YouTube Search API
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.socq.ai/v1/youtube/search \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"query": "<string>",
"duration": "<string>",
"has_captions": true,
"published_within": "<string>",
"results_limit": 1000,
"sort_by": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.socq.ai/v1/youtube/search"
payload = {
"query": "<string>",
"duration": "<string>",
"has_captions": True,
"published_within": "<string>",
"results_limit": 1000,
"sort_by": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
query: '<string>',
duration: '<string>',
has_captions: true,
published_within: '<string>',
results_limit: 1000,
sort_by: '<string>'
})
};
fetch('https://api.socq.ai/v1/youtube/search', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.socq.ai/v1/youtube/search",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'query' => '<string>',
'duration' => '<string>',
'has_captions' => true,
'published_within' => '<string>',
'results_limit' => 1000,
'sort_by' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.socq.ai/v1/youtube/search"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"query\": \"<string>\",\n \"duration\": \"<string>\",\n \"has_captions\": true,\n \"published_within\": \"<string>\",\n \"results_limit\": 1000,\n \"sort_by\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.socq.ai/v1/youtube/search")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"query\": \"<string>\",\n \"duration\": \"<string>\",\n \"has_captions\": true,\n \"published_within\": \"<string>\",\n \"results_limit\": 1000,\n \"sort_by\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.socq.ai/v1/youtube/search")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"query\": \"<string>\",\n \"duration\": \"<string>\",\n \"has_captions\": true,\n \"published_within\": \"<string>\",\n \"results_limit\": 1000,\n \"sort_by\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"task_id": "<string>",
"status": "<string>",
"created_time": "<string>"
}
}{
"code": 422,
"error": {
"message": "<string>",
"type": "<string>",
"details": {}
}
}YouTube Search
Search public YouTube videos with portable filters.
POST
/
v1
/
youtube
/
search
YouTube Search API
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.socq.ai/v1/youtube/search \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"query": "<string>",
"duration": "<string>",
"has_captions": true,
"published_within": "<string>",
"results_limit": 1000,
"sort_by": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.socq.ai/v1/youtube/search"
payload = {
"query": "<string>",
"duration": "<string>",
"has_captions": True,
"published_within": "<string>",
"results_limit": 1000,
"sort_by": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
query: '<string>',
duration: '<string>',
has_captions: true,
published_within: '<string>',
results_limit: 1000,
sort_by: '<string>'
})
};
fetch('https://api.socq.ai/v1/youtube/search', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.socq.ai/v1/youtube/search",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'query' => '<string>',
'duration' => '<string>',
'has_captions' => true,
'published_within' => '<string>',
'results_limit' => 1000,
'sort_by' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.socq.ai/v1/youtube/search"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"query\": \"<string>\",\n \"duration\": \"<string>\",\n \"has_captions\": true,\n \"published_within\": \"<string>\",\n \"results_limit\": 1000,\n \"sort_by\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.socq.ai/v1/youtube/search")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"query\": \"<string>\",\n \"duration\": \"<string>\",\n \"has_captions\": true,\n \"published_within\": \"<string>\",\n \"results_limit\": 1000,\n \"sort_by\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.socq.ai/v1/youtube/search")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"query\": \"<string>\",\n \"duration\": \"<string>\",\n \"has_captions\": true,\n \"published_within\": \"<string>\",\n \"results_limit\": 1000,\n \"sort_by\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"task_id": "<string>",
"status": "<string>",
"created_time": "<string>"
}
}{
"code": 422,
"error": {
"message": "<string>",
"type": "<string>",
"details": {}
}
}YouTube Search
Search public videos using stable, provider-independent filters.{
"query": "web scraping tutorials",
"results_limit": 50,
"sort_by": "relevance",
"published_within": "month",
"duration": "medium",
"has_captions": true
}
Use with MCP
| Interface | Value |
|---|---|
| REST | POST /v1/youtube/search |
| Compact MCP | socq_execute with endpoint: "youtube/search" |
| Typed MCP | socq_youtube_search |
| Exact-tool URL | https://api.socq.ai/mcp?tools=youtube_search |
| CLI | socq youtube search |
input object for socq_execute, or pass the same fields directly to the typed tool. Typed tools also accept _wait_seconds, _result_limit, and _idempotency_key.
A successful collection returns a
task_id. Continue with socq_get_task until the task succeeds, then read normalized records from results.items.| Field | Accepted values |
|---|---|
sort_by | relevance, date, rating, view_count |
published_within | hour, day, week, month, year |
duration | short, medium, long |
results_limit defaults to 100.
Results use the normalized video structure documented in YouTube Videos, with resource set to search.
Result Fields
Task results use the stable SocQ fields below. Source-specific field names and formats are normalized without inferring or enriching values that the source did not provide. To request a smaller field set, usefields for MCP queries, _result_fields for typed tools, or --result-fields in the CLI. Declared fields remain present when their value is null.
| Field | Type | Nullable | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
id | string | Yes | Unique identifier for this result item. |
platform | string | No | Platform the result belongs to, such as instagram or linkedin. |
resource | string | No | SocQ resource represented by the result, such as videos or comments. |
type | string | No | Category of the result item, such as video, post, or comment. |
url | string | Yes | Public URL of the result item when available. |
published_at | string | Yes | Time the source item was published, in ISO 8601 format when available. |
collected_at | string | No | Time SocQ collected or processed this result, in ISO 8601 format. |
text | string | Yes | Video caption or description. |
author | object | Yes | Author or publisher of the content. |
author.id | string | Yes | Unique identifier of the author. |
author.username | string | Yes | Public username or handle of the account. |
author.name | string | Yes | Display name of the author. |
author.url | string | Yes | Public URL of the author when available. |
author.avatar_url | string | Yes | URL of the account avatar image. |
author.is_verified | boolean | Yes | Whether the account is verified on the platform. |
author.is_private | boolean | Yes | Whether the account is private. |
metrics | object | Yes | Counters and measurements available for the result item. |
metrics.likes_count | integer | Yes | Number of likes. |
metrics.comments_count | integer | Yes | Number of comments. |
metrics.shares_count | integer | Yes | Number of shares or reposts. |
metrics.plays_count | integer | Yes | Number of video playback starts reported by the platform. |
metrics.views_count | integer | Yes | Number of views reported by the platform. |
media | array<object> | Yes | Images, videos, or other media attached to the result. |
media.type | string | Yes | Media kind, such as image or video. |
media.url | string | Yes | URL of the media asset. |
media.thumbnail_url | string | Yes | URL of the media preview image. |
media.width | integer | Yes | Media width in pixels. |
media.height | integer | Yes | Media height in pixels. |
media.duration_seconds | number | Yes | Media duration in seconds. |
hashtags | array<string> | Yes | Hashtags associated with the content, without changing their source spelling. |
mentions | array<string> | Yes | Accounts mentioned in the content. |
shortcode | string | Yes | Platform shortcode used to identify the media item. |
duration_seconds | number | Yes | Duration in seconds. |
audio | object | Yes | Audio or music metadata associated with the video. |
audio.id | string | Yes | Identifier of the audio or music track. |
audio.title | string | Yes | Title of the audio or music track. |
audio.artist | string | Yes | Name of the audio artist or creator. |
audio.url | string | Yes | URL of the audio or music track when available. |
Completed Task Response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"task_id": "KC5W8L6C8BJRESEV",
"status": "succeeded",
"public_id": "youtube/search",
"result_count": 5,
"credits_amount": 2.5,
"results": {
"limit": 1,
"next_cursor": "OTgwNQ",
"has_more": true,
"schema_id": "reel-video",
"schema_version": "1.0",
"items": [
{
"id": "m8uUUUsMD3Y",
"platform": "youtube",
"resource": "search",
"type": "video",
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8uUUUsMD3Y",
"published_at": "2026-07-15T19:42:38Z",
"collected_at": "2026-07-31T02:44:52.355765Z",
"text": "See how the Codex Micro, a customizable keyboard built with Work Louder for Codex, helps you move through a build without leaving your flow. In this demo, GPT-5.6 Sol creates a word game while the Micro handles voice dictation, task switching, reasoning controls, permission requests, and follow-up prompts.\n\nGet yours: https://openai.com/supply/\n\nChapters:\n00:00 Introducing the Codex Micro\n00:24 Voice dictation\n00:45 Skills, Plan mode, and reasoning\n01:01 Switching between tasks\n01:16 Notifications and permissions\n01:28 Queueing follow-up work\n01:49 Game result and customization",
"author": {
"id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
"username": "OpenAI",
"name": "OpenAI",
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/@OpenAI",
"avatar_url": null,
"is_verified": null,
"is_private": null
},
"metrics": {
"likes_count": 5600,
"comments_count": 0,
"shares_count": null,
"plays_count": null,
"views_count": 254056
},
"media": [
{
"type": "image",
"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/m8uUUUsMD3Y/maxresdefault.jpg",
"thumbnail_url": null,
"width": null,
"height": null,
"duration_seconds": null
}
],
"hashtags": [],
"mentions": null,
"shortcode": null,
"duration_seconds": 135.0,
"audio": null
}
]
}
}
}
Authorizations
bearerAuthapiKeyAuth
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Body
application/json

