# Blockbuster.ai YouTube API

> Blockbuster.ai YouTube API is a paid API for AI agents from blockbuster-ai.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.06/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Queries the YouTube API to retrieve video data, search results, channel info, or related YouTube content via a unified paid endpoint

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://blockbuster-ai.vercel.app/api/yt-api
- Price: $0.06/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/blockbuster-ai-youtube-api-336a03a9
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_WjRTcYEzE5wD0hLlKYlQ5

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability blockbuster-ai-youtube-api-336a03a9 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search YouTube for the top videos about 'Python machine learning tutorials' and give me the results including titles, channels, and view counts.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically search YouTube for videos, channels, or content by keyword as part of an AI agent workflow, especially when paying per-call via x402 micropayments on Base chain is acceptable and you want a hosted, managed YouTube query layer without managing your own API key.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or missing query string returns error or empty results
- YouTube API quota exceeded upstream causes failure
- Invalid or malformed query returns no results
- Payment failure via x402 micropayment blocks the request
- Downstream YouTube API outage causes timeout or error response

## How this service works

115+ premium paid endpoints: Social Media, AI/ML, E-commerce, Finance, Data Intelligence, Media, Tools. x402 micropayments on Base chain.

## Output

Returns a data object containing YouTube search results or video metadata matching the query, with a success boolean indicating whether the call succeeded.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Input parameter for the API call"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "data": {
   "type": "object"
  },
  "success": {
   "type": "boolean"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/blockbuster-ai-youtube-api-336a03a9/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from blockbuster-ai.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/blockbuster-ai.vercel.app/llms.txt)