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/search
POST 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

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | |--|--|--|--|--| | q | string | Yes | - | Search query (1-400 chars, max 50 words) | | country | string | No | US | Search country (2-letter country code or ALL) | | search_lang | string | No | en | Language preference (2+ char language code) | | ui_lang | string | No | en-US | UI language (e.g., "en-US") | | count | int | No | 20 | Number of results (1-50) | | offset | int | No | 0 | Page offset (0-9) | | safesearch | string | No | moderate | Adult content filter (off/moderate/strict) | | freshness | string | No | - | Time filter (pd/pw/pm/py or date range) | | spellcheck | bool | No | true | Auto-correct query | | operators | bool | No | true | Apply search operators | | include_fetch_metadata | bool | No | false | Include fetched_content_timestamp in results |

Freshness Values

| Value | Description | |--|--| | pd | Past day (24 hours) | | pw | Past week (7 days) | | pm | Past month (31 days) | | py | Past year (365 days) | | YYYY-MM-DDtoYYYY-MM-DD | Custom date range |

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

| Field | Type | Description | |--|--|--| | type | string | Always "videos" | | query.original | string | The original search query | | query.altered | string? | Spellcheck-corrected query (if changed) | | query.cleaned | string? | Cleaned/normalized query | | query.spellcheck_off | bool? | Whether spellcheck was disabled | | query.show_strict_warning | bool? | True if strict safesearch blocked adult results | | query.search_operators | object? | Applied search operators (applied, cleaned_query, sites) | | extra.might_be_offensive | bool | Whether results may contain offensive content | | results[].type | string | Always "video_result" | | results[].url | string | Source URL of the video | | results[].title | string | Video title | | results[].description | string? | Video description | | results[].age | string? | Human-readable age (e.g. "6 months ago") or absolute date (e.g. "February 12, 2025") | | results[].page_age | string? | Page age from source (ISO datetime) | | results[].page_fetched | string? | ISO datetime when page was last fetched (e.g. 2025-02-12T15:00:00Z) | | results[].fetched_content_timestamp | int? | Fetch timestamp (only with include_fetch_metadata=true) | | results[].video.duration | string? | Time string (variable format) | | results[].video.views | int? | View count as integer | | results[].video.creator | string? | Channel/creator name | | results[].video.publisher | string? | Platform (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) | | results[].video.requires_subscription | bool? | Whether video requires a subscription | | results[].video.tags | list[str]? | Tags relevant to the video | | results[].video.author | object? | Author profile | | results[].video.author.name | string | Author name | | results[].video.author.url | string | Author profile URL | | results[].video.author.long_name | string? | Extended author name | | results[].video.author.img | string? | Author profile image URL | | results[].thumbnail.src | string | Served thumbnail URL | | results[].thumbnail.original | string? | Original thumbnail URL | | results[].meta_url.scheme | string? | URL protocol scheme | | results[].meta_url.netloc | string? | Network location | | results[].meta_url.hostname | string? | Lowercased domain name | | results[].meta_url.favicon | string? | Favicon URL | | results[].meta_url.path | string? | URL path |

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