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Try the Search YouTube API

Test Crawlora's Search YouTube 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/search
Platform: YouTube
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 3 credits/request
Required params: None
Common optional params: q, search_query, continuation_token, type, sort_by, upload_date

Search YouTube API documentation YouTube platform page Crawlora API pricing Try YouTube Captions API Try YouTube Channel Playlists API Try Search within a YouTube channel API Try YouTube Channel Shorts API Try YouTube Channel Videos API

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/youtube/search?q=gpt&search_query=gpt&type=video&sort_by=relevance&upload_date=last_hour&duration=short&features=hd%2Csubtitles" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
q	string	No	gpt	Search query
search_query	string	No	gpt	Alias for q
continuation_token	string	No		Pagination token returned by a previous request
type	string	No	video	Filter by type
sort_by	string	No	relevance	Sort results
upload_date	string	No	last_hour	Filter by upload date
duration	string	No	short	Filter by duration
features	string	No	hd,subtitles	Comma-separated feature filters
params	string	No		Raw protobuf-encoded search filter (base64)

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "gpt",
    "estimated_results": 9895225,
    "items": [
      {
        "type": "video",
        "position": 1,
        "title": "ChatGPT Explained",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123xyz89",
        "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/abc123xyz89/hq720.jpg",
        "video_id": "abc123xyz89",
        "channel_title": "OpenAI",
        "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
        "duration": "12:34",
        "duration_seconds": 754,
        "published_text": "2 days ago",
        "view_count": "123,456 views",
        "short_view_count": "123K views",
        "description_snippet": "A concise walkthrough of GPT features.",
        "channel_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/channel-thumb",
        "is_verified": true,
        "badges": [
          "HD",
          "CC"
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "channel",
        "position": 2,
        "title": "OpenAI",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@OpenAI",
        "thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/channel-avatar",
        "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
        "handle": "@OpenAI",
        "subscriber_count": "1.93M subscribers",
        "description_snippet": "OpenAI's mission is to ensure AGI benefits all of humanity.",
        "is_verified": true
      },
      {
        "type": "playlist",
        "position": 3,
        "title": "Python Language Full Course (2026)",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1234567890abcdef",
        "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pl123/hqdefault.jpg",
        "playlist_id": "PL1234567890abcdef",
        "channel_title": "Shradha Khapra",
        "channel_id": "UC1XBh-m27kkgwLAwu_SRJBg",
        "video_count": "9 lessons"
      }
    ],
    "continuation_token": "NEXT_TOKEN"
  }
}

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GETapiKey3 credits/requestyoutube.searchResponseDocYouTube

GET /youtube/search

Search YouTube

Returns normalized YouTube search results using YouTube's InnerTube search API. Pass `continuation_token` from a previous response to retrieve the next page. Use `q` as the primary query parameter; `search_query` is accepted as an alias.

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "gpt",
    "estimated_results": 9895225,
    "items": [
      {
        "type": "video",
        "position": 1,
        "title": "ChatGPT Explained",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123xyz89",
        "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/abc123xyz89/hq720.jpg",
        "video_id": "abc123xyz89",
        "channel_title": "OpenAI",
        "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
        "duration": "12:34",
        "duration_seconds": 754,
        "published_text": "2 days ago",
        "view_count": "123,456 views",
        "short_view_count": "123K views",
        "description_snippet": "A concise walkthrough of GPT features.",
        "channel_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/channel-thumb",
        "is_verified": true,
        "badges": [
          "HD",
          "CC"
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "channel",
        "position": 2,
        "title": "OpenAI",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@OpenAI",
        "thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/channel-avatar",
        "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
        "handle": "@OpenAI",
        "subscriber_count": "1.93M subscribers",
        "description_snippet": "OpenAI's mission is to ensure AGI benefits all of humanity.",
        "is_verified": true
      },
      {
        "type": "playlist",
        "position": 3,
        "title": "Python Language Full Course (2026)",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1234567890abcdef",
        "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pl123/hqdefault.jpg",
        "playlist_id": "PL1234567890abcdef",
        "channel_title": "Shradha Khapra",
        "channel_id": "UC1XBh-m27kkgwLAwu_SRJBg",
        "video_count": "9 lessons"
      }
    ],
    "continuation_token": "NEXT_TOKEN"
  }
}

Endpoint details

Method: GET
Path: /youtube/search
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 3 credits/request
Platform: YouTube
Parameters: 10 documented fields

Request parameters

q:querysearch_query:querycontinuation_token:querytype:querysort_by:queryupload_date:queryduration:queryfeatures:queryparams:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatadata.continuation_tokendata.estimated_resultsdata.itemsdata.items[].badgesdata.items[].channel_iddata.items[].channel_thumbnaildata.items[].channel_titledata.items[].description_snippetdata.items[].durationdata.items[].duration_seconds

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "gpt",
    "estimated_results": 9895225,
    "items": [
      {
        "type": "video",
        "position": 1,
        "title": "ChatGPT Explained",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123xyz89",
        "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/abc123xyz89/hq720.jpg",
        "video_id": "abc123xyz89",
        "channel_title": "OpenAI",
        "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
        "duration": "12:34",
        "duration_seconds": 754,
        "published_text": "2 days ago",
        "view_count": "123,456 views",
        "short_view_count": "123K views",
        "description_snippet": "A concise walkthrough of GPT features.",
        "channel_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/channel-thumb",
        "is_verified": true,
        "badges": [
          "HD",
          "CC"
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "channel",
        "position": 2,
        "title": "OpenAI",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@OpenAI",
        "thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/channel-avatar",
        "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
        "handle": "@OpenAI",
        "subscriber_count": "1.93M subscribers",
        "description_snippet": "OpenAI's mission is to ensure AGI benefits all of humanity.",
        "is_verified": true
      },
      {
        "type": "playlist",
        "position": 3,
        "title": "Python Language Full Course (2026)",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1234567890abcdef",
        "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pl123/hqdefault.jpg",
        "playlist_id": "PL1234567890abcdef",
        "channel_title": "Shradha Khapra",
        "channel_id": "UC1XBh-m27kkgwLAwu_SRJBg",
        "video_count": "9 lessons"
      }
    ],
    "continuation_token": "NEXT_TOKEN"
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/youtube/search" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Try the Search YouTube API

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /youtube/search
Platform: YouTube
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 3 credits/request
Required params: None
Common optional params: q, search_query, continuation_token, type, sort_by, upload_date

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/youtube/search?q=gpt&search_query=gpt&type=video&sort_by=relevance&upload_date=last_hour&duration=short&features=hd%2Csubtitles" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
q	string	No	gpt	Search query
search_query	string	No	gpt	Alias for q
continuation_token	string	No		Pagination token returned by a previous request
type	string	No	video	Filter by type
sort_by	string	No	relevance	Sort results
upload_date	string	No	last_hour	Filter by upload date
duration	string	No	short	Filter by duration
features	string	No	hd,subtitles	Comma-separated feature filters
params	string	No		Raw protobuf-encoded search filter (base64)

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "gpt",
    "estimated_results": 9895225,
    "items": [
      {
        "type": "video",
        "position": 1,
        "title": "ChatGPT Explained",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123xyz89",
        "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/abc123xyz89/hq720.jpg",
        "video_id": "abc123xyz89",
        "channel_title": "OpenAI",
        "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
        "duration": "12:34",
        "duration_seconds": 754,
        "published_text": "2 days ago",
        "view_count": "123,456 views",
        "short_view_count": "123K views",
        "description_snippet": "A concise walkthrough of GPT features.",
        "channel_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/channel-thumb",
        "is_verified": true,
        "badges": [
          "HD",
          "CC"
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "channel",
        "position": 2,
        "title": "OpenAI",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@OpenAI",
        "thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/channel-avatar",
        "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
        "handle": "@OpenAI",
        "subscriber_count": "1.93M subscribers",
        "description_snippet": "OpenAI's mission is to ensure AGI benefits all of humanity.",
        "is_verified": true
      },
      {
        "type": "playlist",
        "position": 3,
        "title": "Python Language Full Course (2026)",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1234567890abcdef",
        "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pl123/hqdefault.jpg",
        "playlist_id": "PL1234567890abcdef",
        "channel_title": "Shradha Khapra",
        "channel_id": "UC1XBh-m27kkgwLAwu_SRJBg",
        "video_count": "9 lessons"
      }
    ],
    "continuation_token": "NEXT_TOKEN"
  }
}

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{ "code": 200, "msg": "OK", "data": { "query": "gpt", "estimated_results": 9895225, "items": [ { "type": "video", "position": 1, "title": "ChatGPT Explained", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123xyz89", "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/abc123xyz89/hq720.jpg", "video_id": "abc123xyz89", "channel_title": "OpenAI", "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A", "duration": "12:34", "duration_seconds": 754, "published_text": "2 days ago", "view_count": "123,456 views", "short_view_count": "123K views", "description_snippet": "A concise walkthrough of GPT features.", "channel_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/channel-thumb", "is_verified": true, "badges": [ "HD", "CC" ] }, { "type": "channel", "position": 2, "title": "OpenAI", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@OpenAI", "thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/channel-avatar", "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A", "handle": "@OpenAI", "subscriber_count": "1.93M subscribers", "description_snippet": "OpenAI's mission is to ensure AGI benefits all of humanity.", "is_verified": true }, { "type": "playlist", "position": 3, "title": "Python Language Full Course (2026)", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1234567890abcdef", "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pl123/hqdefault.jpg", "playlist_id": "PL1234567890abcdef", "channel_title": "Shradha Khapra", "channel_id": "UC1XBh-m27kkgwLAwu_SRJBg", "video_count": "9 lessons" } ], "continuation_token": "NEXT_TOKEN" } }

Endpoint details

Method: GET
Path: /youtube/search
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 3 credits/request
Platform: YouTube
Parameters: 10 documented fields

Request parameters

q:querysearch_query:querycontinuation_token:querytype:querysort_by:queryupload_date:queryduration:queryfeatures:queryparams:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "gpt",
    "estimated_results": 9895225,
    "items": [
      {
        "type": "video",
        "position": 1,
        "title": "ChatGPT Explained",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123xyz89",
        "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/abc123xyz89/hq720.jpg",
        "video_id": "abc123xyz89",
        "channel_title": "OpenAI",
        "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
        "duration": "12:34",
        "duration_seconds": 754,
        "published_text": "2 days ago",
        "view_count": "123,456 views",
        "short_view_count": "123K views",
        "description_snippet": "A concise walkthrough of GPT features.",
        "channel_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/channel-thumb",
        "is_verified": true,
        "badges": [
          "HD",
          "CC"
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "channel",
        "position": 2,
        "title": "OpenAI",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@OpenAI",
        "thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/channel-avatar",
        "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
        "handle": "@OpenAI",
        "subscriber_count": "1.93M subscribers",
        "description_snippet": "OpenAI's mission is to ensure AGI benefits all of humanity.",
        "is_verified": true
      },
      {
        "type": "playlist",
        "position": 3,
        "title": "Python Language Full Course (2026)",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1234567890abcdef",
        "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pl123/hqdefault.jpg",
        "playlist_id": "PL1234567890abcdef",
        "channel_title": "Shradha Khapra",
        "channel_id": "UC1XBh-m27kkgwLAwu_SRJBg",
        "video_count": "9 lessons"
      }
    ],
    "continuation_token": "NEXT_TOKEN"
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/youtube/search" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"