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YouTube

Video details, search, comments and transcripts.

base /youtube/v15 endpoints

post/youtube/v1/search1 credit

search videos/channels/playlists (youtubei /search)

Parameter	Required
query	required
type	optional
limit	optional
continuation	optional

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post/youtube/v1/video_detail1 credit

video metadata: title/views/likes/date/channel/description (+ duration/keywords/thumbnails/caption-langs best-effort)

Parameter	Required
video_id	required

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post/youtube/v1/comments1 credit

video comments (text/author/likes/replies), paginated

Parameter	Required
video_id	required
limit	optional
continuation	optional

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post/youtube/v1/channel1 credit

channel detail: subs/videoCount/description/links

Parameter	Required
channel_id	required
handle	optional
url	optional

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post/youtube/v1/transcript1 credit

video transcript/captions (timed segments + full text) via the ANDROID client —, no PO-Token; select any language the video has via 'lang'; format=text|segments

Parameter	Required
video_id	required
lang	optional
format	optional

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Example request · search

curl -X POST https://api.reefapi.com/youtube/v1/search \
  -H "x-api-key: $REEF_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"lofi hip hop","type":"video","limit":20}'

Response shape

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": { /* the result */ },
  "meta": {
    "latency_ms": 240,
    "record_count": 12,
    "completeness_pct": 100
  },
  "error": null
}