# Transcript Dock, free, POST /v1/video-discoveries, Find videos (youtube_channel_search): Video search API

> Search YouTube or list a channel, playlist or TikTok profile, then feed the URLs into jobs.

Transcript Dock's Free plan for the video search API costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. Transcript Dock's docs list 5 of the 6 fields on our checklist: Length, Date, Channel, Views, Thumbnail.
We haven't run Transcript Dock 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/transcript-dock/free-post-v1-video-discoveries-find-videos-youtube-channel-search
- [Video search API: the best of 30+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.transcriptdock.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://www.transcriptdock.com/v1/video-discoveries`, Find videos (youtube_channel_search)
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.transcriptdock.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.transcriptdock.com/docs/api-reference?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing#find-videos
- Sold by: Transcript Dock (https://www.transcriptdock.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 83%
- Length: ✓
- Date: ✓
- Channel: ✓
- Views: ✓
- Thumbnail: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $0.00
- Per: page of 50
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Create a job (captions_only) · Create a job (transcribe) · Create a job (auto) · Batches · Find videos (youtube_search) · Find videos (youtube_channel_videos) · Find videos (youtube_playlist_videos) · Find videos (tiktok_user_videos) · Caption languages of a video

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search YouTube or list a channel, playlist or TikTok profile, then feed the URLs into jobs.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Transcripts and uploads belong to you. [...] You may only submit media you have the right to process. You are responsible for complying with the terms of the platform the media comes from and with the laws that apply to you, including copyright and privacy law. Do not use the Service to build datasets for training models on content you do not have rights to, to harass people, or to circumvent access controls.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 50 credits a month
- Enough for: 50 pages a month
- Expires: do not roll over

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: by polling

## The call

- You send: kind "youtube_channel_search", query, channel, Idempotency-Key header. Optional: limit, cursor
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/video-discoveries

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone able to form a binding contract in their jurisdiction

## The 16 fields the plan's answer can hold

video result ID, video result link, video result title, video result thumbnail, video result duration seconds, video result published date, video result published time, video result view count, video result view count text, video result channel, video result channel ID, next cursor, search query, search ID, search status, created at

## Transcript Dock's plans (10)

- [Transcript Dock, free, POST /v1/video-discoveries, Find videos (youtube_channel_search)](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcript-dock/free-post-v1-video-discoveries-find-videos-youtube-channel-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [Transcript Dock, top-up from $6, Extra credits (Scale rate), POST /v1/video-discoveries, Find videos (youtube_channel_search)](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcript-dock/top-up-from-6-extra-credits-scale-rate-post-v1-video-discoveries-find-videos-youtube-channel-search/llms.txt): $6.00 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [Transcript Dock, top-up from $7, Extra credits (Pro rate), POST /v1/video-discoveries, Find videos (youtube_channel_search)](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcript-dock/top-up-from-7-extra-credits-pro-rate-post-v1-video-discoveries-find-videos-youtube-channel-search/llms.txt): $7.00 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [Transcript Dock, top-up from $8, Extra credits (Starter rate), POST /v1/video-discoveries, Find videos (youtube_channel_search)](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcript-dock/top-up-from-8-extra-credits-starter-rate-post-v1-video-discoveries-find-videos-youtube-channel-search/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [Transcript Dock, $19 monthly, Starter, POST /v1/video-discoveries, Find videos (youtube_channel_search)](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcript-dock/19-monthly-starter-post-v1-video-discoveries-find-videos-youtube-channel-search/llms.txt): $9.50 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [Transcript Dock, $49 monthly, Pro, POST /v1/video-discoveries, Find videos (youtube_channel_search)](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcript-dock/49-monthly-pro-post-v1-video-discoveries-find-videos-youtube-channel-search/llms.txt): $8.167 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [Transcript Dock, $149 monthly, Scale, POST /v1/video-discoveries, Find videos (youtube_channel_search)](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcript-dock/149-monthly-scale-post-v1-video-discoveries-find-videos-youtube-channel-search/llms.txt): $7.45 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [Transcript Dock, $190 yearly, Starter, POST /v1/video-discoveries, Find videos (youtube_channel_search)](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcript-dock/190-yearly-starter-post-v1-video-discoveries-find-videos-youtube-channel-search/llms.txt): $7.917 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [Transcript Dock, $490 yearly, Pro, POST /v1/video-discoveries, Find videos (youtube_channel_search)](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcript-dock/490-yearly-pro-post-v1-video-discoveries-find-videos-youtube-channel-search/llms.txt): $6.806 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [Transcript Dock, $1,490 yearly, Scale, POST /v1/video-discoveries, Find videos (youtube_channel_search)](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcript-dock/1490-yearly-scale-post-v1-video-discoveries-find-videos-youtube-channel-search/llms.txt): $6.208 per 1,000, 83% complete

## Transcript Dock's calls for this API (2)

- `POST /v1/video-discoveries`, Find videos (youtube_channel_search): [Transcript Dock, free, POST /v1/video-discoveries, Find videos (youtube_channel_search)](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcript-dock/free-post-v1-video-discoveries-find-videos-youtube-channel-search/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/video-discoveries`, Find videos (youtube_search): [Transcript Dock, free, POST /v1/video-discoveries, Find videos (youtube_search)](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcript-dock/free-post-v1-video-discoveries-find-videos-youtube-search/llms.txt)

## Transcript Dock's APIs (4)

- [Transcript Dock: TikTok profile API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/transcript-dock/free/llms.txt)
- [Transcript Dock: TikTok video API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/transcript-dock/free/llms.txt)
- [Transcript Dock: YouTube channel video API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcript-dock/free/llms.txt)
- [Transcript Dock: video search API pricing, 10 plans, Find videos (youtube_channel_search)](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcript-dock/free-post-v1-video-discoveries-find-videos-youtube-channel-search/llms.txt)

## Transcript Dock: video search API alternatives

- [SerpApi, $1,475 monthly, Volume, GET /search, Bing Videos API](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/serpapi/1475-monthly-volume-get-search-bing-videos-api/llms.txt): $5.90 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [Scrapio, $299 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/scrapio/299-monthly/llms.txt): $5.98 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [JisuAPI, CNY 4,000 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/jisuapi/cny-4000-pack/llms.txt): $5.982 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [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

## 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.transcriptdock.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://www.transcriptdock.com/docs/api-reference?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://www.transcriptdock.com/docs/openapi.yaml?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://www.transcriptdock.com/docs/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://www.transcriptdock.com/docs/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://www.transcriptdock.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing