/v1/youtube/search

GET

Search

Search YouTube videos, channels, playlists, Shorts and live streams. [Response format video](https://www.tella.tv/video/explaining-youtube-search-results-payload-353a).

Credit cost	Default: 1 credit How charges are determined Cost is decided per call, not per endpoint: the same operation can cost different amounts depending on what it returns. A call that fails costs 0 credits. A result served from cache costs 0 credits. `default` is the cost when no rule matches. Rules are evaluated in order and the first whose conditions all hold wins. A `when` condition is one of: `param` (the request parameter is true), `outcome` (the classifier's outcome), `empty` / `nonEmpty` (a response field is empty and absent, or a non-empty array or string), `flag` (a response field is exactly true). A cost of `{ perStartedMinute: n, of: [fields] }` is n x max(1, ceil(seconds / 60)), so even a short result bills at least one minute.
Cache support	Not specified in the published contract.
Pagination	No explicit pagination metadata in the published contract. Consult the parameters and response fields below.

Parameters

Name	Location / required	Schema
`query` Search query. Use intitle: for stricter title matching, e.g. intitle:"Foursquare Swarm". YouTube may broaden quoted queries when no fresh exact matches exist.	query / required	`string`
`uploadDate` Upload date	query / optional	`string` Allowed values `["today","this_week","this_month","this_year"]`
`sortBy` Sort by	query / optional	`string` Allowed values `["relevance","popular"]`
`type` Type of content to search for	query / optional	`string` Allowed values `["videos","shorts","channels","playlists"]`
`duration` Duration of the video. Only applies to videos (not shorts).	query / optional	`string` Allowed values `["under_3_min","between_3_and_20_min","over_20_min"]`
`region` Two-letter country code for the proxy location.	query / optional	`string`
`includeExtras` Include like/comment counts and descriptions; slows the response. Use /v1/youtube/video for full details.	query / optional	`string`
`continuationToken` Use continuationToken from the previous response to get the next page.	query / optional	`string`

Request examples

Replace placeholder values and supply your own API key. For operations with a request body, populate the body using the schema above.

cURL

curl --request GET 'https://api.fetchproof.com/v1/youtube/search?query=YOUR_QUERY' \
  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://api.fetchproof.com/v1/youtube/search?query=YOUR_QUERY", {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: { 'x-api-key': process.env.FETCHPROOF_API_KEY }
});
console.log(await response.text());

Python

import os
import requests

response = requests.get("https://api.fetchproof.com/v1/youtube/search?query=YOUR_QUERY",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["FETCHPROOF_API_KEY"]})
print(response.text)

Responses

200Success. Envelope: success / credits_remaining / credits_charged.

application/json

object

successrequired

boolean

credits_remainingrequired

integer

credits_chargedrequired

integer

videosrequired

array

Array items

object

typerequired

string

idrequired

string

urlrequired

string

titlerequired

string

thumbnailrequired

string

channelrequired

object

idoptional

string

titlerequired

string

handleoptional

string

thumbnailrequired

string

viewCountTextrequired

string

viewCountIntrequired

integer

publishedTimeTextrequired

string

publishedTimerequired

string

{
  "format": "date-time"
}

lengthTextrequired

string

lengthSecondsrequired

integer

badgesrequired

array

Array items

string

channelsrequired

array

playlistsrequired

array

Array items

object

typerequired

string

idrequired

string

titlerequired

string

thumbnailrequired

string

playlistUrlrequired

string

videoIdrequired

string

videoUrlrequired

string

videoCountrequired

integer

channelrequired

object

idrequired

string

titlerequired

string

handlerequired

string

channelUrlrequired

string

shortsrequired

array

Array items

object

typerequired

string

idrequired

string

urlrequired

string

titlerequired

string

thumbnailrequired

string

channelrequired

object

idrequired

string

titlerequired

string

handlerequired

string

thumbnailrequired

string

viewCountTextrequired

string

viewCountIntrequired

integer

publishedTimeTextrequired

string

publishedTimerequired

string

{
  "format": "date-time"
}

lengthTextrequired

string

lengthSecondsrequired

integer

badgesrequired

array

shelvesrequired

array

Array items

object

typerequired

string

titlerequired

string

itemsrequired

array

Array items

object

typerequired

string

idrequired

string

urlrequired

string

titlerequired

string

thumbnailrequired

string

viewCountTextrequired

string

viewCountIntrequired

integer

livesrequired

array

continuationTokenrequired

string

401Invalid or missing x-api-key

402No credits remaining

403Upstream denied (age gate, audience controls)

404Resource or endpoint not found

429Rate limited