# YouTube search

Searches YouTube by keyword query and returns matching videos, channels, playlists, shorts, shelves, and live streams. Needs query. Served by ScrapeCreators.

Searches YouTube by keyword query and returns matching videos, channels, playlists, shorts, shelves, and live streams. Each video result includes title, URL, thumbnail, view count (views), publish date, duration, channel info, and badges. Supports filtering by upload date, sorting by relevance or popularity, and paginating with continuationToken. Set is_paid_promotions=true to search YouTube videos with the paid product placement / sponsorship disclosure.

- Tool ID: `scrapecreators/get-v1-youtube-search`
- Name in the catalog: Search
- Provider: [ScrapeCreators](/providers/scrapecreators.md)
- Capability: [YouTube search](/tools/youtube/search.md)
- Price: usage based, the maximum is shown before a run
- Authentication: an authorised Agentik workspace is required for execution, including zero-price tools.

## Pricing contract

Billed at the cost the provider reports for the call, never above $0.00188. Your agent sees the maximum before running.


```json
{
  "model": "reported",
  "costPath": "",
  "costTerms": [
    {
      "path": "credits_charged",
      "usd": 0.00188
    }
  ],
  "requireCost": true,
  "maxUsdDefault": 0.00188,
  "maxUsdCap": 0.00188,
  "multipliers": []
}
```

Pricing source: [https://docs.scrapecreators.com/v1/youtube/search](https://docs.scrapecreators.com/v1/youtube/search). $47 / 25,000 credits = $0.00188/credit; badge 1; actual credits_charged; conditional maximum 1..

Price verification date: 2026-10-05.

## Complete input schema


```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Search query. For stricter title matching, use YouTube's intitle: operator, for example intitle:\"Foursquare Swarm\". Quoted queries by themselves may still be broadened by YouTube when no fresh exact matches are available."
    },
    "uploadDate": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "today",
        "this_week",
        "this_month",
        "this_year"
      ],
      "description": "Upload date"
    },
    "sortBy": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "relevance",
        "popular"
      ],
      "description": "Sort by"
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "videos",
        "shorts",
        "channels",
        "playlists"
      ],
      "description": "Type of content to search for"
    },
    "duration": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "under_3_min",
        "between_3_and_20_min",
        "over_20_min"
      ],
      "description": "Duration of the video. Only applies to videos (not shorts)."
    },
    "region": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "2 letter country code of the country to put the proxy in."
    },
    "continuationToken": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Continuation token to get more videos. Get 'continuationToken' from previous response."
    },
    "includeExtras": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "This will get you the like + comment count and the description. To get the full details of the video, use the /v1/youtube/video endpoint. *This will slow down the response slightly.*"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## Published example

No example input is published for this tool. Ask for the inputs required by its schema.

## Execute and retrieve

Inspect again before execution, explain the price and obtain the required authority. Use MCP run_tool or POST /v1/run with this tool ID, valid input and an idempotency key. Save the returned run ID and follow the actual state. If Agentik answers that the tool is temporarily unavailable, do not retry it blindly; use discovery to propose an alternative.

A partial or uncertain result can still have consumed provider resources. Consult [billing](/docs/billing.md), [idempotency](/docs/idempotency.md) and [asynchronous results](/docs/async.md).

[Provider documentation](https://docs.scrapecreators.com/v1/youtube/search)

[REST inspection](https://api.agentik.cc/v1/tools/scrapecreators/get-v1-youtube-search) · [OpenAPI](/openapi.json) · [Connection guide](/connect.md)

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