# Pullbay, free, GET /youtube/search: Video search API

> Search YouTube. `mode` selects what to search for (`video`, `channel`, or `playlist`). When `mode=video` results match `YoutubeVideo`, other modes return shape variants. Use `cursor` to paginate or `maxItems` for a one-shot bulk pull (mutually exclusive).

Pullbay's video search API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns all 6 key fields we check: Length, Date, Channel, Views, Snippet, Thumbnail.
We haven't run Pullbay through [our video search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 387 plans for video search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.80 per 1,000 searches or less.
[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.
[SerpKite](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/serpkite/300-pack-pro-post-v1-videos-bing-videos/llms.txt), [PrismCrawl](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/prismcrawl/10-pack-lite-post-v1-yahoo-videos-search/llms.txt) and [ScrapeUnblocker](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/scrapeunblocker/299-monthly/llms.txt) are the best video search API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/pullbay/free-get-youtube-search
- [Video search API: 12 providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://pullbay.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.pullbay.com/youtube/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://pullbay.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.pullbay.com/api-reference/youtube?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing#search-youtube
- Sold by: Pullbay (https://pullbay.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-04

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Length: ✓
- Date: ✓
- Channel: ✓
- Views: ✓
- Snippet: ✓
- Thumbnail: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Start fee: $0.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: 70 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search YouTube. `mode` selects what to search for (`video`, `channel`, or `playlist`). When `mode=video` results match `YoutubeVideo`, other modes return shape variants. Use `cursor` to paginate or `maxItems` for a one-shot bulk pull (mutually exclusive).

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $1
- Enough for: about 333 calls
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.17
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query, mode "video". Optional: sortBy, lang, geo, duration, features, uploadDate, maxItems, cursor
- Method: GET
- Path: /youtube/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 26 fields the plan's answer can hold

video result type, video result ID, video result link, video result title, video result description, video result thumbnail, video result rich thumbnail, video result channel ID, video result channel, video result channel handle, video result channel URL, video result subscribers, video result channel badges, video result channel thumbnail, video result published date, video result view count, video result duration, has more, next cursor, request ID, success, status, message, amount charged, currency, billable items

## Pullbay's plans (4)

- [Pullbay, free, GET /youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/pullbay/free-get-youtube-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Pullbay, $9 monthly, Hobby, GET /youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/pullbay/9-monthly-hobby-get-youtube-search/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Pullbay, $49 monthly, Builder, GET /youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/pullbay/49-monthly-builder-get-youtube-search/llms.txt): $2.70 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Pullbay, $199 monthly, Scale, GET /youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/pullbay/199-monthly-scale-get-youtube-search/llms.txt): $2.40 per 1,000, 100% complete, live

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

- `GET /duckduckgo/videos`: [Pullbay, free, GET /duckduckgo/videos](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/pullbay/free-get-duckduckgo-videos/llms.txt)
- `GET /youtube/search`: [Pullbay, free, GET /youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/pullbay/free-get-youtube-search/llms.txt)

## Pullbay's APIs (20)

- [Pullbay: App Store API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: App Store review API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-review-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: App Store search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: image search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: news API pricing, 4 plans, GET /duckduckgo/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/pullbay/free-get-duckduckgo-news/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: news API pricing, 4 plans, GET /google-news/search](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/pullbay/free-get-google-news-search/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: SERP API pricing, 4 plans, GET /duckduckgo/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/pullbay/free-get-duckduckgo-search/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: SERP API pricing, 4 plans, GET /google-search/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/pullbay/free-get-google-search-search/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: video search API pricing, 4 plans, GET /youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/pullbay/free-get-youtube-search/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: Google Play API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: Google Play review API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-review-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: Google Play search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: Instagram post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: Instagram profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: Reddit post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: Reddit profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: TikTok profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: TikTok video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: X post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: X profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: YouTube channel API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: YouTube channel video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)

## Pullbay: video search API alternatives

- [SerpApi, $9,550 monthly, Cloud 4M, GET /search, Bing Videos API](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/serpapi/9550-monthly-cloud-4m-get-search-bing-videos-api/llms.txt): $2.388 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [Scale SERP, $599 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/scale-serp/599-monthly/llms.txt): $2.396 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [SerpWow, $28,788 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/serpwow/28788-yearly/llms.txt): $2.399 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [HasData, $590 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/hasdata/590-yearly/llms.txt): $2.458 per 1,000, 0% 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 2026-11-04.

- https://docs.pullbay.com/api-reference/youtube?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.pullbay.com/documentation/plans-and-usage/plans.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.pullbay.com/documentation/plans-and-usage/rate-limits.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.pullbay.com/help-center?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.pullbay.com/llms-full.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://pullbay.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing