/videos-search

name: videos-search
description: USE FOR video search. Returns videos with title, URL, thumbnail, duration, view count, creator. Supports freshness filters, SafeSearch, pagination.

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? | Lowercas