YouTube search
Searches YouTube by keyword query and returns matching videos, channels, playlists, shorts, shelves, and live streams. Needs query. Served by ScrapeCreators.
Inputs
- Query
- Search queryRequired · query
- Upload date
- Upload date (today, this_week, this_month or this_year)Optional · uploadDate
- Sort by
- Sort by (relevance or popular)Optional · sortBy
- Type
- Type of content to search for (videos, shorts, channels or playlists)Optional · type
- Duration
- Duration of the video (under_3_min, between_3_and_20_min or over_20_min)Optional · duration
- Region
- 2 letter country code of the country to put the proxy inOptional · region
- Continuation token
- Continuation token to get more videosOptional · continuationToken
- Include extras
- This will get you the like + comment count and the descriptionOptional · includeExtras
Pricing
- Price
- Usage based, at the cost the provider reports for the call
- Billing
- Billed at the cost the provider reports for the call, never above $0.00188. Your agent sees the maximum before running.
- Price checked
- 5 October 2026
Call
Your agent reads the schema and the price with inspect_tool before it runs the tool.
- MCP call
- cURL command
- TypeScript
- Tool ID
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