# fetcher.sh YouTube Playlist Search

> fetcher.sh YouTube Playlist Search is a paid API for AI agents from fetcher.sh, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Searches YouTube for playlists matching a query, returning playlist metadata without requiring OAuth or a YouTube API key

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://fetcher.sh/api/youtube/search/playlist
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/fetcher-sh-youtube-playlist-search-f9661489
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_KyxYszm7QVnTfRPqlHrHg

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 fetcher-sh-youtube-playlist-search-f9661489
```

Example prompt: Search YouTube playlists for 'lo-fi hip hop study music' and give me the top results including playlist names, channel names, and how many videos are in each one.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to search YouTube for playlists by keyword without a YouTube Data API key or OAuth setup. Ideal for AI agents that need frictionless, pay-per-call access to YouTube playlist discovery at $0.005 per call via USDC, especially when building content recommendation tools, research pipelines, or playlist aggregators without managing API quotas.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or empty query parameter returns an error or empty results
- YouTube search returns no playlists for very niche or obscure queries
- Rate limiting or payment failure (402) if USDC balance is insufficient
- YouTube-side changes to scraping structure may cause temporary data gaps
- Ambiguous queries may return loosely related playlists

## How this service works

fetcher.sh is an x402 web-data and scraping API: 111 endpoints for Twitter/X, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, Google, App Store, and Yelp — paid per call in USDC on Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Monad or Solana, or with prepaid credits. Built for AI agents: no accounts, no OAuth, no subscriptions.

## Output

Returns a list of YouTube playlist search results including playlist titles, playlist IDs, channel names, thumbnail images, video counts, and direct URLs to each playlist, enabling agents to surface relevant video collections without needing YouTube Data API credentials.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "required": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/fetcher-sh-youtube-playlist-search-f9661489/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from fetcher.sh](https://www.zero.xyz/host/fetcher.sh/llms.txt)