> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.scrapeunblocker.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Search YouTube

> Searches YouTube for `query` and returns the results as JSON. For each video: `videoId`, `title`, `url`, `channel` (name/id/url), `publishedText`, `viewCount` (+ text), `lengthSeconds` (+ text), `thumbnails`, `descriptionSnippet`, `badges`, `verified` and `isLive`. Filter with `type` (video / channel / playlist / all) and `sort` (relevance / date / views / rating), and collect up to `max_results` across pages.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /content/youtube-search
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: ScrapeUnblocker API
  description: >-
    Public API for the ScrapeUnblocker proxy/anti-bot service. Authenticate
    every request with the `x-scrapeunblocker-key` header. Three endpoints are
    documented here: page-source extraction, Google SERP scraping, and image
    fetch. All other paths exist for internal operations and are intentionally
    hidden from this spec.
  version: 3.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.scrapeunblocker.com
    description: Production
security: []
paths:
  /content/youtube-search:
    post:
      tags:
        - Plugins
      summary: Search YouTube
      description: >-
        Searches YouTube for `query` and returns the results as JSON. For each
        video: `videoId`, `title`, `url`, `channel` (name/id/url),
        `publishedText`, `viewCount` (+ text), `lengthSeconds` (+ text),
        `thumbnails`, `descriptionSnippet`, `badges`, `verified` and `isLive`.
        Filter with `type` (video / channel / playlist / all) and `sort`
        (relevance / date / views / rating), and collect up to `max_results`
        across pages.
      operationId: youtube_search_content_youtube_search_post
      parameters:
        - name: query
          in: query
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            description: Search terms.
            title: Query
          description: Search terms.
        - name: max_results
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            type: integer
            maximum: 500
            minimum: 1
            description: How many results to collect across pages (~20 per page).
            default: 20
            title: Max Results
          description: How many results to collect across pages (~20 per page).
        - name: type
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
            description: 'Result type: video, channel, playlist, movie, all.'
            default: video
            title: Type
          description: 'Result type: video, channel, playlist, movie, all.'
        - name: sort
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
            description: 'Ordering: relevance, rating, date, views.'
            default: relevance
            title: Sort
          description: 'Ordering: relevance, rating, date, views.'
        - name: proxy_country
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            description: Exit-IP country (ISO-2). Defaults to a US exit.
            title: Proxy Country
          description: Exit-IP country (ISO-2). Defaults to a US exit.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: JSON with a `results` array plus totals.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: {}
        '400':
          description: Invalid parameters.
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
        '502':
          description: Blocked by YouTube or no results page returned.
        '504':
          description: Fetch timed out.
      security:
        - ScrapeUnblockerKey: []
components:
  schemas:
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: integer
          type: array
          title: Location
        msg:
          type: string
          title: Message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Error Type
      type: object
      required:
        - loc
        - msg
        - type
      title: ValidationError
  securitySchemes:
    ScrapeUnblockerKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-scrapeunblocker-key
      description: Your ScrapeUnblocker API key. Apply on every request.

````