TornadoAPI
TornadoAPI
Tornado API is a bulk YouTube & Spotify download API — no rate limits, no "Sign in to confirm you're not a bot" errors. Built in Rust with direct cloud export to S3, GCS, and Azure at zero egress fees.
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Tornado API is a media download and delivery service for YouTube and Spotify content, built by Velys Software. Developers send a single POST request with a source URL, output options such as format and maximum resolution, and destination details. The service downloads and processes the media, streams the result to storage, and notifies a webhook when the job finishes; polling is also supported.
Files can go to platform storage or to supported cloud destinations, including S3-compatible storage, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob, Alibaba OSS and Google Drive. No SDK is required, requests work from curl, and jobs are idempotent and safe to retry. A dashboard lets users try workflows, inspect job status and failure details, and track billable usage.
The site describes customers such as AI and content platforms, podcast hosts and content repurposing tools that ingest large volumes of video. Examples include one company ingesting 1.7M videos and another receiving 32 TB in four hours.
Best for
- AI companies ingesting video training data
- Content repurposing and analytics platforms
- Developers automating bulk media downloads to cloud storage
Pros
- Single POST request, works from curl without an SDK
- Delivers directly to S3, GCS, Azure Blob, Alibaba OSS, Google Drive
- Webhooks and polling supported, with idempotent retry-safe jobs
- Pay-as-you-go with no subscription or monthly minimum
Cons
- Billing floor can make billable volume exceed delivered file size
- Cloud storage provider costs are charged separately
- Source URL availability depends on access restrictions
Pricing
Pay-as-you-go pricing starts as low as $0.06 per GB of billable volume with no subscription, custom plans are available for committed volumes above 30 TB, and eligible new accounts get 100 GB free for 7 days.
TornadoAPI FAQ
- Is there a free trial?
- Eligible new accounts receive 100 GB free for 7 days. Eligibility and payment requirements depend on the offer available to the account.
- Where can downloaded files be delivered?
- Files can go to platform storage or a supported cloud destination, including S3-compatible storage, GCS, Azure Blob, Alibaba OSS or Google Drive.
- How is usage billed?
- Billing is based on billable volume under the account's plan. A billing floor can make it differ from the delivered file size, especially for audio or clips.
- How do I know when a job is finished?
- Tornado pings a configured webhook when the job completes, and polling is also supported.
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