Reddit title); null on caption-only platforms. - **`text`string**: Caption, description or body as plain text. - **`language`string**: BCP-47 language of text, when the platform states it. Every field, its type and when it is `null`: [the response reference](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/reference/rumble/post/index.md#response) and the [post schema](https://staging.socialtap.dev/resources/post/index.md). ## Example request cURL: ```shell curl -G 'https://staging.socialtap.dev/v1/rumble/post' \ --data-urlencode 'url=https://rumble.com/v79xhhm-discovery-why-glenn-wants-israel-to-sue-the-new-york-times.html' \ -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY" ``` Node.js: ```javascript const params = new URLSearchParams({ url: "https://rumble.com/v79xhhm-discovery-why-glenn-wants-israel-to-sue-the-new-york-times.html", }); const res = await fetch(`https://staging.socialtap.dev/v1/rumble/post?${params}`, { headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" }, }); const body = await res.json(); if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`); const { data, meta } = body; console.log(data, meta.credits_charged); ``` Python: ```python import os import requests res = requests.get( "https://staging.socialtap.dev/v1/rumble/post", params={"url": "https://rumble.com/v79xhhm-discovery-why-glenn-wants-israel-to-sue-the-new-york-times.html"}, headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"]}, ) body = res.json() if not res.ok: raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['code']}: {body['error']['message']}") data, meta = body["data"], body["meta"] print(data, meta["credits_charged"]) ``` Go: ```go package main import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "log" "net/http" "net/url" "os" ) func main() { q := url.Values{} q.Set("url", "https://rumble.com/v79xhhm-discovery-why-glenn-wants-israel-to-sue-the-new-york-times.html") req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://staging.socialtap.dev/v1/rumble/post?"+q.Encode(), nil) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } req.Header.Set("x-api-key", os.Getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")) res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } defer res.Body.Close() var body struct { Data json.RawMessage `json:"data"` Meta map[string]any `json:"meta"` Error *struct { Code string `json:"code"` Message string `json:"message"` } `json:"error"` } if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } if body.Error != nil { log.Fatalf("%s: %s", body.Error.Code, body.Error.Message) } fmt.Println(string(body.Data), body.Meta["credits_charged"]) } ``` 200 OK: ```json { "data": { "approximate_fields": [ "platform_specific.rumble.author_follower_count" ], "author": { "avatar_url": "https://hugh.cdn.rumble.cloud/video/z8/g/D/5/d/gD5da.baa.2-GGreenwald-rml416.png", "display_name": "Glenn Greenwald", "id": "_c1021766", "is_verified": true, "url": "https://rumble.com/c/GGreenwald", "username": "GGreenwald" }, "coauthors": [], "duration_ms": 1678000, "hashtags": [], "id": "v79xhhm", "is_nsfw": null, "is_pinned": null, "is_sponsored": null, "language": null, "media": [ { "alt_text": null, "duration_ms": 1678000, "expires_at": null, "height": 1080, "thumbnail_url": "https://hugh.cdn.rumble.cloud/video/fwe2/2f/s8/1/k/V/p/o/kVpoA.qR4e-small-DISCOVERY-Why-Glenn-WANTS-I..jpg", "type": "video", "url": "https://rumble.com/hls-vod/vjXafkcCce8/playlist.m3u8", "width": 1920 } ], "mentions": [], "metrics": { "comment_count": 22, "like_count": 209, "quote_count": null, "repost_count": null, "save_count": null, "share_count": null, "view_count": 25366 }, "platform": "rumble", "platform_specific": { "rumble": { "author_follower_count": 584000, "caption_tracks": [ { "is_auto_generated": true, "label": "English (auto)", "language": "en", "url": "https://hugh.cdn.rumble.cloud/video/fwe2/2f/s8/11/k/V/p/o/kVpoA.fn8Si.1.vtt" } ], "category": "News", "concurrent_viewer_count": null, "dislike_count": 4, "embed_id": "v77qthe", "embed_url": "https://rumble.com/embed/v77qthe/", "files": [ { "bitrate_kbps": 2142, "format": "tar", "height": 720, "kind": "video", "size_bytes": 449566720, "url": "https://hugh.cdn.rumble.cloud/video/fwe2/2f/s8/2/k/V/p/o/kVpoA.gaa.tar?r_file=chunklist.m3u8&r_type=application%2Fvnd.apple.mpegurl&r_range=449539072-449555872", "width": 1280 }, { "bitrate_kbps": 1059, "format": "tar", "height": 480, "kind": "video", "size_bytes": 222300160, "url": "https://hugh.cdn.rumble.cloud/video/fwe2/2f/s8/2/k/V/p/o/kVpoA.caa.tar?r_file=chunklist.m3u8&r_type=application%2Fvnd.apple.mpegurl&r_range=222280704-222297420", "width": 854 }, { "bitrate_kbps": 679, "format": "tar", "height": 360, "kind": "video", "size_bytes": 142510080, "url": "https://hugh.cdn.rumble.cloud/video/fwe2/2f/s8/2/k/V/p/o/kVpoA.baa.tar?r_file=chunklist.m3u8&r_type=application%2Fvnd.apple.mpegurl&r_range=142485504-142502129", "width": 640 } ], "is_age_restricted": null, "is_live_now": false, "keywords": [], "live_started_at": null, "numeric_id": "436271810", "scheduled_start_at": null, "secondary_category": "Politics" } }, "platform_type": "video", "published_at": "2026-05-16T11:31:27Z", "text": "Follow Glenn Greenwald's writing and other journalism at Substack, where you can become a member: https://greenwald.substack.com/\n\nAll videos now available as a podcast! Find full episodes here: https://linktr.ee/systemupdate_\n\nFollow Glenn:\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/ggreenwal…", "thumbnail_url": "https://hugh.cdn.rumble.cloud/video/fwe2/2f/s8/1/k/V/p/o/kVpoA.qR4e-small-DISCOVERY-Why-Glenn-WANTS-I..jpg", "title": "DISCOVERY: Why Glenn WANTS Israel to Sue The New York Times", "type": "video", "unknown_fields": [], "url": "https://rumble.com/v79xhhm-discovery-why-glenn-wants-israel-to-sue-the-new-york-times.html" }, "meta": { "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f", "platform": "rumble", "source": "page", "is_cached": false, "credits_charged": 1, "latency_ms": 0, "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z", "input": { "kind": "video", "id": "v79xhhm", "url": "https://rumble.com/v79xhhm-discovery-why-glenn-wants-israel-to-sue-the-new-york-times.html" }, "credits_remaining": 9999, "client_request_id": null, "warnings": [], "mode": "live" } } ``` Long arrays and strings are shortened for display; real responses are complete. > [!NOTE] > > **Good to know** > > - On a video's page Rumble cuts dislikes, comment and follower counts to three significant digits once they reach thousands (a cut label is a floor: the real count is at most one unit in its last digit higher; listed in approximate_fields); likes are made exact from the rating bar when the dislikes are exact; views, and every count of a short, are exact. > - metrics.comment_count on a video is the count its page shows, which can run below the total Rumble's own lists give for the same video; null when the page shows none. > - platform_specific.rumble.embed_id is the player's ID: /embed/ links use it, and it differs from id. > - platform_type is short, live (streams on air, scheduled or past) or video. Pricing ## Pay per request. Only when it succeeds. | Source | Price per successful request | Per 1,000 requests | | --- | --- | --- | | Public page `page` | 1 credit | $0.75–$1.45 | - Failed requests are free: errors cost 0 credits. - Cache hits are free: responses served from the cache cost 0 credits. - Credits never expire. - One credit balance for every endpoint and platform. [Credit packs](https://staging.socialtap.dev/pricing/index.md) · [How this endpoint is priced](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/reference/rumble/post/index.md#pricing) · [How credits work](https://staging.socialtap.dev/docs/credits/index.md) FAQ ## Questions, answered. **How much does the Rumble Video API cost?** 1 credit for public page results (meta.source = page), charged only for successful requests. SocialTap credits cost $0.75–$1.45 per 1,000 depending on the pack. **Am I charged for failed requests?** No. Requests that return an error cost 0 credits. Responses served from the cache are free too. Same schema, other platforms ## Posts everywhere. One parser. [Instagram Post APIBetaPost`GET /v1/instagram/post`1 credit](https://staging.socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/post/index.md) · [Rumble Channel Videos APIBetaPost`GET /v1/rumble/posts`1 credit / page](https://staging.socialtap.dev/apis/rumble/posts/index.md) · [Rumble Search APIBetaPost`GET /v1/rumble/search_posts`1 credit / page](https://staging.socialtap.dev/apis/rumble/search_posts/index.md) · [TikTok Post APIBetaPost`GET /v1/tiktok/post`1 credit](https://staging.socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/post/index.md) · [TikTok Posts APIBetaPost`GET /v1/tiktok/posts`1 credit / page](https://staging.socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/posts/index.md) · [YouTube Video APIBetaPost`GET /v1/youtube/post`1 credit](https://staging.socialtap.dev/apis/youtube/post/index.md) · [YouTube Channel Videos APIBetaPost`GET /v1/youtube/posts`1 credit / page](https://staging.socialtap.dev/apis/youtube/posts/index.md) More Rumble ## Rumble API. 6 endpoints, one key. [Rumble Comments APIBetaComment`GET /v1/rumble/comments`1 credit / page](https://staging.socialtap.dev/apis/rumble/comments/index.md) · [Rumble Channel Videos APIBetaPost`GET /v1/rumble/posts`1 credit / page](https://staging.socialtap.dev/apis/rumble/posts/index.md) · [Rumble Channel APIBetaProfile`GET /v1/rumble/profile`1 credit](https://staging.socialtap.dev/apis/rumble/profile/index.md) · [Rumble Search APIBetaPost`GET /v1/rumble/search_posts`1 credit / page](https://staging.socialtap.dev/apis/rumble/search_posts/index.md) · [Rumble Transcript APIBetaTranscript`GET /v1/rumble/transcript`From 1 credit](https://staging.socialtap.dev/apis/rumble/transcript/index.md) ## Start with 100 free credits. No card required. Test keys answer every endpoint from recorded responses, free, so you can build before you spend. Failed requests are always free. 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