Videos Search

Videos Search

Requires API Key: Get one at https://api.search.brave.com

Plan: Included in the Search plan. See https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/subscriptions/subscribe

Quick Start (cURL)

Basic Search

curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/videos/search?q=python+tutorial" \  -H "Accept: application/json" \  -H "X-Subscription-Token: ${BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY}"

With Parameters

curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/videos/search" \  -H "Accept: application/json" \  -H "X-Subscription-Token: ${BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY}" \  -G \  --data-urlencode "q=machine learning explained" \  --data-urlencode "country=US" \  --data-urlencode "search_lang=en" \  --data-urlencode "count=20" \  --data-urlencode "freshness=pm"

Endpoint

GET https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/videos/searchPOST https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/videos/search

Authentication: X-Subscription-Token: <API_KEY> header

Note: Both GET and POST methods are supported. POST is useful for long queries.

Parameters

Freshness Values

Response Format

{  "type": "videos",  "query": {    "original": "python tutorial",    "spellcheck_off": false  },  "extra": {    "might_be_offensive": false  },  "results": [    {      "type": "video_result",      "title": "Python Tutorial for Beginners",      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfscVS0vtbw",      "description": "Learn Python programming from scratch...",      "age": "February 12, 2025",      "page_age": "2025-02-12T00:00:00",      "page_fetched": "2025-02-12T15:00:00Z",      "thumbnail": {        "src": "https://imgs.search.brave.com/...",        "original": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rfscVS0vtbw/hqdefault.jpg"      },      "video": {        "duration": "03:45:00",        "views": 1523000,        "creator": "freeCodeCamp",        "publisher": "YouTube",        "requires_subscription": false,        "tags": ["python", "programming"],        "author": {          "name": "freeCodeCamp.org",          "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@freecodecamp"        }      },      "meta_url": {        "scheme": "https",        "netloc": "youtube.com",        "hostname": "www.youtube.com",        "favicon": "https://imgs.search.brave.com/...",        "path": "\u203a watch"      }    }  ]}

Response Fields

Search Operators

Use search operators to refine results:

• site:youtube.com - Limit to specific site
• "exact phrase" - Match exact phrase
• -exclude - Exclude term

Set operators=false to disable operator parsing.

Use Cases

• Video content research: Find tutorials, explainers, and reviews by topic. Use the video.duration, video.views, and video.creator metadata to filter and rank results programmatically. Prefer videos-search over web-search when you need a dedicated video index with richer metadata (duration, views, creator, tags) and up to 50 results per request.
• Fresh video monitoring: Use freshness=pd or freshness=pw to track newly published video content on trending topics or specific subjects.
• Platform-specific search: Use site:youtube.com or site:vimeo.com operators to target specific video platforms.
• Video metadata extraction: Get view counts, durations, creator info, and tags for analytics, content curation, or recommendation systems.

Notes

• Pagination: Use offset (0-9) with count for more results
• Max results: Up to 50 results per request