Search and discovery
- Search
- Trending
- Related videos
- Metadata update
- Screenshots
YouTube APIYouTube Data API access for search, video, channel, and transcript data.
Create an API key for YouTube workflows and search YouTube, fetch video details, transcripts, subtitles, screenshots, related videos, Shorts, channels, and playlists from one structured paid API layer.
pay per request modelAPI keys + x402JSON responses
YouTube Search
GET /api/youtube/searchAPI call example
YouTube Search
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typevideo
regionus
20+
YouTube endpoints
2
access modes
REST
simple integration
JSON
structured output
API coverage
One YouTube API surface for search, video data, transcripts, Shorts, and channel workflows.
Use MintAPI as a YouTube data provider or YouTube API alternative when you need search results, video details, captions, transcripts, screenshots, related videos, Shorts, channel tabs, and playlists without changing integrations.
Video intelligence
- Video details
- Transcripts
- Subtitles
- Subtitle convert
- Shorts details
Channel coverage
- Channel home
- Channel videos
- Channel Shorts
- Livestreams
- Playlists
Built for shipping
Use it from dashboards, backends, automations, and AI agents.
Dashboard API keys
Create a key, fund your account, and call the YouTube endpoints from your app or workflow.
x402-ready access
Let agent runtimes pay per request when API keys are not the right fit.
Structured records
Normalize YouTube responses as JSON for products, automations, and research pipelines.
Fast first integration
Use familiar REST endpoints and focused parameters instead of wiring multiple data providers.
Use cases
Build video intelligence workflows without custom YouTube parsing.
Send YouTube Data API-style search results, transcripts, and video metadata into research and analysis pipelines.
Monitor channels, Shorts, playlists, and related content.
Build creator research, competitive analysis, and trend discovery tools.
Use a YouTube scraper API-style endpoint set for screenshots, subtitles, and metadata in content operations.
FAQ
YouTube API questions.
Explore other APIs
Connect YouTube data with short-form video, social, local, and review APIs.
Ready for production
Add YouTube data to your product without building a scraper or managing multiple data providers.
Use the dashboard for API keys, billing, and usage, or send an agent directly to the endpoint docs.