# Blockbuster.ai YouTube Search

> Blockbuster.ai YouTube Search is a paid API for AI agents from blockbuster-ai.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.06/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Searches YouTube for videos matching a given query and returns results via micropayment-gated API

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://blockbuster-ai.vercel.app/api/youtube-search
- Price: $0.06/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/blockbuster-ai-youtube-search-078e15da
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_qO3FteXicE89keYzJsMPT

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-search-078e15da -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search YouTube for videos about 'how to train a large language model from scratch' and show me the top results.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need programmatic YouTube video search results with micropayment-based access (no YouTube Data API key required), especially in agent workflows on Base chain using x402 payments. Prefer this over direct YouTube API calls when you want a simple pay-per-use model without managing API credentials.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or missing query string returns an error or empty results
- Payment not fulfilled results in 402 response blocking the call
- YouTube API quota exceeded on the backend causes failure
- Overly broad queries may return irrelevant or noisy results
- Network timeout if YouTube backend is slow to respond

## 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 JSON object with a success boolean and a data object containing YouTube search results including video titles, IDs, thumbnails, channel names, and other metadata matching the provided query.

## 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-search-078e15da/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)