Platform Intelligence API

YouTube API

YouTube reaches over 2 billion logged-in monthly users across videos, Shorts, live streams, and podcasts, making it important for search visibility, education, brand storytelling, and creator-led demand.

API Reference Version: 1.0.0 3 Endpoints Authentication

Base URL

https://api.pressmonitor.com/youtube/v1

Authentication

All requests use Bearer token authentication. Add the Authorization header to every call.

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN

GET /search

Search YouTube videos

Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
query_text	`string`	query	Yes	Search query text
num	`integer`	query	No	Maximum number of results
order	`string`	query	No	Sort order
event-type	`string`	query	No	Live event type filter
token	`string`	query	No	Pagination token
country_code	`string`	query	No	Region code
lang_code	`string`	query	No	Relevance language code

Code Examples

curl --request GET --url 'https://api.pressmonitor.com/youtube/v1/search?query_text=SOME_STRING_VALUE&num=SOME_INTEGER_VALUE&order=SOME_STRING_VALUE&event-type=SOME_STRING_VALUE&token=SOME_STRING_VALUE&country_code=SOME_STRING_VALUE&lang_code=SOME_STRING_VALUE'

const http = require("https"); const options = { "method": "GET", "hostname": "api.pressmonitor.com", "port": null, "path": "/youtube/v1/search?query_text=SOME_STRING_VALUE&num=SOME_INTEGER_VALUE&order=SOME_STRING_VALUE&event-type=SOME_STRING_VALUE&token=SOME_STRING_VALUE&country_code=SOME_STRING_VALUE&lang_code=SOME_STRING_VALUE", "headers": {} }; const req = http.request(options, function (res) { const chunks = []; res.on("data", function (chunk) { chunks.push(chunk); }); res.on("end", function () { const body = Buffer.concat(chunks); console.log(body.toString()); }); }); req.end();

import requests url = "https://api.pressmonitor.com/youtube/v1/search" querystring = {"query_text":"SOME_STRING_VALUE","num":"SOME_INTEGER_VALUE","order":"SOME_STRING_VALUE","event-type":"SOME_STRING_VALUE","token":"SOME_STRING_VALUE","country_code":"SOME_STRING_VALUE","lang_code":"SOME_STRING_VALUE"} response = requests.request("GET", url, params=querystring) print(response.text)

<?php $curl = curl_init(); curl_setopt_array($curl, [ CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.pressmonitor.com/youtube/v1/search?query_text=SOME_STRING_VALUE&num=SOME_INTEGER_VALUE&order=SOME_STRING_VALUE&event-type=SOME_STRING_VALUE&token=SOME_STRING_VALUE&country_code=SOME_STRING_VALUE&lang_code=SOME_STRING_VALUE", CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true, CURLOPT_ENCODING => "", CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET", ]); $response = curl_exec($curl); $err = curl_error($curl); curl_close($curl); if ($err) { echo "cURL Error #:" . $err; } else { echo $response; }

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient(); Request request = new Request.Builder() .url("https://api.pressmonitor.com/youtube/v1/search?query_text=SOME_STRING_VALUE&num=SOME_INTEGER_VALUE&order=SOME_STRING_VALUE&event-type=SOME_STRING_VALUE&token=SOME_STRING_VALUE&country_code=SOME_STRING_VALUE&lang_code=SOME_STRING_VALUE") .get() .build(); Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

Responses

200 Success

GET /call

Generic YouTube Data API call

Call

Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
path	`string`	query	No	API path under /youtube/v3
endpoint	`string`	query	No	Alternative API path if path is not used
method	`string`	query	No	HTTP method, default GET

Code Examples

curl --request GET --url 'https://api.pressmonitor.com/youtube/v1/call?path=SOME_STRING_VALUE&endpoint=SOME_STRING_VALUE&method=SOME_STRING_VALUE'

const http = require("https"); const options = { "method": "GET", "hostname": "api.pressmonitor.com", "port": null, "path": "/youtube/v1/call?path=SOME_STRING_VALUE&endpoint=SOME_STRING_VALUE&method=SOME_STRING_VALUE", "headers": {} }; const req = http.request(options, function (res) { const chunks = []; res.on("data", function (chunk) { chunks.push(chunk); }); res.on("end", function () { const body = Buffer.concat(chunks); console.log(body.toString()); }); }); req.end();

import requests url = "https://api.pressmonitor.com/youtube/v1/call" querystring = {"path":"SOME_STRING_VALUE","endpoint":"SOME_STRING_VALUE","method":"SOME_STRING_VALUE"} response = requests.request("GET", url, params=querystring) print(response.text)

<?php $curl = curl_init(); curl_setopt_array($curl, [ CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.pressmonitor.com/youtube/v1/call?path=SOME_STRING_VALUE&endpoint=SOME_STRING_VALUE&method=SOME_STRING_VALUE", CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true, CURLOPT_ENCODING => "", CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET", ]); $response = curl_exec($curl); $err = curl_error($curl); curl_close($curl); if ($err) { echo "cURL Error #:" . $err; } else { echo $response; }

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient(); Request request = new Request.Builder() .url("https://api.pressmonitor.com/youtube/v1/call?path=SOME_STRING_VALUE&endpoint=SOME_STRING_VALUE&method=SOME_STRING_VALUE") .get() .build(); Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

Responses

200 Success

GET /video-details

Get video details

Get Video Details

Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
video_ids	`string`	query	Yes	Comma-separated YouTube video IDs

Code Examples

curl --request GET --url 'https://api.pressmonitor.com/youtube/v1/video-details?video_ids=SOME_STRING_VALUE'

const http = require("https"); const options = { "method": "GET", "hostname": "api.pressmonitor.com", "port": null, "path": "/youtube/v1/video-details?video_ids=SOME_STRING_VALUE", "headers": {} }; const req = http.request(options, function (res) { const chunks = []; res.on("data", function (chunk) { chunks.push(chunk); }); res.on("end", function () { const body = Buffer.concat(chunks); console.log(body.toString()); }); }); req.end();

import requests url = "https://api.pressmonitor.com/youtube/v1/video-details" querystring = {"video_ids":"SOME_STRING_VALUE"} response = requests.request("GET", url, params=querystring) print(response.text)

<?php $curl = curl_init(); curl_setopt_array($curl, [ CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.pressmonitor.com/youtube/v1/video-details?video_ids=SOME_STRING_VALUE", CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true, CURLOPT_ENCODING => "", CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET", ]); $response = curl_exec($curl); $err = curl_error($curl); curl_close($curl); if ($err) { echo "cURL Error #:" . $err; } else { echo $response; }

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient(); Request request = new Request.Builder() .url("https://api.pressmonitor.com/youtube/v1/video-details?video_ids=SOME_STRING_VALUE") .get() .build(); Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

Responses

200 Success