YouTube Search API: Videos, Views & Channels as JSON
Pricing
from $1.00 / 1,000 videos
YouTube Search API: search results as JSON for any keyword, with video title, URL, views, channel, duration, upload date and position. Date, length, Shorts and live filters. No API key, no quota. Pay per video plus a small start fee; only-new-videos mode adds a fee per 20 results checked.
You can access the YouTube Search API: Videos, Views & Channels as JSON programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
$echo '{< "searchQueries": [< "how to make sourdough bread"< ],< "maxResultsPerQuery": 20,< "country": "US"<}' |<apify call plainrows/youtube-search-api --silent --output-datasetThe Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use YouTube Search API: Videos, Views & Channels as JSON locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Using installation script (macOS/Linux):
$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bashUsing installation script (Windows):
$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iexUsing Homebrew:
$brew install apify-cliUsing npm:
$npm install -g apify-cliOther API clients include: