Prerequisites
Active Yoinkit subscription
API token from Settings → OpenClaw
Your First Request
Let’s fetch the transcript of a YouTube video:
curl -X GET "https://yoinkit.ai/api/v1/openclaw/youtube/transcript?id=dQw4w9WgXcQ" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"
Response
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
"title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up",
"duration": 213,
"transcript": "We're no strangers to love\nYou know the rules and so do I...",
"language": "en"
}
}
Common Workflows
Get Video Content + Transcript
# First, get video metadata
curl "https://yoinkit.ai/api/v1/openclaw/youtube/video?id=dQw4w9WgXcQ" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $YOINKIT_API_TOKEN"
# Then, get the transcript
curl "https://yoinkit.ai/api/v1/openclaw/youtube/transcript?id=dQw4w9WgXcQ" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $YOINKIT_API_TOKEN"
Search for Trending Content
# What's trending on YouTube in tech?
curl "https://yoinkit.ai/api/v1/openclaw/youtube/trending?category=tech" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $YOINKIT_API_TOKEN"
# Search TikTok for specific topics
curl "https://yoinkit.ai/api/v1/openclaw/tiktok/search?query=productivity%20tips" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $YOINKIT_API_TOKEN"
# Find content about "AI tools" across platforms
for platform in youtube tiktok twitter; do
curl "https://yoinkit.ai/api/v1/openclaw/${platform}/search?query=AI%20tools" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $YOINKIT_API_TOKEN"
done
Using with OpenClaw
Once you have the yoinkit skill installed:
# Configure your API token
openclaw config set skills.yoinkit.env.YOINKIT_API_TOKEN "your-token"
# Now your AI assistant can research for you
“What’s trending on YouTube in the AI space today?”
“Pull the transcript from this TikTok video and summarize the key points”
“Find Reddit posts about home automation that I could turn into a YouTube video”
Next Steps
