Live YouTube Organic Advanced

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Live SERP provides real-time data on the top 20 blocks of YouTube search engine results. These results are specific to the selected location (see the List of Locations) and language (see the List of Languages) settings.

checked POST
Pricing

Your account will be charged for each request.
The cost can be calculated on the Pricing page.

All POST data should be sent in the JSON format (UTF-8 encoding). When setting a task, you should send all task parameters in the task array of the generic POST array. You can send up to 2000 API calls per minute, each Live SERP API call can contain only one task.

Below you will find a detailed description of the fields you can use for setting a task.

Description of the fields for setting a task:

Field name Type Description
keyword string keyword
required field
you can specify up to 700 characters in the keyword field
all %## will be decoded (plus character ‘+’ will be decoded to a space character)
if you need to use the “%” character for your keyword, please specify it as “%25”;
if you need to use the “+” character for your keyword, please specify it as “%2B”;

learn more about rules and limitations of keyword and keywords fields in DataForSEO APIs in this Help Center article
location_name string full name of search engine location
required field if you don’t specify location_code
if you use this field, you don’t need to specify location_code
you can receive the list of available locations of the search engine with their location_name by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/youtube/locations
example:
United States
location_code integer search engine location code
required field if you don’t specify location_name 
if you use this field, you don’t need to specify location_name
you can receive the list of available locations of the search engines with their location_code by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/youtube/locations
example:
2840
language_name string full name of search engine language
required field if you don’t specify language_code
if you use this field, you don’t need to specify language_code
you can receive the list of available languages of the search engine with their language_name by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/youtube/languages
example:
English
language_code string search engine language code
required field if you don’t specify language_name
if you use this field, you don’t need to specify language_name
you can receive the list of available languages of the search engine with their language_code by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/youtube/languages
example:
en
device string device type
optional field
available values: desktop, mobile
os string device operating system
optional field
if you specify desktop in the device field, choose from the following values: windows, macos
default value: windows
if you specify mobile in the device field, choose from the following values: android, ios
default value: android
block_depth integer parsing depth
optional field
number of blocks of results in SERP
default value: 20
max value: 700
Note: your account will be billed per each SERP containing up to 20 results;
thus, setting a block depth above 20 may result in additional charges if the search engine returns more than 20 results;
if the specified block depth is higher than the number of results in the response, the difference will be refunded automatically to your account balance
search_param string additional parameters of the search query
optional field
example:
sp=EgIQAg%253D%253D
tag string user-defined task identifier
optional field
the character limit is 255
you can use this parameter to identify the task and match it with the result
you will find the specified tag value in the data object of the response

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As a response of the API server, you will receive JSON-encoded data containing a tasks array with the information specific to the set tasks.

Description of the fields in the results array:

Field name Type Description
version string the current version of the API
status_code integer general status code
you can find the full list of the response codes here
Note: we strongly recommend designing a necessary system for handling related exceptional or error conditions
status_message string general informational message
you can find the full list of general informational messages here
time string execution time, seconds
cost float total tasks cost, USD
tasks_count integer the number of tasks in the tasks array
tasks_error integer the number of tasks in the tasks array returned with an error
tasks array array of tasks
        id string task identifier
unique task identifier in our system in the UUID format
        status_code integer status code of the task
generated by DataForSEO; can be within the following range: 10000-60000
you can find the full list of the response codes here
        status_message string informational message of the task
you can find the full list of general informational messages here
        time string execution time, seconds
        cost float cost of the task, USD
        result_count integer number of elements in the result array
        path array URL path
        data object contains the same parameters that you specified in the POST request
        result array array of results
            keyword string keyword received in a POST array
the keyword is returned with decoded %## (plus character ‘+’ will be decoded to a space character)
            se_domain string search engine domain in a POST array
            location_code integer location code in a POST array
            language_code string language code in a POST array
            check_url string direct URL to search engine results
you can use it to make sure that we provided accurate results
            datetime string date and time when the result was received
in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00”
example:
2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00
            spell object autocorrection of the search engine
if the search engine provided results for a keyword that was corrected, we will specify the keyword corrected by the search engine and the type of autocorrection
            refinement_chips object search refinement chips
equals null
            item_types array types of search results in SERP
contains types of search results (items) found in SERP.
possible item types:
youtube_channel, youtube_video, youtube_video_paid, youtube_playlist
            se_results_count integer total number of results in SERP
            items_count integer the number of results returned in the items array
            items array elements of search results found in SERP
            ‘youtube_channel’ element
                type string type of element = ‘youtube_channel’
YouTube channel related to the specified search term
                rank_group integer group rank in SERP
position within a group of elements with identical type values
positions of elements with different type values are omitted from rank_group
                rank_absolute integer absolute rank in SERP for the target domain
absolute position among all the elements in SERP
                block_rank integer block rank in SERP
position among all the blocks in SERP
                block_name string name of the block in SERP
example:
"People also watched"
                channel_id string ID of the channel
                name string name of the channel
                url string URL of the channel
                logo string the URL of the page where the logo image is hosted
                video_count integer the number of videos counted on the channel
                is_verified boolean indicates whether the channel has a “verified” label
                description string description of the channel
                highlighted array highlighted keywords in the description
            ‘youtube_video’ element
                type string type of element = ‘youtube_video’
                rank_group integer group rank in SERP
position within a group of elements with identical type values
positions of elements with different type values are omitted from rank_group
                rank_absolute integer absolute rank in SERP for the target domain
absolute position among all the elements in SERP
                block_rank integer block rank in SERP
position among all the blocks in SERP
                block_name string name of the block in SERP
example:
"People also watched"
                title string title of the video
                url string URL of the video
                video_id string ID of the video
                thumbnail_url string the URL of the page where the thumbnail is hosted
                channel_id string the ID of the channel where the video is published
                channel_name string the name of the channel where the video is published
                channel_url string the URL of the channel where the video is published
                channel_logo string the URL of the page where the logo image of the channel is hosted
                description string description of the video
                highlighted array highlighted keywords in the description
                badges array video badges
example:
New, CC, 4K
                is_live boolean indicates whether the video is a live broadcast
                is_shorts boolean indicates whether the video is shorts
                is_movie boolean indicates whether the video is a movie
                views_count integer number of views of the video
                publication_date string the date when the video is published
                timestamp string date and time when the result is published
in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00”
example:
2022-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00
                duration_time string duration of the video
                duration_time_seconds integer duration of the video in seconds
            ‘youtube_video_paid’ element
                type string type of element = ‘youtube_video_paid’
                rank_group integer group rank in SERP
position within a group of elements with identical type values
positions of elements with different type values are omitted from rank_group
                rank_absolute integer absolute rank in SERP for the target domain
absolute position among all the elements in SERP
                block_rank integer block rank in SERP
position among all the blocks in SERP
                block_name string name of the block in SERP
example:
"People also watched"
                title string title of the video
                url string URL of the video
                video_id string ID of the video
                thumbnail_url string the URL of the page where the thumbnail is hosted
                channel_id string the ID of the channel where the video is published
                channel_name string the name of the channel where the video is published
                channel_url string the URL of the channel where the video is published
                channel_logo string the URL of the page where the logo image of the channel is hosted
                description string description of the video
                highlighted array highlighted keywords in the description
                badges array video badges
example:
New, CC, 4K
                is_live boolean indicates whether the video is a live broadcast
                is_shorts boolean indicates whether the video is shorts
                is_movie boolean indicates whether the video is a movie
                views_count integer number of views of the video
                publication_date string the date when the video is published
                timestamp string date and time when the result is published
in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00”
example:
2022-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00
                duration_time string duration of the video
                duration_time_seconds integer duration of the video in seconds
            ‘youtube_playlist’ element
                type string type of element = ‘youtube_playlist’
                rank_group integer group rank in SERP
position within a group of elements with identical type values
positions of elements with different type values are omitted from rank_group
                rank_absolute integer absolute rank in SERP for the target domain
absolute position among all the elements in SERP
                block_rank integer block rank in SERP
position among all the blocks in SERP
                block_name string name of the block in SERP
example:
"People also watched"
                title string title of the video
                url string URL of the video
                playlist_id string ID of the video
                thumbnail_url string the URL of the page where the thumbnail is hosted
                channel_id string the ID of the channel where the video is published
                channel_name string the name of the channel where the video is published
                channel_url string the URL of the channel where the video is published
                channel_logo string the URL of the page where the logo image of the channel is hosted
                videos_count integer the number of videos in playlist
                preview_videos array information about preview videos
array of objects containing information about videos in the preview block of the playlist element
                    video_id string ID of the video
                    title string title of the video
                    url string URL of the video
                    duration_time string duration of the video
                    duration_time_seconds integer duration of the video in seconds

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Instead of ‘login’ and ‘password’ use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access

# Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access 
login="login" 
password="password" 
cred="$(printf ${login}:${password} | base64)" 
curl --location --request POST "https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/youtube/organic/live/advanced" 
--header "Authorization: Basic ${cred}"  
--header "Content-Type: application/json" 
--data-raw "[
    {
        "language_code": "en",
        "location_code": 2840,
        "keyword": "audi"
    }
]"
<?php
// You can download this file from here https://cdn.dataforseo.com/v3/examples/php/php_RestClient.zip
require('RestClient.php');
$api_url = 'https://api.dataforseo.com/';
try {
    // Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access
    $client = new RestClient($api_url, null, 'login', 'password');
} catch (RestClientException $e) {
    echo "n";
    print "HTTP code: {$e->getHttpCode()}n";
    print "Error code: {$e->getCode()}n";
    print "Message: {$e->getMessage()}n";
    print  $e->getTraceAsString();
    echo "n";
    exit();
}
$post_array = array();
// You can set only one task at a time
$post_array[] = array(
    "language_code" => "en",
    "location_code" => 2840,
    "keyword" => mb_convert_encoding("audi", "UTF-8")
);
try {
    // POST /v3/serp/youtube/organic/live/advanced
    // in addition to 'youtube' and 'organic' you can also set other search engine and type parameters
    // the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
    $result = $client->post('/v3/serp/youtube/organic/live/advanced', $post_array);
    print_r($result);
    // do something with post result
} catch (RestClientException $e) {
    echo "n";
    print "HTTP code: {$e->getHttpCode()}n";
    print "Error code: {$e->getCode()}n";
    print "Message: {$e->getMessage()}n";
    print  $e->getTraceAsString();
    echo "n";
}
$client = null;
?>
const axios = require('axios');

axios({
    method: 'post',
    url: 'https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/youtube/organic/live/advanced',
    auth: {
        username: 'login',
        password: 'password'
    },
    data: [{
        "keyword": encodeURI("audi"),
        "language_code": "en",
        "location_code": 2840
    }],
    headers: {
        'content-type': 'application/json'
    }
}).then(function (response) {
    var result = response['data']['tasks'];
    // Result data
    console.log(result);
}).catch(function (error) {
    console.log(error);
});
from client import RestClient
# You can download this file from here https://cdn.dataforseo.com/v3/examples/python/python_Client.zip
client = RestClient("login", "password")
post_data = dict()
# You can set only one task at a time
post_data[len(post_data)] = dict(
language_code="en",
location_code=2840,
keyword="audi"
)
# POST /v3/serp/youtube/organic/live/advanced
# in addition to 'youtube' and 'organic' you can also set other search engine and type parameters
# the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
response = client.post("/v3/serp/youtube/organic/live/advanced", post_data)
# you can find the full list of the response codes here https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors
if response["status_code"] == 20000:
print(response)
# do something with result
else:
print("error. Code: %d Message: %s" % (response["status_code"], response["status_message"]))
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace DataForSeoDemos
{
    public static partial class Demos
    {
        public static async Task serp_live_advanced()
        {
            var httpClient = new HttpClient
            {
                BaseAddress = new Uri("https://api.dataforseo.com/"),
                // Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access
                //DefaultRequestHeaders = { Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("login:password"))) }
            };
            var postData = new List<object>();
            // You can set only one task at a time
            postData.Add(new
            {
                language_code = "en",
                location_code = 2840,
                keyword = "audi"
            });
            // POST /v3/serp/youtube/organic/live/advanced
            // in addition to 'youtube' and 'organic' you can also set other search engine and type parameters
            // the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
            var taskPostResponse = await httpClient.PostAsync("/v3/serp/youtube/organic/live/advanced", new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(postData)));
            var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<dynamic>(await taskPostResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
            // you can find the full list of the response codes here https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors
            if (result.status_code == 20000)
            {
                // do something with result
                Console.WriteLine(result);
            }
            else
                Console.WriteLine($"error. Code: {result.status_code} Message: {result.status_message}");
        }
    }
}

The above command returns JSON structured like this:

{
  "version": "0.1.20221214",
  "status_code": 20000,
  "status_message": "Ok.",
  "time": "11.0835 sec.",
  "cost": 0.002,
  "tasks_count": 1,
  "tasks_error": 0,
  "tasks": [
    {
      "id": "12301655-1535-0139-0000-3376a75a8576",
      "status_code": 20000,
      "status_message": "Ok.",
      "time": "11.0339 sec.",
      "cost": 0.002,
      "result_count": 1,
      "path": [
        "v3",
        "serp",
        "youtube",
        "organic",
        "live",
        "advanced"
      ],
      "data": {
        "api": "serp",
        "function": "live",
        "se": "youtube",
        "se_type": "organic",
        "language_code": "en",
        "location_code": 2840,
        "keyword": "audi",
        "device": "desktop",
        "os": "windows"
      },
      "result": [
        {
          "keyword": "audi",
          "se_domain": "youtube.com",
          "location_code": 2840,
          "language_code": "en",
          "check_url": "https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=audi",
          "datetime": "2022-12-30 14:55:27 +00:00",
          "spell": null,
          "refinement_chips": null,
          "item_types": [
            "youtube_video",
            "youtube_channel",
            "youtube_playlist"
          ],
          "se_results_count": 32629053,
          "items_count": 65,
          "items": [
            {
              "type": "youtube_video",
              "rank_group": 1,
              "rank_absolute": 1,
              "block_rank": 1,
              "block_name": null,
              "title": "The 2023 Audi Q7 55 TFSI Is An Ultra Quiet & Comfortable Luxury 3-Row SUV",
              "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrPvFuz8Leg",
              "video_id": "lrPvFuz8Leg",
              "thumbnail_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lrPvFuz8Leg/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEcCNAFEJQDSFXyq4qpAw4IARUAAIhCGAFwAcABBg==&rs=AOn4CLC4RyEK7ntuK_hkLAMXOdFmcZNz6w",
              "channel_id": "UC2MrtVb1dT4FhcbOlW736kA",
              "channel_name": "Redline Reviews",
              "channel_url": "https://www.youtube.com/@theredline",
              "channel_logo": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/R90alWqdmbF6Z_Hj6qZ3KaI7HDRMfFIfrdOgwLyXCii6GUuiW1YJs-2JDyRiDKoc8R-_X0nGPdQ=s68-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
              "description": "When you need an # Audi vehicle with 3-rows of seating, the #AudiQ7 is the only vehicle in the lineup that can fit that bill. For 2023 ...",
              "highlighted": [
                "Audi"
              ],
              "badges": [
                "New",
                "4K"
              ],
              "is_live": false,
              "is_shorts": false,
              "is_movie": null,
              "views_count": 1004,
              "publication_date": "43 minutes ago",
              "timestamp": "2022-12-30 14:12:23 +00:00",
              "duration_time": "23:26",
              "duration_time_seconds": 1406
            },
            {
              "type": "youtube_channel",
              "rank_group": 1,
              "rank_absolute": 9,
              "block_rank": 1,
              "block_name": null,
              "channel_id": "UCO5ujNeWRIwP4DbCZqZWcLw",
              "name": "Audi",
              "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@Audi",
              "logo": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/ytc/AMLnZu_iyn_apm6S6bi0P-nBUNil4mgAum9opQJGWeea=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj-mo",
              "video_count": 0,
              "is_verified": true,
              "description": "The official Audi YouTube Channel. From the beginning, advanced technology has been at the very heart of the Audi DNA.",
              "highlighted": [
                "Audi",
                "Audi"
              ]
            },
            {
              "type": "youtube_playlist",
              "rank_group": 2,
              "rank_absolute": 3,
              "block_rank": 3,
              "block_name": null,
              "title": "McQueen Car Assembly Surprise Soccer Ball | Street Vehicle with Learn Colors for Kids",
              "url": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeeA6TGUlbkZBi7TYks-CbPnFMsjjB5Be",
              "playlist_id": "PLeeA6TGUlbkZBi7TYks-CbPnFMsjjB5Be",
              "thumbnail_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/i2mV0LApDTA/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEXCNACELwBSFryq4qpAwkIARUAAIhCGAE=&rs=AOn4CLAbEK6cprhXavg6sjhL92EleU9O9w",
              "channel_id": "UCxaux2CGJvqAkGn5ohSQxdA",
              "channel_name": "Tech Editing info Master",
              "channel_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxaux2CGJvqAkGn5ohSQxdA",
              "channel_logo": null,
              "videos_count": 81,
              "preview_videos": [
                {
                  "video_id": "i2mV0LApDTA",
                  "title": "McQueen Car Assembly Surprise Soccer Ball | Street Vehicle with Learn Colors for Kids",
                  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2mV0LApDTA&list=PLeeA6TGUlbkZBi7TYks-CbPnFMsjjB5Be",
                  "duration_time": "10:08",
                  "duration_time_second": 608
                },
                {
                  "video_id": "-tAQGxcRaaI",
                  "title": "Learn Colors with Dump truck & Soccer Balls | Learning Videos for Children | Cartoons for Kids",
                  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tAQGxcRaaI&list=PLeeA6TGUlbkZBi7TYks-CbPnFMsjjB5Be",
                  "duration_time": "2:01",
                  "duration_time_second": 121
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}