Get general search v2 api youtube web v2

Run job:api.youtube.web-v2.get-general-search-v2 through the looot API: 1 provider, from $0.002 per call. Inputs, prices, output shape and code for curl, JavaScript and Python.

Get general search v2 api youtube web v2.

Job id api.youtube.web-v2.get-general-search-v2, in Social data (YouTube). As of 2026-10-01, 1 provider serve it through 1 tool. Run job:api.youtube.web-v2.get-general-search-v2 and looot picks one of them; with fallback on, a miss moves on to the next. See Jobs.

Inputs

This job has one tool, so it takes that tool’s fields. Any key you send passes through unchanged.

Name	Type	Required	Description
`continuation_token`	string	no	Continuation token for next page
`duration`	string	no	Duration filter: short (<4min), medium (4-20min), long (>20min)
`features`	string	no	Feature filter (comma separated): live, 4k, hd, subtitles, creative_commons, 360, vr180, 3d, hdr
`keyword`	string	no	Search keyword (required for first request). Example: “Python tutorial”
`sort_by`	string	no	Sort by
`type`	string	no	Type filter
`upload_date`	string	no	Upload date filter

Providers and prices

Provider	Tool	Price
TikHub	`tikhub-api-youtube-web-v2-get-general-search-v2`	$0.002 per call

A call that fails at the provider costs $0. See What’s free.

Output

Shape of the run’s result, the expected shape, not yet checked against real answers:

{ code, data: { shorts: unknown[], videos: { url, title, author, duration, video_id, channel_id, thumbnails: { ... }[], view_count, published_time, description_snippet }[], keyword, channels: unknown[], playlists: unknown[], completion_suggestions: unknown[] }, docs, time, params: { type, keyword }, router, message, support, cache_url, time_zone, message_zh, request_id, time_stamp, cache_message, cache_message_zh }

Run it

Every call needs your API token in LOOOT_TOKEN; Sign in shows how to get one. Each run also needs a new idempotency key, so a retry never pays twice. With wait: 30 the answer comes back inline when the run ends within 30 seconds. Otherwise you get the running run back: poll GET /v1/runs/<runId>.

Example input with placeholder values:

curl -X POST "https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOOOT_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{"endpointId":"job:api.youtube.web-v2.get-general-search-v2","input":{"keyword":"Python tutorial"},"wait":30}'

const response = await fetch("https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.LOOOT_TOKEN}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key": crypto.randomUUID(),
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    endpointId: "job:api.youtube.web-v2.get-general-search-v2",
    input: {
      keyword: "Python tutorial",
    },
    wait: 30,
  }),
});
const run = await response.json();
console.log(run.status, run.result);

import os
import uuid

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['LOOOT_TOKEN']}",
        "Idempotency-Key": str(uuid.uuid4()),
    },
    json={
        "endpointId": "job:api.youtube.web-v2.get-general-search-v2",
        "input": {
            "keyword": "Python tutorial",
        },
        "wait": 30,
    },
    timeout=90,
)
run = response.json()
print(run["status"], run.get("result"))

To pin one provider, send its tool id as endpointId instead of job:api.youtube.web-v2.get-general-search-v2.