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Search for videos on YouTube with customizable result limits.

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Endpoint

GET https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/search?query=programming+tutorial
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Parameters

query string Required

Search query

Example value programming tutorial
limit integer Optional

Number of results (default: 10, max: 20)

Example value 10
page integer Optional

Page number (default: 1, max: 10)

Example value 1
continuation string Optional

Token for pagination from previous response

Example value example
type string Optional

Filter by content type: video, channel, playlist, movie, all (default: all).

Example value example
hl string Optional

Language code (e.g., en).

Example value en
gl string Optional

Country code (e.g., US).

Example value us
order string Optional

Sort order: date, rating, relevance, viewCount.

Example value example
videoDuration string Optional

Filter by duration: short, medium, long.

Example value example
publishedAfter string Optional

Return videos published after a date/time (best-effort; any valid date string, RFC3339 recommended).

Example value example
publishedBefore string Optional

Return videos published before a date/time (best-effort; any valid date string, RFC3339 recommended).

Example value example
safeSearch string Optional

Content filtering: moderate, none, strict.

Example value example

Request Examples

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/search?query=programming+tutorial",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
    echo $response;
}
<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

$response = Http::timeout(30)
    ->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
    ->get('https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/search?query=programming+tutorial');

if ($response->successful()) {
    echo $response->body();
} else {
    echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
    }
};

fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/search?query=programming+tutorial', options)
    .then(response => {
        if (!response.ok) {
            throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
        }
        return response.text();
    })
    .then(data => console.log(data))
    .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
const axios = require('axios');

const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/search?query=programming+tutorial',
    headers: {
        x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
    }
};

try {
    const response = await axios(options);
    console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
    console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/search?query=programming+tutorial")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

begin
    response = http.request(request)
    puts response.body
rescue => e
    puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
import http.client
import json

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    conn.request("GET", "/api/youtube/search?query=programming+tutorial", headers=headers)
    res = conn.getresponse()
    data = res.read()
    print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
    conn.close()
import requests

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/search?query=programming+tutorial', headers=headers)
    response.raise_for_status()
    print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ApiExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

        Request request = new Request.Builder()
            .url("https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/search?query=programming+tutorial")
        .addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
            .build();

        try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            if (response.isSuccessful()) {
                System.out.println(response.body().string());
            } else {
                System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/search?query=programming+tutorial", nil)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
        return
    }
    req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")

    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
        return
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
        return
    }

    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/search?query=programming+tutorial"
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        using var client = new HttpClient();
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");

        try
        {
            var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/search?query=programming+tutorial"));
            var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            Console.WriteLine(content);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
        }
    }
}
import axios from 'axios';

async function run(): Promise<void> {
    try {
        const response = await axios({
            method: 'GET',
            url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/search?query=programming+tutorial',
            headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
            },
        });

        console.log(response.data);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error:', error);
    }
}

void run();
use reqwest::Client;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new();

    let response = client
        .get("https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/search?query=programming+tutorial")
        .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
        .send()
        .await?;

    println!("{}", response.text().await?);

    Ok(())
}

Response Schema

JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "results": [
        {
            "type": "video",
            "id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
            "title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Video)",
            "description": "The official video for Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley.",
            "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dQw4w9WgXcQ/hqdefault.jpg",
            "duration": "3:33",
            "viewCount": "1.7B views",
            "publishedTime": "16 years ago",
            "channel": {
                "id": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
                "name": "Rick Astley",
                "thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/example.jpg",
                "verified": false,
                "isVerifiedArtist": true,
                "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@RickAstleyYT"
            },
            "badges": [],
            "isLive": false,
            "isShort": false,
            "isPremium": false
        }
    ],
    "pagination": {
        "continuationToken": "eyJ...",
        "hasMore": true,
        "page": 1,
        "pageSize": 10
    },
    "query": "programming tutorial",
    "filters": {
        "type": "all",
        "sort": "relevance",
        "hl": "en",
        "gl": "US"
    }
}

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