# Search1API, free, POST /search, Search, full: Video search API

> Search YouTube over HTTP and receive the channel name and the video runtime alongside each result, without a Google Cloud project or a daily quota to manage.

Search1API's video search API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns 4 of the 6 key fields we check: Length, Date, Channel, Snippet.
We haven't run Search1API through [our video search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 453 plans for video search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.90 per 1,000 searches or less.
[Vimeo's $20 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/vimeo/20-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches: as little as $0.0037. Vimeo's $20 monthly plan covers up to 5,400,000 pages a month at no extra cost. Each page holds 100 results.
[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 the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/search1api/free-post-search-search-full
- [Video search API: 12 providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.search1api.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.search1api.com/search`, Search, full
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.search1api.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://s1.dev/docs/basic/search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: Search1API (https://search1api.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 67%
- Length: ✓
- Date: ✓
- Channel: ✓
- Snippet: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: News · Ask · Maps · Crawl · Screenshot · Sitemap · Trending · Extract · DeepCrawl

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search YouTube over HTTP and receive the channel name and the video runtime alongside each result, without a Google Cloud project or a daily quota to manage.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: "Our Products must not be used to transmit, distribute or store any material in violation of any applicable law. This includes but isn't limited to: any material protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret, or other intellectual property right used without proper authorization, and any material that is obscene, defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat or violates export control laws.", "Our Products must not be used for the purpose of sending unsolicited bulk or commercial messages in violation of the laws and regulations applicable to your jurisdiction (\"spam\").", "Our Products must not be used for the purpose of running unconfirmed mailing lists or telephone number lists (\"messaging lists\")." [...] "Our Products must not be used to access any account or electronic resource where the group or individual attempting to gain access does not own or is not authorized to access the resource", "Our Products must not be used for the purpose of intentionally or recklessly introducing viruses or malicious code into our Products and systems.", "Our Products must not be used for purposely engaging in activities designed to harass another group or individual.", "Other activities considered unethical, exploitative, and malicious include: Obtaining (or attempting to obtain) services from us with the intent to avoid payment, [...] Any act or omission in violation of consumer protection laws and regulations, Any violation of a person's privacy.", "Our Products may not be used by any person or entity, which is involved with or suspected of involvement in activities or causes relating to illegal gambling, terrorism, narcotics trafficking, arms trafficking [...]", "We provide our facilities with the assumption your use will be \"business as usual\", as per our offer schedule. If your use is considered to be excessive, then additional fees may be charged, or capacity may be restricted."

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits
- Enough for: about 16 calls, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 3.33
- Batch: 50

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query, search_service "youtube", crawl_results "5". Optional: max_results, page, image, include_sites, exclude_sites, language, time_range
- Method: POST
- Path: /search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 9 fields the plan's answer can hold

search parameters, video result title, video result link, video result snippet, video result channel, video result duration, video result description, video result published date, video result content

## Search1API's plans (11)

- [Search1API, free, POST /search, Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/search1api/free-post-search-search-full/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Search1API, top-up from $5, Pay as you go, POST /search, Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/search1api/top-up-from-5-pay-as-you-go-post-search-search-full/llms.txt): $6.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Search1API, $19 pack, Pay as you go, $19 (+5% bonus), POST /search, Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/search1api/19-pack-pay-as-you-go-19-5-bonus-post-search-search-full/llms.txt): $5.714 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Search1API, $99 pack, Pay as you go, $99 (+20% bonus), POST /search, Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/search1api/99-pack-pay-as-you-go-99-20-bonus-post-search-search-full/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Search1API, $499 pack, Pay as you go, $499 (+60% bonus), POST /search, Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/search1api/499-pack-pay-as-you-go-499-60-bonus-post-search-search-full/llms.txt): $3.75 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Search1API, $19 monthly, Basic, POST /search, Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/search1api/19-monthly-basic-post-search-search-full/llms.txt): $4.56 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Search1API, $99 monthly, Professional, POST /search, Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/search1api/99-monthly-professional-post-search-search-full/llms.txt): $3.96 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Search1API, $499 monthly, Enterprise, POST /search, Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/search1api/499-monthly-enterprise-post-search-search-full/llms.txt): $2.994 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Search1API, $190 yearly, Basic (annual), POST /search, Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/search1api/190-yearly-basic-annual-post-search-search-full/llms.txt): $3.80 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Search1API, $990 yearly, Professional (annual), POST /search, Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/search1api/990-yearly-professional-annual-post-search-search-full/llms.txt): $3.30 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Search1API, $4,990 yearly, Enterprise (annual), POST /search, Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/search1api/4990-yearly-enterprise-annual-post-search-search-full/llms.txt): $2.495 per 1,000, 67% complete, live

## Search1API's calls for this API (2)

- `POST /search`, Search: [Search1API, free, POST /search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/search1api/free-post-search-search/llms.txt)
- `POST /search`, Search, full: [Search1API, free, POST /search, Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/search1api/free-post-search-search-full/llms.txt)

## Search1API's APIs (4)

- [Search1API: web search API pricing, 11 plans, POST /ask](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/search1api/free-free-post-ask/llms.txt)
- [Search1API: web search API pricing, 11 plans, POST /search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/search1api/free-free-post-search-search/llms.txt)
- [Search1API: web search API pricing, 11 plans, POST /search, Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/search1api/free-free-post-search-search-full/llms.txt)
- [Search1API: web scraping API pricing, 11 plans, POST /crawl](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/search1api/free-post-crawl/llms.txt)
- [Search1API: web scraping API pricing, 11 plans, POST /extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/search1api/free-post-extract/llms.txt)
- [Search1API: news API pricing, 11 plans, POST /news, News](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/search1api/free-post-news-news/llms.txt)
- [Search1API: news API pricing, 11 plans, POST /news, News, full](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/search1api/free-post-news-news-full/llms.txt)
- [Search1API: video search API pricing, 11 plans, POST /search, Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/search1api/free-post-search-search-full/llms.txt)

## Search1API: video search API alternatives

- [HasData, $590 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/hasdata/590-yearly/llms.txt): $2.458 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [SearchApi, $250 monthly, BigData Plan, GET /api/v1/search?engine=bing_videos](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/searchapi/250-monthly-bigdata-plan-get-api-v1-search-engine-bing-videos/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [ValueSERP, $25 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/valueserp/25-pack/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [OpenWeb Ninja, $25 monthly, Pro, GET /search, Search Shorts](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/openweb-ninja/25-monthly-pro-get-search-search-shorts/llms.txt): $2.50 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 2026-11-05.

- https://api.search1api.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://blog.s1.dev/pages/acceptable-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://blog.s1.dev/pages/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://s1.dev/docs/basic/search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://s1.dev/docs/essentials/credits-and-limits.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://s1.dev/pricing.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://s1.dev/youtube-search-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://www.s1.dev/docs/essentials/credits-and-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://www.search1api.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://www.search1api.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing