Method: videos.lookupVideoMetadata
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Last updated 2025-08-27 UTC.
[null,null,["Last updated 2025-08-27 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eRetrieves video metadata using either a video ID or a US postal address.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThis method is a free alternative to \u003ccode\u003evideos.lookupVideo\u003c/code\u003e, but it does not provide playback URIs.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe request body should be empty, and the response will contain video metadata if successful.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eUses gRPC Transcoding syntax for the URL.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Method: videos.lookupVideoMetadata\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Query parameters](#body.QUERY_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n\nFetches metadata for a video given its address or videoId. This method is a free-to-call alternative to `videos.lookupVideo`, and returns all available video data excluding playback URIs.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`GET https://aerialview.googleapis.com/v1/videos:lookupVideoMetadata`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Query parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|-----------|----------------------------------------------------|\n| Union parameter `key`. Required. `key` can be only one of the following: ||\n| `videoId` | `string` An ID returned from `videos.renderVideo`. |\n| `address` | `string` A US postal address. |\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body must be empty.\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains an instance of [VideoMetadata](/maps/documentation/aerial-view/reference/rest/v1/VideoMetadata)."]]
