YouTube Search API

POST

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Search YouTube videos by keyword, up to 50 per call, with channel, description, views, likes, comments, duration and publish date. sort orders by relevance, newest, most views or top rating; results are not complete and the ranking is not explained.

Price $0.56 per 1,000 requests ($0.000556 per call). Failed calls and empty results are not charged. Synchronous. For slow jobs add "mode": "async" to the body, take the job_id and poll.

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Please help me write a data collection script with the EveryInfra YouTube Search endpoint (youtube/search).

Endpoint contract:
- Request: POST https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social with the header Authorization: Bearer <API key>. Read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable and never hard-code it.
- In the request body, set platform to youtube and action to search, and put the parameters inside params.
- Required parameters:
  - keyword: The search query term for the YouTube search action. If passed to compatibility inputs for the shorts action, this parameter acts as a channel name rather than initiating a site-wide Shorts search.
- Optional parameters:
  - sort: The sort order applied across YouTube actions. For search, accepted values are relevance, newest, most_viewed, and top_rated. For channel videos and Shorts, accepted values are newest, oldest, and popular. (allowed: most_viewed / newest / relevance / top_rated)
  - limit: The most rows to return in this call, an integer from 1 to 50. The default applies when you leave it out, and a call can return fewer rows. Larger values return 422 before any charge. (default: 10)
- Returns a list of records. Main fields of each record: id, url, title, text, author_name, author_username, author_id, author_url, like_count, comment_count, view_count, duration; 13 fields in total, full list at https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/catalog?platform=youtube.
- Example request body:
{
  "platform": "youtube",
  "action": "search",
  "params": {
    "keyword": "urban gardening tutorial"
  }
}
- Price: $0.56 per 1,000 requests; failed and empty results are not charged.
- For dozens or hundreds of targets, add "mode": "async" to the body: you get a job_id at once and poll GET https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/jobs/{job_id} for the result.
- On 422, fix the request using the suggested parameter names and allowed values in the error; on 429 or 503, wait for Retry-After and try again.

Before writing code, ask me which targets I need, how many, which fields, and what output format I want; then confirm the plan and the rough cost with me.

Request parameters

NameInTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
AuthorizationheaderstringYes-Bearer followed by your API key. Create it in the console; never put it in a URL or a code repository.
platformbodystringYesyoutubePlatform identifier, fixed value.
actionbodystringYessearchCapability identifier, fixed value.
keywordbody.paramsNot declaredYes-The search query term for the YouTube search action. If passed to compatibility inputs for the shorts action, this parameter acts as a channel name rather than initiating a site-wide Shorts search.
sortbody.paramsenumNo-The sort order applied across YouTube actions. For search, accepted values are relevance, newest, most_viewed, and top_rated. For channel videos and Shorts, accepted values are newest, oldest, and popular. For comments, accepted values are newest and popular. Specifying this parameter on a single-video query does not filter that video's content.Allowed valuesmost_viewednewestrelevancetop_rated
limitbody.paramsinteger (1–50)No10The most rows to return in this call, an integer from 1 to 50. The default applies when you leave it out, and a call can return fewer rows. Larger values return 422 before any charge.

Code samples

bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERYINFRA_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "platform": "youtube",
  "action": "search",
  "params": {
    "keyword": "urban gardening tutorial"
  }
}'

[OpenAPI definition (JSON)]Samples read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable; copied code never contains your key.

Response example

Real response

Captured September 26, 2026 at 08:56 (UTC) by calling this API with the parameters in the code sample above. results and count are that call's real response with personal information (names, handles, avatars, profile links, contact details) removed; the list keeps the first 2. id, billing and quota differ on every call, so only their shape is shown.

json
{
  "id": "req_…",
  "platform": "youtube",
  "action": "search",
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "SgqP8fgnzgI",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgqP8fgnzgI",
      "title": "Fall Garden Seed Starting: Onions, Tomatoes, Collards & More 🌱 (North Texas Guide)",
      "text": "It's time to start thinking about the fall garden here in North Texas. Starting seeds indoors now gives you a head start on cooler-weather crops and extends your growing season well into autumn.\n\nIn this video, I'm walking you through everything I'm starting right now—from bunchi…",
      "author_name": "(已隐去)",
      "author_username": "(已隐去)",
      "author_id": "(已隐去)",
      "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/(已隐去)",
      "like_count": 867,
      "comment_count": 194,
      "view_count": 7618,
      "duration": "00:42:07",
      "posted_at": "2026-08-17T05:39:08+00:00",
      "platform": "youtube"
    },
    {
      "id": "DZuMFAlLrmE",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZuMFAlLrmE",
      "title": "How to Fill a Raised Garden Bed for FREE!",
      "text": "Instead of buying expensive soil, I filled this garden bed organically with stuff I had lying around!\n\nHere’s the free recipe:\n🟫 Cardboard — weed blocker + worm buffet\n🌿 Old sticks — drainage + spongey structure (the older, the better)\n🍂 Dried leaves — quick compost, full of micr…",
      "author_name": "(已隐去)",
      "author_username": "(已隐去)",
      "author_id": "(已隐去)",
      "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/(已隐去)",
      "like_count": 86115,
      "comment_count": 1232,
      "view_count": 2811422,
      "duration": "00:00:58",
      "posted_at": "2025-06-21T21:47:59+00:00",
      "platform": "youtube"
    }
  ],
  "count": 10,
  "billing": {
    "charged": …,
    "charged_usd": …,
    "balance_after_usd": …,
    …
  },
  "quota": { … }
}

Response fields

Business data is in results. The table lists the fields a record can contain; values the platform does not show are never made up.

FieldMeaning
idThe record's unique ID on the platform. Unique only within one platform; IDs can repeat across platforms.
urlLink to the record on the platform.
titleTitle. null when the platform has no titles (for example text-only posts).
textBody text with HTML removed, returned in full and never cut short (on a few platforms the list results themselves carry only an excerpt; the platform's field notes say so).
author_nameAuthor's display name.
author_usernameAuthor's username (@handle), usually usable in URLs.
author_idAuthor's unique ID on the platform.
author_urlLink to the author's profile on the platform.
like_countLikes. null means the platform or this capability does not disclose it; it is not 0.
comment_countComments. null means not disclosed, not 0.
view_countViews or plays. null means not disclosed, not 0.
durationKeeps the platform's own meaning
posted_atPublish time in ISO 8601, UTC (for example 2026-08-07T12:34:56+00:00). Non-standard strings from the platform are passed through as is, so parse defensively. null means the platform does not disclose it.
platformSource platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok).

Errors and billing

401
Missing or invalid key. Authentication runs before parameter checks, so unauthenticated requests never see the parameter schema.
422
Wrong parameter name or value. The error lists the parameters and allowed values this capability accepts and the closest match; it happens before any charge.
402
Insufficient balance. Top up first.
429
The account's per-minute request limit was reached (all of its API keys count together; a key's own lower limit applies first). Wait for Retry-After and try again; a rate package in the console raises the limit.
503
Could not complete right now. Any charge for the call goes back to your balance automatically, and the billing receipt in the response states the actual outcome, including when it is not yet known. Do not resend blindly.
200 empty
The request completed without data and is not charged (billing.reason = empty_result_refunded).