Implementation: Search requests
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The following examples demonstrate how to complete several different types of search requests in the v3 API.
Videos
Playlists
Channels
Results relevant to a specific language
Videos uploaded via the developer's app or website
This example shows how to use the forDeveloper parameter to restrict a search to only retrieve videos uploaded via the developer's application or website. This parameter can be used in conjunction with optional search parameters, like the q parameter.
Note: This query does not actually return results in the APIs Explorer because the APIs Explorer doesn't support video uploads. You can run this query for your own application outside of the APIs Explorer, but you can't get results for your application using the APIs Explorer.
Each uploaded video is automatically tagged with the project number that is associated with the developer's application in the Google API Console.
When a search request subsequently sets the forDeveloper parameter to true, the API service uses the request's authorization credentials to identify the developer. Thus, a developer can restrict results to videos uploaded through the developer's own app or website but not to videos uploaded through other apps or sites.
https://developers.google.com/apis-explorer/#p/youtube/v3/youtube.search.list?
part=snippet
&q=fun
&forDeveloper=true
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Last updated 2025-08-28 UTC.
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It finds HD videos related to a query by setting parameters like `order`, `q`, and `videoDefinition`. It locates playlists or channels by specifying `type` as 'playlist' or 'channel'. Results relevant to a language are found using `relevanceLanguage`. Developers can find videos uploaded via their app with `forDeveloper`, using their credentials and project number tagged to each upload.\n"],null,["# Implementation: Search requests\n\nThe following examples demonstrate how to complete several different types of search requests in the v3 API.\n\nVideos\n------\n\nThis example calls the [search.list](/youtube/v3/docs/search/list) method to find the most viewed, high-definition (HD) videos associated with the query \"skateboarding dog.\" The query sets the `order`, `part`, `q`, `type`, and `videoDefinition` parameters. \n\n```\nhttps://developers.google.com/apis-explorer/#p/youtube/v3/youtube.search.list?\n part=snippet\n &order=viewCount\n &q=skateboarding+dog\n &type=video\n &videoDefinition=high\n```\n\nSee the [search.list](/youtube/v3/docs/search/list#usage) method's documentation for code samples.\n\nPlaylists\n---------\n\nThis example shows how to find playlists matching the query term \"GoogleDevelopers.\" It calls the [search.list](/youtube/v3/docs/search/list) method and sets the [type](/youtube/v3/docs/search/list#type) parameter's value to `playlist` so that the result set only includes playlists. \n\n```\nhttps://developers.google.com/apis-explorer/#p/youtube/v3/youtube.search.list?\n part=snippet\n &q=GoogleDevelopers\n &type=playlist\n```\n\nChannels\n--------\n\nThis example shows how to find channels matching the query term \"travel.\" It calls the [search.list](/youtube/v3/docs/search/list) method and sets the [type](/youtube/v3/docs/search/list#type) parameter's value to `channel` so that the result set only includes channels. \n\n```\nhttps://developers.google.com/apis-explorer/#p/youtube/v3/youtube.search.list?\n part=snippet\n &q=travel\n &type=channel\n```\n\nResults relevant to a specific language\n---------------------------------------\n\nThis example calls the [search.list](/youtube/v3/docs/search/list) method to find search results that are most relevant to a specific language. The example shows that the query term is **marine** (`q=marine`) and that the API response should contain results most relevant to the French language (`relevanceLanguage=fr`). \n\n```\nhttps://developers.google.com/apis-explorer/#p/youtube/v3/youtube.search.list?\n part=snippet\n &q=marine\n &relevanceLanguage=fr\n```\n\nNote that the request does not set a value for the `type` parameter, which means each search result could reference a video, playlist, or channel.\n\nVideos uploaded via the developer's app or website\n--------------------------------------------------\n\nThis example shows how to use the [forDeveloper](/youtube/v3/docs/search/list#forDeveloper) parameter to restrict a search to only retrieve videos uploaded via the developer's application or website. This parameter can be used in conjunction with optional search parameters, like the `q` parameter.\n\n**Note:** This query does not actually return results in the APIs Explorer because the APIs Explorer doesn't support video uploads. You can run this query for your own application outside of the APIs Explorer, but you can't get results for *your* application using the APIs Explorer.\n\nEach uploaded video is automatically tagged with the project number that is associated with the developer's application in the [Google API Console](https://console.developers.google.com/).\n\nWhen a search request subsequently sets the `forDeveloper` parameter to true, the API service uses the request's authorization credentials to identify the developer. Thus, a developer can restrict results to videos uploaded through the developer's own app or website but not to videos uploaded through other apps or sites. \n\n```\nhttps://developers.google.com/apis-explorer/#p/youtube/v3/youtube.search.list?\n part=snippet\n &q=fun\n &forDeveloper=true\n```"]]
