Endpoints & Pricing
Five Dedicated Video Engines, One API Key
Choose Google, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, Bing or Brave for dedicated video search. Pay only for what you use.
DuckDuckGo
DDG Videos
from $0.42
per 1,000 searches (Scale tier)
- Dedicated video search
- Thumbnails & embed URLs
- Duration, views & publish date
- 112 country targeting
numup to 100 per request- Structured JSON fields
Yahoo
Yahoo Videos
from $0.42
per 1,000 searches (Scale tier)
- Dedicated video search portal
numup to 100 per request- 112 country targeting
- Title and source metadata
- Structured for accuracy
- Structured JSON fields
Google
Google Videos
from $0.42
per 1,000 searches (Scale tier)
- Dedicated video search
- Use
/api/videoswith Google engine - Same Videos category pricing
- Returned in
results.videos - YouTube & web video results
- Thumbnails, duration & source info
Quick Start
Search Videos in Seconds
A single API call returns structured video data with thumbnails, embed URLs, and duration. Perfect for video aggregation and research.
cURL - Video Search
# Search for videos about machine learning tutorials curl "https://apiserpent.com/api/videos?q=machine+learning+tutorial&engine=ddg&num=20" \ -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"
JSON Response (partial)
{
"success": true,
"query": "machine learning tutorial",
"type": "videos",
"engine": "ddg",
"country": "us",
"results": {
"videos": [
{
"position": 1,
"title": "Machine Learning Full Course for Beginners",
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=example123",
"duration": "3:42:15",
"source": "www.youtube.com",
"views": 2400000,
"thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/example123/hqdefault.jpg",
"description": "A full beginner course covering supervised and unsupervised learning.",
"publisher": "Dev Tutorials",
"embedUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/example123",
"publishedTime": "2026-01-14"
}
],
"totalResults": 20
},
"meta": {
"totalVideos": 20,
"elapsed": "4212ms",
"timestamp": "2026-09-02T10:47:33.000Z"
}
}
Data Fields
Rich Video Metadata from Every Engine
Each video endpoint returns structured JSON with all the metadata you need for video aggregation platforms, content tools, and research applications.
Video Fields
- videos[].position
- videos[].title
- videos[].url
- videos[].duration
- videos[].source
- videos[].views
- videos[].thumbnail
- videos[].description
- videos[].publisher
- videos[].embedUrl
- videos[].publishedTime
- totalResults
Request Parameters
- q (search query)
- engine (google, yahoo, bing, ddg, brave)
- num (results count, 1–100)
- country (localization)
- freshness (1d, 7d, 1m)
- duration (short, medium, long)
- resolution (high, standard)
- safe (SafeSearch strict/moderate/off)
Ask for more than one page returns and the response adds a top-level delivery block — requested, returned, a short reason and note, and an async_endpoint pointer at /api/bulk/jobs for the deeper run.
Engine Comparison
- DDG: $0.60/1K Default · $0.54 Growth · $0.42 Scale
- Yahoo: $0.60/1K Default · $0.54 Growth · $0.42 Scale
- Google: $0.60/1K Default · $0.54 Growth · $0.42 Scale, dedicated
/api/videosengine - All five return thumbnails + URLs
numaccepts up to 100; a single page typically returns ~50–60
Use Cases
- Video content aggregation
- Educational platform curation
- Competitive video analysis
- Content research tools
- Video SEO monitoring
FAQ
Video Search API Questions
Every video result carries the same eleven fields on every engine, in the same order: position, title, url, duration, source, views, thumbnail, description, publisher, embedUrl and publishedTime.
views is a number, publishedTime is a date in YYYY-MM-DD form, and a value the result did not carry comes back as null rather than as a missing key. resolution is a request filter, not a returned field.
Video search starts at $0.60 per 1,000 requests on the Default tier, $0.54 per 1,000 on Growth ($100 deposited) and $0.42 per 1,000 on Scale ($500 deposited). Google, Yahoo, Bing, DuckDuckGo, and Brave video engines share the same price within each tier. Video Search is free-eligible from the shared 10-call pool.
The Video Search API surfaces videos from all major platforms including YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, TikTok, and more. Results come from search engine indexes, so any video that appears in Google, Yahoo, Bing, DuckDuckGo, or Brave video search results will be returned.
Yes. The API returns embed-ready URLs for videos when available, particularly for YouTube and Vimeo content. This makes it easy to integrate video results directly into your application without additional URL processing.
Start using the Video Search API
Video Search is free-eligible from the shared 10-call pool. Use Google, DDG, Yahoo, Bing or Brave for dedicated video search.
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