# Search YouTube channels by keyword

TikHub

Youtube: search channels (web_v2)

## Use this tool with your AI agent

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2. Paste it into your agent
3. Tell it what you need

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**Job:** [Search YouTube videos and channels](https://scrollport.com/tools/youtube-data-api)

**Current price:** $0.0025/request

**Availability:** Ready to run

## Tool details

**About this tool**

Youtube: search channels (web_v2) Retrieve one bounded result or page. Pagination is explicit; each follow-up page is another call. The catalog price is the maximum per request. Quotes use the selected limits. Completed requests cost their quote, including valid empty pages and no-match answers. Failed requests are uncharged. Read public social data without a connected social account. Results include reviewed business data and available pagination. The worked example shows selected fields from a recorded response, with at most one selected item from each list.

**Inputs and outputs**

### Input

`continuation_token` string · optional

Pagination token

minLength: 1 · maxLength: 4096

`keyword` string · required

Search keyword

minLength: 1 · maxLength: 500

### Output

`data` object

Returned data value.

**Example request and output**

Inspect returns this reviewed example, its estimated cost and the current input schema. Run calculates the estimate for your actual input.

### Request

```
{
  "tool_id": "tikhub.youtube-web-v2-search-channels",
  "input": {
    "keyword": "Linus Tech Tips"
  }
}
```

### Output

```
{
  "data": {
    "keyword": "Linus Tech Tips",
    "channels": [
      {
        "title": {
          "simpleText": "Linus Tech Tips"
        },
        "channelId": "UCXuqSBlHAE6Xw-yeJA0Tunw",
        "longBylineText": {
          "runs": [
            {
              "text": "Linus Tech Tips"
            }
          ]
        },
        "videoCountText": {
          "simpleText": "16.9M subscribers"
        },
        "shortBylineText": {
          "runs": [
            {
              "text": "Linus Tech Tips"
            }
          ]
        },
        "descriptionSnippet": {
          "runs": [
            {
              "text": "Linus Tech Tips"
            }
          ]
        },
        "subscriberCountText": {
          "simpleText": "@LinusTechTips"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

**Errors and limitations**

- `invalid_input`: The lookup fields or limits are invalid.example: {"keyword":"Linus Tech Tips"}
- `upstream_error`: The provider could not complete a verified result; the wallet was not charged.Check the documented fields and contact Scrollport support with the run ID if needed.

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Canonical page: https://scrollport.com/tools/providers/tikhub/youtube-web-v2-search-channels