Youtube API search auto-complete

Question

I'm using Youtube API, I'd like to have a search auto-complete feature, just like on YouTube, when you type into the search input box, it gives you search suggestions. I've read the docs, but still missing, Is this possible using the API?

Ac

Answer 1

Ok I found this URL:

http://suggestqueries.google.com/complete/search?client=firefox&ds=yt&q=Query

It isn't part of Youtube API, but still works, returns a JSON response.

Ac

That's pretty dang cool... how did you find it, by looking at the network requests for the youtube search? – Sheffy

we are not getting data in json , it is downoading in .txt file? – Homer

how can we get suggest in json form , from this link .suggestqueries.google.com/complete/… – Homer

This doesn't work with AJAX requests because the response lacks CORS headers :( – Shoplifter

It's "The Google Way" :D Sure they have some reasons for that hack codepen.io/vyachkonovalov/pen/XRYpgB?editors=0012 – Rhodia

Answer 2

For json just add "client" parameter:

http://suggestqueries.google.com/complete/search?client=youtube&ds=yt&client=firefox&q=Query

Barbiturate

This is exactly what is needed, made an example based on this codepen.io/OfficialAntarctica/pen/oxQQPB – Sarto

is it possible to get data response direct in json?? its downloading .txt file – Colloquium

Answer 3

Above all apis are old and give google search suggestion not youtube search suggestion

Use this:

https://clients1.google.com/complete/search?client=youtube&gs_ri=youtube&ds=yt&q=faded

Extract suggestions using following JS code:

//  data is response of above api
   const data = 'window.google.ac.h(["faded",[["faded",0,[433]],["faded alan walker lyrics",0,[433]],["faded remix",0,[433]],["faded 8d",0,[433]],["faded piano",0,[433]],["faded wheel free fire",0],["faded karaoke",0,[433]],["faded ringtone",0,[433]],["faded instrumental",0,[433]],["faded live",0,[433]],["faded piano tutorial",0,[433]],["faded whatsapp status",0,[433]],["faded dhol cover",0,[433]],["faded dance",0,[433]]],{"k":1,"q":"_sPyvXmmbfcsVtfP4sgjOdKQAvg"}])';

    const searchSuggestions = [];
    data.split('[').forEach((ele, index) => {
      if (!ele.split('"')[1] || index === 1) return;
        return searchSuggestions.push(ele.split('"')[1]);
    });
    console.log(searchSuggestions);

Aeolus

Can localhost uses this api? I'm having the Origin https://localhost:8080 is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Origin. error. – Venditti

Answer 4

Check Out YouTube AutoComplete Keyword Scraper . Not really sure of the context the person asking the question wants YouTube auto complete solution for but I thought I would throw this out there.

Yusuk

Answer 5

Also you can use JSON:

url: "https://suggestqueries.google.com/complete/search?client=youtube&ds=yt&q=" + i,
        dataType: "jsonp",

Ivyiwis

Answer 6

The official one:

https://suggestqueries-clients6.youtube.com/complete/search?client=youtube-reduced&hl=en&gs_ri=youtube-reduced&ds=yt&cp=3&gs_id=100&q=Nectar&xhr=t&xssi=t&gl=us

You can choose country too.

P.S. I searched for Nectar in country US

Guenzi

Answer 7

After making the fetch request

const res = await fetch(
    `https://clients1.google.com/complete/search?client=youtube&gs_ri=youtube&ds=yt&q=${searchTerm}`,
  );
const str = await res.text();

// const str = window.google.ac.h(["faded",[["faded",0,[433]],["faded alan walker lyrics",0,[433]],["faded remix",0,[433]],["faded 8d",0,[433]],["faded piano",0,[433]],["faded wheel free fire",0],["faded karaoke",0,[433]],["faded ringtone",0,[433]],["faded instrumental",0,[433]],["faded live",0,[433]],["faded piano tutorial",0,[433]],["faded whatsapp status",0,[433]],["faded dhol cover",0,[433]],["faded dance",0,[433]]],{"k":1,"q":"_sPyvXmmbfcsVtfP4sgjOdKQAvg"}])'

You can parse the response directly by first cutting the unnecessary pieces

const arr = JSON.parse(str.substring(str.indexOf("["), str.indexOf("])") + 1));

Here is the shape of the result

let suggestionsTuple: [string, number, number[]][] = [];

All we need is to filter out the strings

if (Array.isArray(arr) && Array.isArray(arr.at(1))) {
    suggestionsTuple = arr.at(1);
}

const suggestions = suggestionsTuple.flatMap((suggestion) => suggestion).filter((suggestion) => typeof suggestion === "string"); // ["faded" ,"faded alan walker lyrics", ...]

Hilversum