YOUTUBE API
Search by Hashtag
Retrieve search by hashtag from YouTube with a single API request.
GET
/api/data/v1/youtube/search/hashtag1credit base cost
Request parameters
Up to 1 creditHashtag to search for
Continuation token to get more videos. Get 'continuationToken' from previous response.
Search for all types of content or only shorts
Live requests use your prepaid balance. Cached responses cost zero where supported.
curl --request GET \
--url 'https://fetchgoblin.com/api/data/v1/youtube/search/hashtag?hashtag=funny' \
--header 'x-api-key: YOUR_FETCHGOBLIN_API_KEY'Response
Example{
"success": true,
"videos": [
{
"type": "video",
"id": "jXMISgQq9MM",
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXMISgQq9MM",
"title": "Epic fails 🤣🤣🤣 #shorts #funny #fails",
"description": "",
"thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jXMISgQq9MM/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwFBCNACELwBSFryq4qpAzMIARUAAIhCGADYAQHiAQoIGBACGAY4AUAB8AEB-AG2CIACgA-KAgwIABABGGUgXyhVMA8=&rs=AOn4CLC1HXfxzLayoVBdicS5DIUQh9zGcQ",
"channel": {
"id": "UCvUzWu1Whyw1FWuLl9GOo_g",
"title": "ZZang Funny",
"thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/rcZKcfewHTzkauGknat3NeC53rGBofYDbL8AjFkwvsk2fXzM1clht7OTn9-1IIPnmbeZkrNGdxI=s68-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj"
},
"viewCountText": "22,668,056 views",
"viewCountInt": 22668056,
"publishedTimeText": "4 weeks ago",
"publishedTime": "2025-01-04T23:12:42.919Z",
"lengthText": "1:00",
"lengthSeconds": 60,
"badges": []
}
],
"continuationToken": "4qmFsgLtBRIJRkVoYX....",
"credits_charged": 1,
"credits_remaining": 1000,
"request_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000"
}Example data from the API specification. Run a request to retrieve current data.
Response shape
This schema describes the documented data shape. Some platform fields may be absent or null. The response also includes your FetchGoblin request ID and current credit balance.
View JSON Schema +
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"success": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"videos": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string"
},
"id": {
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string"
},
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": {
"type": "string"
},
"thumbnail": {
"type": "string"
},
"channel": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string"
},
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"thumbnail": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"viewCountText": {
"type": "string"
},
"viewCountInt": {
"type": "integer"
},
"publishedTimeText": {
"type": "string"
},
"publishedTime": {
"type": "string"
},
"lengthText": {
"type": "string"
},
"lengthSeconds": {
"type": "integer"
},
"badges": {
"type": "array"
}
}
}
},
"continuationToken": {
"type": "string"
},
"credits_charged": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "FetchGoblin credits charged for this request."
},
"credits_remaining": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Your FetchGoblin credit balance after this request."
},
"request_id": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid",
"description": "FetchGoblin request identifier."
}
}
}