YouTube Videos

Search YouTube videos by keyword. Returns video title, URL, channel name, publication date, and description. Supports filtering by upload date and fetching multiple pages in a single API call.

Endpoint

GET /v1/youtube/posts

Price: $0.005 per page Free tier: 50 requests/month

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
`query`	Yes	Search keyword (max 500 characters)
`pages`	No	Number of pages to fetch, 1-10 (default: 1)
`upload_date`	No	Filter by upload date: `last_hour`, `today`, `this_week`, `this_month`, `this_year`

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
`posts`	array	Array of matching videos
`posts[].title`	string	Video title
`posts[].url`	string	Direct link to the video
`posts[].date`	string	Publication date and time
`posts[].author`	string	Channel name
`posts[].source`	string	`"YouTube"`
`posts[].snippet`	string	Video description text
`pages`	integer	Number of pages fetched
`count`	integer	Total results returned

Example Request

cURL

curl "https://api.apidirect.io/v1/youtube/posts?query=tutorial&pages=2&upload_date=this_week" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apidirect.io/v1/youtube/posts",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "query": "tutorial",
        "pages": 2,
        "upload_date": "this_week"
    }
)
print(response.json())

Example Response

{
  "posts": [
    {
      "title": "Tutorial Video Title",
      "url": "https://youtube.com/watch?v=...",
      "date": "2024-01-15 14:30:00",
      "author": "Channel Name",
      "source": "YouTube",
      "snippet": "Video description..."
    }
  ],
  "pages": 2,
  "count": 20
}