# LinkDigest, free: Video search API

> find posts on a topic through a web search scoped to the platform, filtered to links a digest can read

LinkDigest's video search API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. LinkDigest's docs list 1 of the 6 fields on our checklist: Snippet.
We haven't run LinkDigest through [our video search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 508 plans for video search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.00 per 1,000 searches or less. [See how many video search API plans are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt)
[SerpScraper.dev's $499 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/serpscraper-dev/499-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches: $0.033.
[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 [Crawlora](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/crawlora/499-monthly-enterprise-get-brave-videos/llms.txt) are the best video search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/linkdigest/free
- [Video search API: the best of 20+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://linkdigest.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://linkdigest.dev/api/v1/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://linkdigest.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://linkdigest.dev/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: LinkDigest (https://linkdigest.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 17%
- Snippet: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Most per search: 10
- Also pays for: from the same budget: POST /digest · POST /digest/batch · POST /capture · POST /watch

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: find posts on a topic through a web search scoped to the platform, filtered to links a digest can read

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Digest public content you have a legitimate reason to read. Do not use LinkDigest to circumvent access controls, to bulk-harvest a platform, or to process content you are barred from accessing. We may suspend keys used this way. [...] You are responsible for how you use a digest, including any copyright or platform terms that apply to the source post.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 10 credits
- Enough for: 10 calls

## Rate limit

- Per day: 30
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query, platform "youtube". Optional: limit, digest, insight, breakdown
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone who signs in, no card

## The 5 fields the plan's answer can hold

search query, video result link, video result title, video result snippet, credits consumed

## LinkDigest's plans (6)

- [LinkDigest, free](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/linkdigest/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [LinkDigest, $1.50 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/linkdigest/1-50-pack/llms.txt): $30.00 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [LinkDigest, $5 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/linkdigest/5-pack/llms.txt): $20.00 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [LinkDigest, CNY 288 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/linkdigest/cny-288-pack/llms.txt): $21.537 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [LinkDigest, $9 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/linkdigest/9-monthly/llms.txt): $18.00 per 1,000, 17% complete
- [LinkDigest, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/linkdigest/49-monthly/llms.txt): $14.00 per 1,000, 17% complete

## LinkDigest's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /api/v1/search`: [LinkDigest, free](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/linkdigest/free/llms.txt)

## LinkDigest's APIs (6)

- [LinkDigest: video search API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/linkdigest/free/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Bilibili video API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/bilibili-video-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Bilibili video API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text, full](https://datacircle.dev/bilibili-video-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text-full/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Bilibili video API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once](https://datacircle.dev/bilibili-video-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Bilibili video API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once, full](https://datacircle.dev/bilibili-video-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once-full/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Douyin video API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/douyin-video-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Douyin video API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text, full](https://datacircle.dev/douyin-video-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text-full/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Douyin video API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once](https://datacircle.dev/douyin-video-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Douyin video API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once, full](https://datacircle.dev/douyin-video-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once-full/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: web scraping API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: web scraping API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text-full/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: web scraping API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: web scraping API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once-full/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Weibo post API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/weibo-post-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Weibo post API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text, full](https://datacircle.dev/weibo-post-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text-full/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Weibo post API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once](https://datacircle.dev/weibo-post-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Weibo post API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once, full](https://datacircle.dev/weibo-post-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once-full/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Xiaohongshu note API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Xiaohongshu note API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text, full](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text-full/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Xiaohongshu note API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Xiaohongshu note API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once, full](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once-full/llms.txt)

## LinkDigest: video search API alternatives

- [Anspire, top-up, Standard Search, domestic and overseas mixed, region_mode 2, Pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/anspire/top-up-standard-search-domestic-and-overseas-mixed-region-mode-2-pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $13.46 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [SerpApi, $75 monthly, Developer, GET /search, Bing Videos API](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/serpapi/75-monthly-developer-get-search-bing-videos-api/llms.txt): $15.00 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [Automatio, $10 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/automatio/10-pack/llms.txt): $15.002 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [APICK, top-up from ₩55,000](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/apick/top-up-from-55000/llms.txt): $15.014 per 1,000, 100% complete

## 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://linkdigest.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://linkdigest.dev/api/v1/health/platforms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://linkdigest.dev/china-social-media-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://linkdigest.dev/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://linkdigest.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://linkdigest.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://linkdigest.dev/privacy?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://linkdigest.dev/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing