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GET
youtube search_channels
Search channels Pricing — billed per successful call; the final charge scales by your plan multiplier. Charged only when the upstream response body code is 200.
Response structure is not yet fully documented — refer to the actual API response.

Example

Request contract

  • Method and path: GET /apis/v1/tikhub/youtube/web_v2/search_channels
  • Availability: enabled
  • Request URL template: https://api.aisa.one/apis/v1/tikhub/youtube/web_v2/search_channels
  • continuation_token: query; optional
  • keyword: query; optional
  • need_format: query; optional
  • Runtime facts: 85ae03121f63417c9ff9d57a0fd59fdc6386fd71e2dc732a002843e6d8979d87
Complete OpenAPI definition Effective request and pricing declaration (including authentication and referenced schemas):

Cost and request rules

Published reference price: $0.001 USD per successful request. Account-specific pricing and final settlement may differ. Published reference values are not an account-specific quote or a settled charge. For endpoints supporting X-AISA-Cost-Mode: quote, obtain a free quote for your exact request before execution; reconcile the settled cost with response metadata and Usage Logs. USD amounts use 1,000,000 integer micro-USD per dollar.
  • Default request reference estimate (USD): 0.001
  • Cost contract: fixed_success
  • Published reference multiplier: 1.0
  • Settlement evidence source: request_snapshot

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Query Parameters

continuation_token
string

Pagination token (optional, for next page)

keyword
string | null

Search keyword (required for first request)

Maximum string length: 200
need_format
boolean
default:true

Whether to format data (default true)

  • true: Return formatted structured data (recommended)
  • false: Return raw YouTube API structure (for debugging)

Response

Successful response. The outer object follows ResponseModel; the endpoint-specific payload is in data.

Returns

When need_format=true:

  • keyword: Search keyword
  • channels: Channels list
    • channel_id: Channel ID (e.g., "UCjuNibFJ21MiSNpu8LZyV4w")
    • title: Channel name
    • handle: Channel custom handle (e.g., "@chaijing2023")
    • subscriber_count_text: Subscriber count text (e.g., "1.11M subscribers")
    • description: Channel description snippet
    • thumbnails: Thumbnail list (multiple sizes)
    • is_subscribed: Whether current user is subscribed to this channel (boolean)
    • canonical_url: Channel canonical URL path (e.g., "/@chaijing2023")
    • channel_url: Full channel URL (prefers custom URL)
  • continuation_token: Next page pagination token
  • has_more: Whether there are more channels
  • total_count: Current page channel count

When need_format=false:

  • keyword: Search keyword
  • channels: Raw channelRenderer object list
  • continuation_token: Next page pagination token
  • has_more: Whether there are more channels
  • total_count: Current page channel count
cache_message
string | null
default:This response is cached and accessible via the URL below for 24 hours at no extra cost. The cache is for request tracing only — it doesn't affect the API's data freshness and won't be returned through the API again.

Cache message (EN-US)

cache_message_zh
string | null
default:本次响应已缓存,可通过下方 URL 直接查看,有效期 24 小时,访问缓存链接无额外费用。缓存仅用于请求溯源,不影响接口数据的时效性,也不会再次通过接口返回。

Cache message (ZH-CN)

cache_url
string | null

The URL to access the cached result

code
integer
default:200

HTTP status code

data
any

Endpoint-specific response payload. The official shared model does not declare a fixed type or field set. Use the operation's documented return fields or response example; an operation-specific schema, when present, describes the documented fields. Undocumented fields must be read from the actual response rather than assumed.

docs
string | null

Link to the API Swagger documentation for this endpoint

message
string
default:Request successful. This request will incur a charge.

Response message (EN-US)

message_zh
string
default:请求成功,本次请求将被计费。

Response message (ZH-CN)

params
any
default:{}

The parameters used in the request

request_id
string | null

Unique request identifier

router
string
default:""

The endpoint that generated this response

support
string
default:Discord: https://discord.gg/aMEAS8Xsvz

Support message

time
string

The time the response was generated

time_stamp
integer

The timestamp the response was generated

time_zone
string
default:America/Los_Angeles

The timezone of the response time