Yahoo! Videos API

Our Yahoo! Videos API allows you to scrape SERP results from Yahoo! Videos. The API is accessed through the following endpoint: /search?engine=yahoo_videos.

Api Details

Endpoint GET https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search

Description
A user may query the following: https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search?engine=yahoo_videos utilizing a GET request. Head to the playground for a live and interactive demo.

Request

HTTP Request

curl -X GET "https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search" \
  -d "engine=yahoo_videos" \
  -d "p=Coffee" \
  -d "no_cache=false" \
  -d "api_key=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

params = {
    "engine": "yahoo_videos",
    "p": "Coffee",
    "no_cache": "false",
    "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}
response = requests.get("https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search", params=params)
print(response.json())

const axios = require('axios');

const params = {
  engine: "yahoo_videos",
  p: "Coffee",
  no_cache: "false",
  api_key: "YOUR_API_KEY"
};

axios.get("https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search", { params })
  .then(response => console.log(response.data));

GET /search?engine=yahoo_videos&p=Coffee&no_cache=false&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY HTTP/1.1
Host: serpapi.abcproxy.com

<?php
$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
$response = $client->get('https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search', [
    'query' => [
        'engine' => 'yahoo_videos',
        'p' => 'Coffee',
        'no_cache' => 'false',
        'api_key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY'
    ]
]);
echo $response->getBody();

package main

import (
    "net/http"
    "io/ioutil"
    "log"
)

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search", nil)
    
    q := req.URL.Query()
    q.Add("engine", "yahoo_videos")
    q.Add("p", "Coffee")
    q.Add("no_cache", "false")
    q.Add("api_key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
    req.URL.RawQuery = q.Encode()

    resp, _ := client.Do(req)
    body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    log.Println(string(body))
}

using System;
using System.Net.Http;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        var client = new HttpClient();
        var query = System.Web.HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(string.Empty);
        query["engine"] = "yahoo_videos";
        query["p"] = "Coffee";
        query["no_cache"] = "false";
        query["api_key"] = "YOUR_API_KEY";
        
        var response = await client.GetAsync(
            $"https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search?{query}"
        );
        Console.WriteLine(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
    }
}

import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String url = "https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search" +
            "?engine=yahoo_videos" +
            "&p=Coffee" +
            "&no_cache=false" +
            "&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY";
        
        HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(url).openConnection();
        conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
        
        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
            new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream())
        );
        String response = in.lines().collect(Collectors.joining());
        System.out.println(response);
    }
}

Parameters

Search Query

Name

Type

Required

Description

Example

p

string

Yes

Parameter defines the search query. You can use anything that you would use in a regular Yahoo! Videos search.

coffee

Localization

Name

Type

Required

Description

Example

yahoo_domain

string

Parameter defines the Yahoo! domain to use. It defaults to search.yahoo.com. If specified domain is allowed, it will be prepended to the domain. You can check a full list of supported Yahoo! domains.

fr.search.yahoo.com

Advanced Yahoo Videos Parameters

Name

Type

Required

Description

Example

durs

string

Parameter is used for filtering videos by length.

short - Short (less than 5 minutes) medium - Medium (5-20 minutes) long - Long (more than 20 minutes)

vage

string

Parameter is used for filtering videos by date.

day - Past 24 hours week - Past week month - Past month year - Past year

vres

string

Parameter is used for filtering videos by resolution.

360p - 360p or higher 480p - 480p or higher 720p - 720p or higher 1080p - 1080p or higher

vsite

string

Parameter is used for filtering videos by source.

youtube - YouTube dailymotion - Dailymotion vimeo - Vimeo mtv - MTV cbsnews - CBS foxnews - Fox cnn - CNN msn - MSN

Pagination

Name

Type

Required

Description

Example

b

int

Parameter defines the result offset. It skips the given number of results. It's used for pagination.

1 - (default) starts from the first result 61 - starts from the 61st result 121 - starts from the 121st result

Serpapi Parameters

Name

Type

Required

Description

Example

engine

string

Yes

Set parameter to yahoo_videos to use the Yahoo! Videos API engine.

yahoo_videos

no_cache

boolean

Parameter will force SerpApi to fetch the Google Patents results even if a cached version is already present. A cache is served only if the query and all parameters are exactly the same. Cache expires after 1h. Cached searches are free, and are not counted towards your searches per month.

true or false

api_key

string

Yes

Parameter defines the SerpApi private key to use.

YOUR_API_KEY

Response

Success 200

Response Body

{
  "code": 200,
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "yahoo_videos",
    "no_cache": true,
    "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "p": "Coffee"
  },
  "search_metadata": {
    "yahoo_url": "https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?p=Coffee",
    "raw_html_file": "https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/de65ded752927e20/83a74f6f-887e-4f0f-9e90-551aeb78fa4c.html",
    "xray_html_file": "https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/de65ded752927e20/83a74f6f-887e-4f0f-9e90-551aeb78fa4c.xray",
    "total_time_taken": "36.8282",
    "id": "83a74f6f-887e-4f0f-9e90-551aeb78fa4c",
    "json_endpoint": "https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/de65ded752927e20/83a74f6f-887e-4f0f-9e90-551aeb78fa4c.json",
    "created_at": "2025-04-09 14:17:02"
  },
  "ads": [
    {
      "seller": "Staples",
      "price": {
        "value": "$74.99",
        "extracted_value": 74.99
      },
      "position": 1,
      "title": "Dunkin' Decaf Coffee Keurig® K-Cup® Pods, Medium Roast, 88/Carton (400846)",
      "link": "https://r.search.yahoo.com/rdclks/dWU9Nzh1cW5iNWp2NnJmYyZ1dD0xNzQ0MDA2NjM2ODkzJnVvPTc3OTk2NzY5NTY2NjMwMSZsdD0yJnM9MSZlcz1GU0pfMnJ5MVVmN3NWTEpvWnYyMGVIY1pVQTl2UjU4ODh1cUxfTEJsejcxXzJqc0t0amRES216Rl9OYXhKZjVXR2cwWk54S19mc0ZlemctLQ--/RV=2/RE=1746598637/RO=14/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.bing.com%2faclick%3fld%3de8jqrTCNk6-dD73DkhJCWDpzVUCUyYndsR-F_84C1JWs4wUQDJGK9n8MWrupXzjQs0LkO0m2vivy_BxHKp6-AUsk_WAD7ukepASXUA7O_zlUUU8V_WTb7vV_9n3gZW59UwtbolIqIgKGtFtGia0NVr3Na8gSie1eiKU4zaWpSuJU8zpebNFxled9AizjxyCnJWco2MVA%26u%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%26rlid%3dd35a6875a40d113a76000f86c9e02fcd/RK=2/RS=MsajfRaiBCKCcMEyEUk7RlTixig-;_ylt=AwrEoy_sbfNnGK4PRAz7w8QF;_ylu=cG9zAzEEc2VjA292LXRvcC1wbGE-;_ylc=cnQDMA--?p=Coffee"
    },
    ...
  ],
  "suggested_searches": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "name": "Coffee Recipes",
      "link": "https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/video;_ylt=AwrEoy_sbfNnGK4PNQz7w8QF;_ylu=c2xrA3RleHQEaXQDQWxzb1RyeQRzZWMDcmVsBHBvcwMx?p=Coffee+Recipes&fr2=p:s,v:v,m:rs-top,ct:relatedSearches&"
    },
    ...
  ],
  "videos_results": [
    {
      "link": "https://images.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=Awr92CYvovNno1IUXFT7w8QF;_ylu=c2VjA3NyBHNsawN2aWQEZ3BvcwMx?p=Coffee&vid=7984f64d7a5adb05adfdfb7cc348584a&turl=https%3A%2F%2Ftse2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOVP.tqHMEXT3yZ73adTsM3JPHgHgFo%26pid%3DApi%26h%3D360%26w%3D480%26c%3D7%26rs%3D1&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DrLaVDQy0q8Y&tit=%3Cb%3ECoffee%3C%2Fb%3E+Menu+Explained+-+What+the+most+common+coffees+are+and+how+to+make+them&c=0&sigr=ICasURQ8upJL&sigt=Ju3o4l6hiSv8&sigi=5adimBMDGOi6&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Av&h=360&w=480&l=1009&age=1626335101&&tt=b",
      "original": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLaVDQy0q8Y",
      "preview": "https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OVP.tqHMEXT3yZ73adTsM3JPHgHgFo&pid=Api&h=360&w=480&c=7&rs=1",
      "title": "Coffee Menu Explained - What the most common coffees are and how to make them",
      "date": "3 years ago",
      "source": "youtube.com",
      "position": 1,
      "thumbnail": "https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OVP.tqHMEXT3yZ73adTsM3JPHgHgFo&pid=Api&h=360&w=480&c=7&rs=1"
    },
    ...
  ]
}

Response Fields

Field

Type

Description

search_parameters

object

Contains query parameters and search context

search_metadata

object

Contains timing and status information

videos_results

object[]

List of video search results

ads

object[]

List of advertisement results

suggested_searches

object[]

List of suggested search queries

Error Responses

Common Errors

HTTP Status

Error Code

Description

200

400

API Key can not be empty

200

401

Param error

200

402

API Key error

200

403

Insufficient Balance

200

404

Deduction failed

200

405

Failed to record usage count

200

406

Unsupported engine

200

407

Network error

200

408

File not found

200

409

Limit param error

200

410

Build url error

200

411

Failed to QueryRecentRecord

200

412

Failed to find json

200

413

Get html error

200

414

HTML is empty

200

429

Too many request

Error Example

{
  "code": 400,
  "message": "API Key can not be empty"
}

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