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Youtube Search API

Operations for searching YouTube content

Youtube Search API is one of 36 APIs that Youtube publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Search. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, authentication docs, an API reference, code examples, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://youtubeanalytics.googleapis.com/v2.

1 operations 1 paths 4 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2.0.0
Base URL
https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Youtube Search API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 4 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • OAuth2 — OAuth 2.0 authentication for YouTube Analytics API

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Search 1

Operations for searching YouTube content

GET
/search
Youtube Search Youtube
youtube.search.list 11 params → 200400401403

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SearchListResponse (7 properties), SearchResult (4 properties), PageInfo (2 properties), ErrorResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

PageInfo
object
Paging details for a list operation, including information about the total number of resources and the number per page.
2 properties
ErrorResponse
object
A standard error response returned by the YouTube Data API.
1 property
SearchResult
object
A search result contains information about a YouTube video, channel, or playlist that matches the search query.
4 properties
SearchListResponse
object
A list of search results matching the query criteria.
7 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

youtube-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Youtube publishes across the network.

Youtube Channel Sections API
Youtube Channel Banners API
Youtube Members API
Youtube Memberships Levels API
Youtube Thumbnails API
Youtube Watermarks API
Youtube Video Abuse Report Reasons API
YouTube IFrame Player API
YouTube Subscribe Button
Youtube Playlist Images API
YouTube Content ID API
YouTube oEmbed API