Multimodal Training

Train on more video,
with fewer blockers.

No more rate limits, blocks or yt-dlp failures. Just stable, petabyte-scale video data extraction for AI training.

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10B+
videos extracted daily
10PB+
video data delivered daily
7B+
image & video URLs/day
5T+
text tokens (100+ languages)
99.99%
uptime SLA

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How It Works

Robust content feeds,
straight to your cloud.

Build petabyte-scale web data extraction pipelines, optimized for multimodal training data.

1Discover Content

Use the Web Archive to filter billions of web pages and find fresh URLs for video, audio, images, PDFs or any other media type.

Discover new sources through rich, filterable metadata
Precisely target by modality, language, or domain
Curate custom datasets for ongoing or one-off needs
Optional annotation and labeling services available
video10B+
images7B+ URLs/day
audio400M+
text5T+ tokens
Compliance

Compliant and ethical.

In 2024, Bright Data won court cases against Meta and X, becoming the first web scraping company to be scrutinized in U.S. court, and win. Twice.

Our privacy practices comply with data protection laws including GDPR and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, and CSA STAR certified.

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SOC 2 Type II

Annual audit of security controls, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy.

ISO 27001:2022

International standard for information security management systems.

GDPR & CCPA

Full compliance with EU and California data protection regulations.

Court-tested

Won cases against Meta and X in U.S. federal court. Legal precedent for ethical web data collection.

“Bright Data provides the scale and reliability we can't achieve with yt-dlp alone. The video pipeline handles petabytes without us touching a single scraper.”

ML Infrastructure Lead
Top-5 AI Research Lab
FAQ

Common questions

Yes. Bright Data's Web Unlocker API can integrate with yt-dlp to solve common extraction issues, but this feature requires approval and consultation with our team. Our API acts as an intelligent proxy layer that automatically handles blocks, CAPTCHAs, and rate limiting. Contact our experts to discuss your specific use case.
Web Unlocker API automatically resolves HTTP 429 "Too Many Requests" errors that frequently break yt-dlp extractions. When integrated with yt-dlp (with proper approval), our API intelligently manages request distribution across our global IP pool of 150+ million addresses, automatically retrying with different IPs and optimal timing.
HTTP 403 errors are typically caused by IP blocking or geographic restrictions. Web Unlocker API solves this by automatically routing approved yt-dlp requests through appropriate residential IPs from our 195-country network. When a 403 error occurs, our API instantly switches to an alternative IP address.
This critical yt-dlp error occurs when platforms detect automated patterns. Web Unlocker API prevents this through advanced AI-powered browser fingerprinting that mimics real user behavior.
For advanced video filtering and discovery, first use our SERP API to identify and filter videos by language, duration, upload date, and other parameters. The SERP API helps you build targeted lists of videos that match your criteria. Then, Web Unlocker API (with approved access) enhances yt-dlp's reliability when extracting these filtered results.
Video extraction integration requires: (1) Initial consultation - contact our team to discuss your specific needs, (2) Use case evaluation - we review and approve appropriate extraction scenarios, (3) Custom configuration - our experts set up optimized parameters for your workflow, (4) Compliance guidance - ensuring extraction practices meet all requirements.

The web won't unlock itself.

Book a demo and see petabyte-scale video extraction in action. Stable, compliant, and built for serious AI training workflows.

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