Search YouTube videos

POST/v1/tools/youtube.search.videos/callsNeeds an API key

Returns the YouTube videos that match a search, with channel, date and views. Use it to see which videos rank for a query.

Tool youtube.search.videos on YouTube. Contract version 1, released 2026-10-27.

Over REST, send the input in the body. Over MCP, pass the same input to call_tool.

Both return the full response: the call's ID, status and cost, with this tool's result in output.

Input

querystringRequired

The search query.

sortstring· default relevance

Order of the results: relevance (YouTube's ranking), newest, most_viewed or top_rated.

relevance

newest

most_viewed

top_rated

time_rangestring

Only videos published in the last hour, day, week, month or year.

hour

day

week

month

year

durationstring

Only videos of this length: short (under 4 minutes), medium (4 to 20 minutes) or long (over 20 minutes).

short

medium

long

next_page_tokenstring

Fetches the next page. Take it from pagination.next_page_token of the previous page, and send the same query, sort, time_range and duration.

Output

A successful call returns these blocks in its output. A field not marked required can be null.

`videos`

A list of rows. Always present, possibly empty.

idstringRequired

YouTube's identifier of the video. The video is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= followed by it.

urlstring

Address of the video on youtube.com.

titlestring

snippetstring

An excerpt of the video's description, as the search shows it.

published_atstring

When the video was published, in ISO 8601.

duration_msinteger

Length of the video, in milliseconds.

preview_image_urlstring

Address of the video's thumbnail.

author_idstring

YouTube's identifier of the channel that published the video, which begins with UC.

author_usernamestring

The channel's handle, without the @.

author_namestring

The channel's name.

author_image_urlstring

Address of the channel's profile picture.

author_verifiedboolean

Whether YouTube marks the channel as verified.

view_countinteger

Number of times the video was watched.

`pagination`

One object. Can be null. How to fetch the next page. Null on the last page.

next_page_tokenstringRequired

Send as next_page_token to fetch the next page.

curl https://api.voxoria.ai/v1/tools/youtube.search.videos/calls \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VOXORIA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"query":"coffee"}}'

import os

import httpx

response = httpx.post(
    "https://api.voxoria.ai/v1/tools/youtube.search.videos/calls",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['VOXORIA_API_KEY']}"},
    json={"input": {"query": "coffee"}},
    timeout=60,
)
print(response.json())

const response = await fetch("https://api.voxoria.ai/v1/tools/youtube.search.videos/calls", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.VOXORIA_API_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({"input": {"query": "coffee"}}),
});
console.log(await response.json());

{
  "name": "call_tool",
  "arguments": {
    "tool": "youtube.search.videos",
    "input": {
      "query": "coffee"
    }
  }
}

200 OKoutputapplication/json

{
  "videos": [
    {
      "id": "fpJL53G93lQ",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpJL53G93lQ",
      "title": "All Coffees Explained",
      "snippet": "Every Coffee Type Explained☕️ (part 1) Subscribe For Part 2! Milk Frother - https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c4s56h4b ...",
      "published_at": null,
      "duration_ms": 946000,
      "preview_image_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fpJL53G93lQ/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEjCOgCEMoBSFryq4qpAxUIARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJDeAE=&rs=AOn4CLBPk_tBJSCUlsdgbJWGfBfHMUlMQA",
      "author_id": "UCddXepURe7TTkRWrQXwwrgw",
      "author_username": null,
      "author_name": "FooDiscover",
      "author_image_url": null,
      "author_verified": null,
      "view_count": 1551543
    },
    {
      "id": "CFzttdZe7wQ",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFzttdZe7wQ",
      "title": "POV - My Barista Shift at the Coffee Shop",
      "snippet": "Thank you for watching this video, please consider subscribing. Espresso Machine - LA Marzocco Strada AV Grinders - Mahlkönig ...",
      "published_at": null,
      "duration_ms": 3687000,
      "preview_image_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CFzttdZe7wQ/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEjCOgCEMoBSFryq4qpAxUIARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJDeAE=&rs=AOn4CLD28Ml4do0huFO4LL4OJ23fJK5QsA",
      "author_id": "UCqPr7D4qL-7kutOt9n68OGA",
      "author_username": null,
      "author_name": "IssackxCoffee",
      "author_image_url": null,
      "author_verified": null,
      "view_count": 1231936
    },
    {
      "id": "xb3IxAr4RCo",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb3IxAr4RCo",
      "title": "How I Make Espresso: Tools and Techniques",
      "snippet": "Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/jameshoffmann and enter code 'jameshoffmann' for 83% off and 3 extra months free!",
      "published_at": null,
      "duration_ms": 1291000,
      "preview_image_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xb3IxAr4RCo/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEjCOgCEMoBSFryq4qpAxUIARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJDeAE=&rs=AOn4CLDBKx6UVixX24L-181Odux3ll3BXQ",
      "author_id": "UCMb0O2CdPBNi-QqPk5T3gsQ",
      "author_username": null,
      "author_name": "James Hoffmann",
      "author_image_url": null,
      "author_verified": null,
      "view_count": 5162548
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "next_page_token": "pt1.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"
  }
}

The output of a real call, each list cut to 3 items.