YouTube Search
Live
YouTube search — videos with title, link, channel, views, publish time and length, parsed from the embedded ytInitialData.
Environment
| Environment | Base URL |
|---|---|
| Production | https://api.sadafiles.com/v1 |
There is one environment and no sandbox, so every request here is real and counts toward your limits.
Request
GEThttps://api.sadafiles.com/v1/apis/youtube-search
- Provider
- YouTube
- Category
- Media
- Auth
- X-API-Key with tools:run
- Rate weight
- 2 units
- Daily allowance
- 1,000 calls per account, shared across data APIs
- Response type
- JSON
| Name | Type | Required | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
q | string | Yes | Search query | coffee shops in austin |
Results depend on the provider
This API parses YouTube's public results, so YouTube can refuse automated requests. When that happens you get
503 SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE and the call still counts toward your daily allowance.Response
Illustrative data showing the shape. Run the request below for a real response.
200 OK
{
"slug": "youtube-search",
"status": "success",
"engine": "youtube",
"query": {
"q": "lofi beats"
},
"fetchedAt": "2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z",
"totalResults": 1,
"videoResults": [
{
"position": 1,
"title": "lofi hip hop radio",
"link": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxxxxxxxxx",
"channel": "Lofi Channel",
"views": "12M views",
"published": "2 years ago",
"length": "1:00:00"
}
]
}Try it yourself!
Change a value and the code updates. Run sends the real request with your key and counts toward your limits.