Search YouTube with one call.
Read YouTube, video search with no API quota, without building or maintaining a scraper. Same response shape as every other platform here, so one parser handles all of them.
1-2 credits a call
50 free credits on signup, no card
failed calls: 0 credits
50 free credits on signup, no card
failed calls: 0 credits
1The call
curl -H "x-api-key: $SS_KEY" \ "https://api.socialsearchapi.com/v1/youtube/search?query=cloudflare+workers+tutorial"
This call costs 1 credit. A new account starts with 50 free credits on any platform: create a key in the dashboard and this command runs as-is.
2Why not build this yourself
The official Data API bills search at 100 quota units against a 10,000-unit daily default, so roughly 100 searches a day before you are cut off until midnight Pacific. This path has no quota to run out.
3What comes backcaptured 2026-08-27
{
"success": true,
"platform": "youtube",
"data": {
"total": 3,
"items": [
{
"id": "H7Qe96fqg1M",
"platform": "youtube",
"type": "video",
"title": "Learn Cloudflare Workers 101 - Full Course for Beginners",
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7Qe96fqg1M",
"author": "Cloudflare Developers",
"created_at": null,
"metrics": {
"views": 174962
},
"extra": {
"duration": "1:00:04",
"published_relative": "2 years ago"
}
}
]
},
"credits_used": 1
}Items from YouTube carry: author, extra, id, metrics, platform, title, type, url.
4Characteristics
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| /v1/youtube/channel | 2 credits a call |
| /v1/youtube/channel/videos | 1 credit a call |
| /v1/youtube/search | 1 credit a call |
| /v1/youtube/video | 1 credit a call |
| /v1/youtube/video/comments | 2 credits a call |
| /v1/youtube/video/transcript | 2 credits a call |
| Typical latency | 609 ms, measured 2026-08-27 |
| Coverage | Public videos. No comments, no private or unlisted videos, no watch history. |
| Data | Publicly available content only, nothing behind a login. See the public data notice. |
| Reference | Every YouTube endpoint, its parameters and its price: API reference |
5Other platforms
Get a key50 free credits ยท no card