YouTube Search Scraper

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YouTube Search Scraper is a paid API for AI agents from api.scrapeforagents.tech, paid per call via x402, $0.025/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-02).

Searches YouTube and returns structured results including videos, Shorts, channels, playlists, or movies for a given query.

Price / call$0.025

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How this service works

Pay-per-call structured web data. Failed or empty runs are not charged.

Output

Returns a JSON object with a count of results and an array of items, each containing the video/channel/playlist URL, title, type, video ID, channel ID, playlist ID, search position, and the original query string. Results reflect YouTube's search ranking for the specified parameters.

Example use cases

Competitor content research on YouTube

“Search YouTube for 'electric vehicle reviews' in the US sorted by popularity, videos only, and give me the top 100 results so I can see which channels are dominating that topic.”

Finding recent YouTube Shorts on a trend

“Find me the latest YouTube Shorts about 'AI tools for students' uploaded this week — I want up to 50 results.”

Discovering YouTube channels in a niche

“Search YouTube for channels related to 'vegan recipes' in the UK with the interface in English and return up to 100 results sorted by relevance.”

Technical details

Endpoint

POSThttps://api.scrapeforagents.tech/v1/youtube-search?utm_source=zero.xyz

When to prefer

Choose this endpoint when you need structured, machine-readable YouTube search results at scale — especially when you need to filter by content type (Shorts, channels, playlists), geography, language, duration, or upload recency. It is pay-per-call with no charge for failed or empty runs, making it cost-efficient for exploratory searches. Prefer it over manual scraping or YouTube Data API when you need large result sets (up to all pages) without quota management.

Side effects

Empty result set if query returns no YouTube results (not charged)
Invalid geo or lang code may default to US/en or return an error
Unsupported type or enum value will be rejected by schema validation
scrapeAllResults with very broad queries may hit the 200-page safety limit
Rate limiting or network issues may cause failed runs (not charged)
Highly restrictive filter combinations (e.g. duration + uploadDate + type=shorts) may return zero results

Input

Schema · Request body

Field	Type	Description
geo	string	Two-letter country code for localized search, such as US or GB.
lang	string	Two-letter interface language code, such as en or es.
type	string	Choose videos, Shorts, channels, playlists, or movies.
query	string	Keywords to search on YouTube.
sortBy	string	Order by relevance or popularity. Shorts search uses its own ordering.
duration	string	Optional duration filter for video results.
features	object	Optional video feature filters; selected features are combined.
maxResults	integer	Maximum unique results saved when scrapeAllResults is off.
uploadDate	string	Optional recent upload period.
scrapeAllResults	boolean	Follow available continuation pages until the source ends, the run budget is reached, or the 200-page safety limit is reached.

Output

Schema · Response

{
  "type": "json",
  "example": {
    "count": 1,
    "items": [
      {
        "url": null,
        "type": null,
        "query": null,
        "title": null,
        "videoId": null,
        "position": null,
        "channelId": null,
        "playlistId": null
      }
    ],
    "product": "youtube-search"
  }
}

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