YouTube Video API

Api Details

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

Description Retrieve comprehensive user profile including basic info, account status and optional permission sets.

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Request

HTTP Request

cURL

curl -X GET "https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search" \
  -d "engine=youtube_video" \
  -d "q=abc" \
  -d "no_cache=false" \
  -d "api_key=YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import requests

params = {
    "engine": "youtube_video",
    "q": "abc",
    "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: "youtube_video",
  q: "abc",
  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=youtube_video&q=abc&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' => 'youtube_video',
        'q' => 'abc',
        '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", "youtube_video")
    q.Add("q", "abc")
    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"] = "youtube_video";
        query["q"] = "abc";
        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=youtube_video" +
            "&q=abc" +
            "&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);
    }
}

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API Parameters

Search Query

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
v	string	No	Parameter defines the Video ID.	123

Localization

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
gl	string	No		us
hl	string	No		en

Pagination

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
next_page_token	string	No	Parameter defines the next page token. It is used for retrieving the next page results for related videos, comments or replies. It should be one of - related_videos_next_page_token - comments_next_page_token - comments_sorting_token.token - replies_next_page_token from the search results.	-

Serpapi Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
engine	string	Yes	Set parameter to youtube_video to use the YouTube Video API engine.	youtube_video
no_cache	boolean	No	Parameter will force SerpApi to fetch the YouTube Video 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. It can be set to false (default) to allow results from the cache, or true to disallow results from the cache.	trueorfalse
api_key	string	Yes	Parameter defines the SerpApi private key to use.	-

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Response

Success 200

Response Body

{
   "search_metadata": {
    "raw_html_file": "https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/f2af9b62c9f11ab5/c12beb3e-3067-4acb-ba1f-ca15b2bbaed6.html",
    "xray_html_file": "https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/f2af9b62c9f11ab5/c12beb3e-3067-4acb-ba1f-ca15b2bbaed6.xray",
    "total_time_taken": "10.2821",
    "id": "c12beb3e-3067-4acb-ba1f-ca15b2bbaed6",
    "json_endpoint": "https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/f2af9b62c9f11ab5/c12beb3e-3067-4acb-ba1f-ca15b2bbaed6.json",
    "created_at": "2025-04-14 17:28:43",
    "youtube_video_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFcS080VYQ0"
  },
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "youtube_video",
    "v": "vFcS080VYQ0",
    "no_cache": true,
    "fetch_mode": "dynamic",
    "api_key": "21a9e021a236d0b8c980d6d616f4bd19"
  },
  "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vFcS080VYQ0/maxresdefault.jpg",
  "views": "2.2M views",  
  "published_date": "9 years ago",
  "related_videos": [
    {
      "thumbnail": {
        "static": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N6BJVM5tvnw/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDGQgBFQAAiEIYAdgBAeIBCggYEAIYBjgBQAE=&rs=AOn4CLAsaThDb2HP8Byh9Cogw6eoHurEjA",
        "rich": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N6BJVM5tvnw/mqdefault_6s.webp?sqp=-oaymwEmCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDGQgBFQAAiEIYAdgBAeIBCggYEAIYBjgBQAE=&rs=AOn4CLAsaThDb2HP8Byh9Cogw6eoHurEjA"
      },
      "title": "Coffee Roasting Explained",
      "published_date": "1 year ago",
      "views": "1.5M views",
      "extracted_views": 1,
      "channel": {
        "name": "James Hoffmann",
        "link": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6BJVM5tvnw&pp=0gcJCX4JAYcqIYzv",
        "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N6BJVM5tvnw/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDGQgBFQAAiEIYAdgBAeIBCggYEAIYBjgBQAE=&rs=AOn4CLAsaThDb2HP8Byh9Cogw6eoHurEjA",
        "verified": true
      },
      "video_id": "N6BJVM5tvnw&pp=0gcJCX4JAYcqIYzv",
      "link": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6BJVM5tvnw&pp=0gcJCX4JAYcqIYzv",
      "length": "18:38"
    },
    {
      "title": "Jon Stewart & Pete Buttigieg on Tariffs, Trump Chaos and the Democrats’ Future | The Weekly Show",
      "published_date": "3 days ago",
      "views": "1.4M views",
      "extracted_views": 1,
      "channel": {
        "name": "The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart",
        "link": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rHKwHQUa78",
        "verified": true
      },
      "video_id": "4rHKwHQUa78",
      "link": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rHKwHQUa78"
    },
    "..."
  ],
  "title": "The basics about: Coffee",
  "channel": {
    "thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AIdro_kMZ5WTp1HyAeBY2MwKPN5lZqyatfx9LzFKolh6v_OTdBo=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
    "link": "https://www.youtube.com/@OldGameBox",
    "subscribers": "16.4K subscribers",
    "extracted_subscribers": 164000,
    "name": "Old Game Box"
  },
  "description": {
    "content": "I'm no expert, but I do enjoy a nice cup of coffee.\n\n\n\nI know this channel is about games, but you drink something while playing every now and then, right?"
  },
  "chapters": [
    {
      "title": "Intro"
    },
    {
      "title": "Types of coffee"
    },
    {
      "title": "Roasts"
    },
    {
      "title": "Water"
    }
  ]
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
search_metadata	object	Contains timing and status information
search_parameters	object	Contains query parameters and search context
organic_results	object[]	OrganicResults
related_videos	object	RelatedVideos
chapters	object	Chapters
description	object	Description

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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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