SearchYouTubeChannel · Search

YouTube channel search

Page through public YouTube channels for a keyword with handle, subscriber text, and description snippet.

POST/v1/youtube/channels/search

Chinese name: YouTube 频道搜索 · 频道 · 搜索按关键词分页搜索 YouTube 公开频道，返回 handle、订阅数文本和简介片段。
youtube.channels.search@v1

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¥0.02/ call

Nonempty complete results are charged; empty, partial, and failed results are not.

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Request JSON body

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Execution result

// Result

Request parameters

keywordstringrequired

minLength: 1 · maxLength: 100

Example: "MrBeast"

cursorstringoptional

minLength: 1

Request JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "keyword": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 100
    },
    "cursor": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "keyword"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Code samples

Install the SDK with npm i @dataxapi/sdk or pip install dataxapi, and put your API key in the DATAXAPI_API_KEY environment variable.

curl -X POST https://api.dataxapi.com/v1/youtube/channels/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DATAXAPI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"keyword":"MrBeast"}'

import { ExactApiClient } from "@dataxapi/sdk";

const client = new ExactApiClient({
  baseUrl: "https://api.dataxapi.com",
  apiKey: process.env.DATAXAPI_API_KEY,
});

const result = await client.call("youtube_channels_search_v1", {
  "keyword": "MrBeast"
});
console.log(result.data);

import os
from dataxapi import ExactApiClient

client = ExactApiClient("https://api.dataxapi.com", os.environ["DATAXAPI_API_KEY"])

result = client.call("youtube_channels_search_v1", {
    "keyword": "MrBeast",
})
print(result["data"])

[mcp_servers.dataxapi]
url = "https://api.dataxapi.com/mcp"
bearer_token_env_var = "DATAXAPI_API_KEY"

Response example

200 · application/json

{
  "code": 200,
  "request_id": "req_example_youtube_channels_search",
  "message": "success",
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "channel_id": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
        "title": "Rick Astley",
        "handle": "@RickAstleyYT",
        "subscriber_count_text": "4.2M subscribers",
        "channel_url": "https://www.youtube.com/@RickAstleyYT"
      }
    ]
  },
  "page": {
    "next_cursor": "cursor_example"
  },
  "warnings": [],
  "meta": {
    "listing_id": "youtube.channels.search",
    "version": "v1",
    "catalog_release_id": "catalog-production-2026-09-19.b069be57",
    "price_book_version": "pricebook-production-2026-09-19.4487e352",
    "result_status": "complete",
    "charged_amount": "0.02",
    "balance_after": "49.98",
    "currency": "CNY"
  }
}

Response fields

codenumber: const: 200
request_idstring
messagestring: const: "success"
dataobject
pageobject
warningsarray
metaobject

Response JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "code": {
      "type": "number",
      "const": 200
    },
    "request_id": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "const": "success"
    },
    "data": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "items": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "channel_id": {},
              "title": {},
              "handle": {},
              "subscriber_count_text": {},
              "description": {},
              "channel_url": {}
            },
            "additionalProperties": false
          }
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "items"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "page": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "next_cursor": {
          "anyOf": [
            {
              "type": "string"
            },
            {
              "type": "null"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "next_cursor"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "warnings": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "meta": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "listing_id": {
          "type": "string",
          "const": "youtube.channels.search"
        },
        "version": {
          "type": "string",
          "const": "v1"
        },
        "catalog_release_id": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1
        },
        "price_book_version": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1
        },
        "result_status": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "complete",
            "empty",
            "partial"
          ]
        },
        "charged_amount": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "balance_after": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "currency": {
          "type": "string",
          "const": "CNY"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "listing_id",
        "version",
        "catalog_release_id",
        "price_book_version",
        "result_status",
        "charged_amount",
        "balance_after",
        "currency"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "code",
    "request_id",
    "message",
    "data",
    "page",
    "warnings",
    "meta"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Usage notes

Good for

Use it to find candidate YouTube channels by brand, category, or name.

Not for

Do not use it for video search, contact discovery, or identity verification.

Known limitations

Pages usually hold 10-20 channels; subscriber counts are display text.
Result order is set by the platform and does not explain ranking causality.
Only the returned DataXAPI cursor can continue the same query.

Billing

¥0.02 per call. Nonempty complete results are charged; empty, partial, and failed results are not.

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