# EasyTranscriber, free, GET /api/v1/youtube/search: Video search API

> Search YouTube videos or channels from one endpoint.

EasyTranscriber's Free plan for the video search API costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. EasyTranscriber's docs list 3 of the 6 fields on our checklist: Date, Channel, Thumbnail.
We haven't run EasyTranscriber through [our video search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 622 plans for video search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.20 per 1,000 searches or less. [See how many video search API plans are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt)
[TranscriptYT's $3 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptyt/3-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches. TranscriptYT's $3 monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many searches as TranscriptYT's rate limit allows.
[TranscriptYT's $45 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptyt/45-pack/llms.txt) covers any number of searches. TranscriptYT's $45 pack costs more up front than TranscriptYT's $3 monthly plan.
[Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/scrappa/25-pack/llms.txt), [SerpScraper.dev](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/serpscraper-dev/139-monthly/llms.txt) and [TranscriptYT](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptyt/3-monthly/llms.txt) are the best video search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/easytranscriber/free-get-api-v1-youtube-search
- [Video search API: the best of 30+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.easytranscriber.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://www.easytranscriber.com/api/v1/youtube/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.easytranscriber.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.easytranscriber.com/docs/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: EasyTranscriber (https://www.easytranscriber.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 50%
- Date: ✓
- Channel: ✓
- Thumbnail: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $0.00
- Per: page, size not stated
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Transcribe a YouTube video · Summarize transcript text · Search within a channel · List channel uploads · List playlist videos · Get YouTube comments

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search YouTube videos or channels from one endpoint.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree not to: Use the Service to infringe on any third-party rights, Attempt to circumvent usage limits or abuse the free trial, Use automated tools to make excessive requests to our API beyond reasonable use, Redistribute or resell transcripts or summaries as a competing service

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1 credit a day
- Enough for: 1 page a day

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.17
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: q. Optional: type, page_token
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/v1/youtube/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone who signs up

## The 8 fields the plan's answer can hold

video result ID, video result channel ID, video result title, video result channel, video result published date, video result thumbnail, next cursor, credits consumed

## EasyTranscriber's plans (5)

- [EasyTranscriber, free, GET /api/v1/youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/easytranscriber/free-get-api-v1-youtube-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [EasyTranscriber, $4.99 monthly, Plus, GET /api/v1/youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/easytranscriber/4-99-monthly-plus-get-api-v1-youtube-search/llms.txt): $24.95 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [EasyTranscriber, $9.99 monthly, Pro, GET /api/v1/youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/easytranscriber/9-99-monthly-pro-get-api-v1-youtube-search/llms.txt): $13.32 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [EasyTranscriber, $19.99 monthly, Scale, GET /api/v1/youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/easytranscriber/19-99-monthly-scale-get-api-v1-youtube-search/llms.txt): $6.663 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [EasyTranscriber, contact us, Enterprise, GET /api/v1/youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/easytranscriber/contact-us-enterprise-get-api-v1-youtube-search/llms.txt): 50% complete

## EasyTranscriber's calls for this API (2)

- `GET /api/v1/youtube/channel/search`: [EasyTranscriber, free, GET /api/v1/youtube/channel/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/easytranscriber/free-get-api-v1-youtube-channel-search/llms.txt)
- `GET /api/v1/youtube/search`: [EasyTranscriber, free, GET /api/v1/youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/easytranscriber/free-get-api-v1-youtube-search/llms.txt)

## EasyTranscriber's APIs (3)

- [EasyTranscriber: YouTube channel API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/easytranscriber/free/llms.txt)
- [EasyTranscriber: YouTube channel video API pricing, 5 plans, GET /api/v1/youtube/channel/latest](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/easytranscriber/free-get-api-v1-youtube-channel-latest/llms.txt)
- [EasyTranscriber: YouTube channel video API pricing, 5 plans, GET /api/v1/youtube/channel/videos](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/easytranscriber/free-get-api-v1-youtube-channel-videos/llms.txt)
- [EasyTranscriber: YouTube channel video API pricing, 5 plans, GET /api/v1/youtube/playlist/videos](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/easytranscriber/free-get-api-v1-youtube-playlist-videos/llms.txt)
- [EasyTranscriber: video search API pricing, 5 plans, GET /api/v1/youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/easytranscriber/free-get-api-v1-youtube-search/llms.txt)

## EasyTranscriber: video search API alternatives

- [Scale SERP, $792 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/scale-serp/792-yearly/llms.txt): $6.60 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [AnyCrawler, $5 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/anycrawler/5-monthly/llms.txt): $6.667 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Automatio, $720 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/720-yearly/llms.txt): $6.667 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [SocialToAI, $10 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/socialtoai/10-pack/llms.txt): $6.667 per 1,000, 50% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-07.

- https://www.easytranscriber.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://www.easytranscriber.com/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://www.easytranscriber.com/docs/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://www.easytranscriber.com/docs/swagger?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://www.easytranscriber.com/openapi-complete.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://www.easytranscriber.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://www.easytranscriber.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing