# YouTube Search

> YouTube Search is a paid API for AI agents from Scrape Creators at mpp.orthogonal.com, paid per call via MPP, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).

Search YouTube for videos, channels, or playlists by keyword query

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://mpp.orthogonal.com/scrapecreators/v1/youtube/search?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-12
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: Scrape Creators
- Docs: https://docs.scrapecreators.com
- Website: https://scrapecreators.com
- Tags: social-media, tiktok, instagram, youtube, scraping, social, data
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/scrape-creators-youtube-search-ae205fa5
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_iGPSqXn3FGMZMwET_6-Lc

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 scrape-creators-youtube-search-ae205fa5
```

Example prompt: Search YouTube for 'best home espresso machines 2024' and give me the top results including titles, channel names, and view counts.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically search YouTube without the official YouTube Data API quota restrictions, or when you need scrape-level access to YouTube search results including metadata not exposed via the official API. Prefer this over the YouTube Data API when quota is a concern or when you need unrestricted search access.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or empty query returns no results or error
- YouTube rate limiting or blocking causes scrape failure
- Network timeout if YouTube is slow to respond
- Query with no matching results returns empty list
- Service unavailable if YouTube changes its page structure

## How this service works

Search

## Output

A list of YouTube search results matching the query, including video titles, channel names, thumbnails, view counts, publish dates, video URLs, and other metadata scraped from YouTube's search results page.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/scrape-creators-youtube-search-ae205fa5/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from mpp.orthogonal.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/mpp.orthogonal.com/llms.txt)