# The Stall YouTube Search

> The Stall YouTube Search is a paid API for AI agents from the-stall.intuitek.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.021/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Search YouTube videos by keyword query and return ranked results, paid per-call with USDC on Base via x402

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://the-stall.intuitek.ai/cap/youtube-search
- Price: $0.021/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/the-stall-youtube-search-9d324d26
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_UGAKsx7awtMS_iX9hxpDo

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 the-stall-youtube-search-9d324d26
```

Example prompt: Search YouTube for 'machine learning tutorial for beginners' and give me the top 5 results with titles and links.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need lightweight, keyless YouTube search in an agent pipeline without provisioning a Google API key or account. Ideal for autonomous agents that need to discover video content on demand and can pay micro-fees in USDC. Prefer this over direct YouTube Data API v3 when you want zero credential management and per-call billing.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or vague query string returns no results or irrelevant results
- max_results out of range (must be 1–10) causes validation error
- Query for very niche or obscure content may return few or no results
- Payment failure on Base mainnet (insufficient USDC balance) blocks the request
- YouTube data temporarily unavailable causes upstream fetch failure

## How this service works

Domain-agnostic x402 capability chassis by IntuiTek¹. 300 AI-callable data services — pay USDC on Base mainnet. No accounts or API keys required.

## Output

A ranked list of up to 10 YouTube video results matching the search query, including video titles, URLs, channel information, and other available metadata for each result.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "query"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "query": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Search query string (e.g. 'bitcoin price 2024', 'machine learning tutorial')."
      },
      "max_results": {
       "type": "integer",
       "maximum": 10,
       "minimum": 1,
       "description": "Number of results to return (1–10, default 5)."
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/the-stall-youtube-search-9d324d26/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from the-stall.intuitek.ai](https://www.zero.xyz/host/the-stall.intuitek.ai/llms.txt)