Yahoo Search API endpoint
Returns Yahoo's video-search results for a query: title, destination page URL, source domain, description, thumbnail, and duration. Results are fetched from Yahoo's own server-rendered video-search page.
/yahoo-search/videosQuery parameters:
q (required) — the search query.Notable response behavior:
url is the real page hosting the video (e.g. a youtube.com watch link),
not an embeddable player URL.domain is the source site name as Yahoo labels it (e.g. "YouTube").duration is omitted when Yahoo did not carry a duration badge for a
given result.results array, not an
error.| Field | Filled in, of 60 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| position | 60 | 1 to 60, median 30 |
| title | 60 | “ChatGPT Just Changed FOREVER - Intelligent UI Explained” and 59 other values |
| url | 60 | youtube.com and 1 other host |
| domain | 60 | YouTube (57), TikTok (3) |
| description | 60 | median 344 characters |
| thumbnail_url | 60 | up.yimg.com |
| duration | 60 | “04:43” and 59 other values |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| q | string | Yes | Search query | chatgpt | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/yahoo-search/videos?q=chatgpt" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"query": "chatgpt",
"results": [
{
"position": 1,
"title": "You can just launch Sites | ChatGPT Work",
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VwIXjFj6YQ",
"domain": "YouTube",
"description": "ChatGPT Work gathers context across your surfaces.",
"thumbnail_url": "https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OVF.example",
"duration": "00:29"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/yahoosearch.videosResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | yahoosearch.VideosResponse | No | ||||
| data.query | string | No | chatgpt | |||
| data.results | array | No | ||||
| data.results[].description | string | No | ||||
| data.results[].domain | string | No | YouTube | |||
| data.results[].duration | string | No | 00:29 | |||
| data.results[].position | integer | No | 1 | |||
| data.results[].thumbnail_url | string | No | ||||
| data.results[].title | string | No | ChatGPT Demo | |||
| data.results[].url | string | No | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=example | |||
| msg | string | No | OK |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 429 | Too Many Requests | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 500 | Internal Server Error | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/yahoo-search/videos?q=chatgpt" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"