# YouTube live streams on a topic — live now, upcoming or ended

**Use case:** 

Who is streaming chess, a product launch or a football match on YouTube right now? Search a topic and keep only streams that are live at this moment, scheduled for later, or already ended, each with its current viewers, channel and subscriber count. Leave the topic empty for the top live streams overall. Google's official API, never blocked; $0.001 per video.

## Input

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "chess"
  ],
  "channelUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd"
  ],
  "videoUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
  ],
  "playlistUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFgquLnL59alCl_2TQvOiD5Vgm1hCaGSI"
  ],
  "trendingRegions": [
    "US",
    "BR"
  ],
  "trendingCategory": "any",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "order": "relevance",
  "publishedAfter": "2026-06-01T00:00:00Z",
  "regionCode": "US",
  "relevanceLanguage": "en",
  "videoDuration": "any",
  "liveStreams": "live",
  "excludeShorts": false,
  "commentsPerVideo": 0,
  "commentOrder": "top",
  "includeChannelDetails": true
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "title": {
    "label": "Video",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "channelName": {
    "label": "Creator",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "numberOfSubscribers": {
    "label": "Subscribers",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "viewCount": {
    "label": "Views",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "likes": {
    "label": "Likes",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "date": {
    "label": "Published",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "duration": {
    "label": "Length",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Watch",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "channelUrl": {
    "label": "Channel",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "fromQuery": {
    "label": "Found by",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Lexonia Search: Videos, Trending, Playlists for YouTube 视频搜索](https://apify.com/lexonia/youtube-search-api.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/lexonia/youtube-search-api.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/lexonia/youtube-search-api.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).