Search videos/channels/playlists API

Search any youtube content with all available filters

1 live route on YouTube, from $0.00001 per call. Every route below answered our last live test on 2026-10-09; the gateway re-tests them daily.

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Provider	Endpoint	Price	Tested
youtube-search-and-downloadRapidAPI listing	Search videos/channels/playlists`GET search`	$0.00001$0.01 / 1k calls	✓ 2026-10-09pricing ↗

What it returns

From a real call to the route: youtube-search-and-download.

Search any youtube content with all available filters

Call it

HTTP with your key in x-api-key, or the call_endpoint tool of our MCP server.

GET /api/gw/rapidapi-youtube-search-and-download/search$0.00001 / call✓ working · tested 2026-10-090.65 s latency

Parameters

Parameter	Type		Notes
query	string · query	optional	Search query you want to search · default rick roll
next	string · query	optional	Pagination(continuation) parameter to get next result for same search query, no need any other parameters if 'next' present. Can be obtained from inside search result. · default EogDEgVoZWxsbxr-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%3D
hl	string · query	optional	Search language · default en
gl	string · query	optional	Search location · default US
upload_date	string · query	optional	Upload date filter. Available options: h - last hour; t - today; w - weak ago; m - month ago; y - year ago; · default t
type	string · query	optional	Search type. Available options: v - video; c - channel; p - playlist; · default v
duration	string · query	optional	Video duration. Available options: s - short; l - long; · default s
features	string · query	optional	Video features. Available options(could be joined by ';'): h - hdr; hd - hd; s - subtitles; c - cc; 3d - 3d; 3 - 360; li - live; lo - location; 4 - 4k; · default li;hd
sort	string · query	optional	Result sort. Available options: r - relevance; ra - rating; u - upload date; v - view count; · default v

HTTP

curl "https://fetchapi.co/api/gw/rapidapi-youtube-search-and-download/search?gl=US&hl=en&next=EogDEgVoZWxsbxr-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%3D&sort=v&type=v&query=rick roll&duration=s&features=li;hd&upload_date=t" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

MCP

call_endpoint("rapidapi-youtube-search-and-download.search_videos_channels_playlists", {"gl": "US", "hl": "en", "next": "EogDEgVoZWxsbxr-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%3D", "sort": "v", "type": "v", "query": "rick roll", "duration": "s", "features": "li;hd", "upload_date": "t"})

Real example answer (trimmed) · 2026-10-09

{
  "next": "Ep4DEgVoZWxsbxqUA1NDaUNBUXRLYm5sT2IwbFZjMEZrVVlJQkMySldOVzB5WDJ4cGEzaHZnZ0VMUlVGUGJUSkNObEJTTlRTQ0FRdGtUa0pET0dwUlJtZEliNElCQzFGV2JXZEdUbWxDZVZJMGdnRUxSSFpLYkhW…",
  "contents": [
    {
      "video": {
        "title": "Hello - Adele (Lyrics) 🎵",
        "videoId": "JnyNoIUsAdQ",
        "channelId": "UC8DBdOsq1zu-PbKHG8kNV0g",
        "lengthText": "5:00",
        "thumbnails": [
          {
            "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JnyNoIUsAdQ/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEjCOgCEMoBSFryq4qpAxUIARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJDeAE=&rs=AOn4CLAdyPrysVuAA7Shv0cgwpekQNfpaw",
            "width": 360,
            "height": 202
          },
          {
            "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JnyNoIUsAdQ/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEXCNAFEJQDSFryq4qpAwkIARUAAIhCGAE=&rs=AOn4CLBqfK9gJTsfxeNWDIFuEsx7qnmlEQ",
            "width": 720,
            "height": 404
          }
        ],
        "channelName": "Pillow",
        "description": "Lyrics: \"Hello\" https://pillowlyrics.com/hello-adele/ VISIT OUR OFFICIAL LYRICS WEBSITE: https://www.pillowlyrics.com/ ...",
        "viewCountText": "1,330,893 views",
        "publishedTimeText": "5 years ago"
      }
    },
    {
      "video": {
        "title": "Holy Ten - Hello (Official Video)",
        "videoId": "bV5m2_likxo",
        "channelId": "UCX56AdFXJoamrXKAL8rL1Zw",
        "lengthText": "2:39",
        "thumbnails": [
          {
            "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bV5m2_likxo/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwE9COgCEMoBSFryq4qpAy8IARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJDeAHwAQH4Af4JgALQBYoCDAgAEAEYciBSKDQwDw==&rs=AOn4CLCicAit_Lt…",
            "width": 360,
            "height": 202
          },
          {
            "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bV5m2_likxo/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwExCNAFEJQDSFryq4qpAyMIARUAAIhCGAHwAQH4Af4JgALQBYoCDAgAEAEYciBSKDQwDw==&rs=AOn4CLDDaGE9HO4TowYYu_i1cDenmh4…",
            "width": 720,
            "height": 404
          }
        ],
        "channelName": "Holy Ten",
        "description": "Official video for the new song - Hello - by Holy Ten Prod. The Beat Frik Mixed and Mastered by Zimbabwe.",
        "viewCountText": "2,967,108 views",
        "publishedTimeText": "7 months ago"
      }
    },
    "… 2 more"
  ],
  "estimatedResults": "115236537"
}

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