YouTubeYouTubeSocial

Search YouTube videos by keyword

youtube.youtube.search.videos

Price: freeAt provider cost
Success rate: 100%Last 30 days · 2,373 calls
Latency p50: 332 msp95 596 ms
Last verified: Jul 28, 2026Verified working

GEThttps://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/youtube.youtube.search.videos?q=design+tutorial&part=snippet&type=video&maxResults=2Preview

Try onlineProvider docs ↗

Uses platform quota
Synchronous response
Reads public data

Parameters

search results carry NO statistics — pass the returned video ids to youtube.video.detail for view/like counts

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
Query parameters
`q`	string	Required		`coffee`
`part`	string	Required		`snippet`
`type`	string	Optional	video \| channel \| playlist; omit to mix all three	`video`
`order`	string	Optional	relevance (default) \| date \| viewCount \| rating \| title
`maxResults`	integer	Optional	1–50, default 5	`10`
`regionCode`	string	Optional	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2	`US`
`publishedAfter`	string	Optional	RFC 3339 timestamp	`2026-01-01T00:00:00Z`

Query parameters
qstringRequired
Example: coffee
partstringRequired
Example: snippet
typestringOptional
video | channel | playlist; omit to mix all three
Example: video
orderstringOptional
relevance (default) | date | viewCount | rating | title
maxResultsintegerOptional
1–50, default 5
Example: 10
regionCodestringOptional
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
Example: US
publishedAfterstringOptional
RFC 3339 timestamp
Example: 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

Code samples

Replace $TOOLSWITCH_KEY with the key you created in the console.

Preview

curl -X GET 'https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/youtube.youtube.search.videos?q=design+tutorial&part=snippet&type=video&maxResults=2' \
  -H "X-Toolswitch-Key: $TOOLSWITCH_KEY"

import os
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/youtube.youtube.search.videos?q=design+tutorial&part=snippet&type=video&maxResults=2",
    headers={"X-Toolswitch-Key": os.environ["TOOLSWITCH_KEY"]},
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)

const response = await fetch("https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/youtube.youtube.search.videos?q=design+tutorial&part=snippet&type=video&maxResults=2", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "X-Toolswitch-Key": process.env.TOOLSWITCH_KEY ?? "",
  },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
console.log(await response.text());

This gateway API is in preview; its URL and authentication may change. The example parameters are sample data. Calls are billed at free, including the service fee.