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.

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Request

HTTP Request

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cURL

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"

Python

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())

Node.js

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));

HTTP

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

PHP

<?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();

Golang

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))
}

C#

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());
    }
}

Java

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	No	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	No	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	No	Parameter is used for filtering videos by date.	day - Past 24 hours week - Past week month - Past month year - Past year
vres	string	No	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	No	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	No	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	No	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

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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

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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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