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Try the Search within a YouTube channel API

Test Crawlora's Search within a YouTube channel API with realistic prefilled parameters. Generate a cURL request, inspect the expected structured JSON response, and open the full docs or pricing page when you are ready to integrate this public web data extraction endpoint into your application.

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /youtube/channel/{id}/search
Platform: YouTube
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 3 credits/request
Required params: id, q
Common optional params: continuation_token

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Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/youtube/channel/<id>/search?q=<q>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
id (path)	string	Yes	Channel ID, @handle, /c path, /user path, or full YouTube channel URL
q	string	Yes	Search query
continuation_token	string	No	Pagination token returned by a previous request

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "gpt",
    "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
    "channel_title": "OpenAI",
    "handle": "@OpenAI",
    "items": [
      {
        "type": "video",
        "position": 1,
        "title": "Search Result 1",
        "video_id": "abc123xyz89",
        "duration": "04:20"
      }
    ],
    "continuation_token": "NEXT_TOKEN"
  }
}

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Method

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Endpoint

GETapiKey3 credits/requestyoutube.channelSearchResponseDocYouTube

GET /youtube/channel/{id}/search

Search within a YouTube channel

Returns normalized video search items scoped to a specific channel, including the resolved top-level `query`.

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Path parameters

requiredstring

Channel ID, @handle, /c path, /user path, or full YouTube channel URL

Required query parameters

requiredstring

Search query

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "gpt",
    "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
    "channel_title": "OpenAI",
    "handle": "@OpenAI",
    "items": [
      {
        "type": "video",
        "position": 1,
        "title": "Search Result 1",
        "video_id": "abc123xyz89",
        "duration": "04:20"
      }
    ],
    "continuation_token": "NEXT_TOKEN"
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns normalized video search items scoped to a specific channel, including the resolved top-level `query`.

Method: GET
Path: /youtube/channel/{id}/search
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 3 credits/request
Platform: YouTube
Parameters: 4 documented fields

Request parameters

id:pathq:querycontinuation_token:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatadata.channel_iddata.channel_titledata.channel_urldata.continuation_tokendata.handledata.itemsdata.items[].badgesdata.items[].channel_iddata.items[].channel_thumbnaildata.items[].channel_title

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "gpt",
    "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
    "channel_title": "OpenAI",
    "handle": "@OpenAI",
    "items": [
      {
        "type": "video",
        "position": 1,
        "title": "Search Result 1",
        "video_id": "abc123xyz89",
        "duration": "04:20"
      }
    ],
    "continuation_token": "NEXT_TOKEN"
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/youtube/channel/<id>/search?q=<q>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Try the Search within a YouTube channel API

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
id (path)	string	Yes	Channel ID, @handle, /c path, /user path, or full YouTube channel URL
q	string	Yes	Search query
continuation_token	string	No	Pagination token returned by a previous request

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "gpt",
    "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
    "channel_title": "OpenAI",
    "handle": "@OpenAI",
    "items": [
      {
        "type": "video",
        "position": 1,
        "title": "Search Result 1",
        "video_id": "abc123xyz89",
        "duration": "04:20"
      }
    ],
    "continuation_token": "NEXT_TOKEN"
  }
}

{ "code": 200, "msg": "OK", "data": { "query": "gpt", "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A", "channel_title": "OpenAI", "handle": "@OpenAI", "items": [ { "type": "video", "position": 1, "title": "Search Result 1", "video_id": "abc123xyz89", "duration": "04:20" } ], "continuation_token": "NEXT_TOKEN" } }

Endpoint details

Returns normalized video search items scoped to a specific channel, including the resolved top-level `query`.

Method: GET
Path: /youtube/channel/{id}/search
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 3 credits/request
Platform: YouTube
Parameters: 4 documented fields

Request parameters

id:pathq:querycontinuation_token:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatadata.channel_iddata.channel_titledata.channel_urldata.continuation_tokendata.handledata.itemsdata.items[].badgesdata.items[].channel_iddata.items[].channel_thumbnaildata.items[].channel_title

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "gpt",
    "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
    "channel_title": "OpenAI",
    "handle": "@OpenAI",
    "items": [
      {
        "type": "video",
        "position": 1,
        "title": "Search Result 1",
        "video_id": "abc123xyz89",
        "duration": "04:20"
      }
    ],
    "continuation_token": "NEXT_TOKEN"
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/youtube/channel/<id>/search?q=<q>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"