Social Media · YouTube Scraper
YouTube Search Scraper API
Run any YouTube search and get the ranked results back as JSON: videos, channels and playlists in the order YouTube returns them. No headless browsers, no captchas, proxies included.
// YouTube · Search
curl -H "X-API-Key: hpx_your_key_here" \
"https://hproxy.com/api/v1/scrape/youtube/search?query=coffee"
// → { "data": { … }, "records": 1, "costUsd": … }
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AmazonFrom Request to Clean JSON
You write one line. We do everything between the request and the data.
You send
One API call
GET the YouTube endpoint with your key. That's all your code does.
We handle
Proxies · captchas · parsing
Residential exit, anti-bot walls, JS rendering and extraction, all server-side, on us.
You get
Clean JSON
A structured object every time. No HTML, no scraping code, no maintenance.
The YouTube Search endpoint is one API call: send a search query with your HProxy key and get back a clean, structured JSON object. Run any YouTube search and get the ranked results back as JSON: videos, channels and playlists in the order YouTube returns them. HProxy runs the proxies, sessions, anti-bot handling and parsing server-side, so there is no headless browser to babysit and no parser to keep fixing when YouTube changes its markup. You only ever touch the JSON. Longer result sets come back page by page with a cursor, so you can walk the whole set without holding it in memory.
What the YouTube Search API returns
results[]
Ranked results in the platform's own order.
type
Result type (user, video, post, product) per item.
query
The query the ranking was computed for.
cursor
Pagination token to pull the next page of results.
Example response
{
"query": "your query",
"results": [
{ "type": "video", "id": "72901...", "title": "...", "stats": { "views": 12043 } }
],
"cursor": "eyJwYWdlIjoyfQ"
}Trimmed for brevity. Every call returns the full object with all fields listed here.
The YouTube search endpoint
Full YouTube reference →/api/v1/scrape/youtube/searchParameters
querystringrequiredSearch term or keyword.
uploadDatestringoptionalFilter by date, as YYYY-MM-DD. Allowed values: `today`, `this_week`, `this_month`, `this_year`.
sortBystringoptionalOrdering to apply to the results. Allowed values: `relevance`, `popular`.
typestringoptionalThe type parameter. Allowed values: `videos`, `shorts`, `channels`, `playlists`.
durationstringoptionalThe duration parameter. Allowed values: `under_3_min`, `between_3_and_20_min`, `over_20_min`.
regionstringoptionalTwo-letter region/country code, e.g. US.
continuationTokenstringoptionalPagination token from the previous response.
includeExtrasbooleanoptionalOptional flag (true or false).
Example request
curl "https://hproxy.com/api/v1/scrape/youtube/search?query=coffee" \
-H "X-API-Key: hpx_your_key_here"POST with a JSON body works too. Failed calls, timeouts and rate-limited calls are never billed.
Scraping YouTube search in three steps
Create a free account
Sign up and top up any amount. The balance pays for every HProxy product and never expires.
Grab your API key
One key from the dashboard authenticates every scraper, YouTube search included.
Call the endpoint
Send the target to the YouTube Search endpoint and read the JSON. That is the whole integration.
No captchas, ever
Anti-bot walls, JS rendering and rate limits are handled server-side. You call an API, that is the whole job.
Residential-backed
Every request exits through HProxy's own residential network, so it looks like a real user on a real device.
Pay per call
No subscription, no seat licenses. Calls are billed from your balance and the balance never expires.
Fresh on every call
Responses are scraped live at request time, no stale cache dressed up as data.
Failures are free
Automatic retries first; if an extraction still fails, the call is not charged.
Scales with you
From one call to millions: same endpoint, same price curve, volume discounts as you grow.
What people build with it
Monitor YouTube for brand mentions, keywords or new competitors.
Build a trend-tracking pipeline off live search results.
Discover creators or products around any query.
YouTube Search pricing
$3.00
per 1,000 calls · 0.3¢ each
Pay per call, no subscription
Failed extractions are not charged
Proxies included in the price