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