YouTube Suggest API
YouTube autocomplete suggestions API — get real-time search completions for keyword research and search UI autocomplete. From $0.01/call.
Retrieve autocomplete and search suggestions from YouTube's suggestion engine. Type a partial query and get back the most popular completions — perfect for building search UIs or keyword research.
Try it live
Fill in the fields and hit Run to see a real response.
{
"ok": true,
"data": {
"query": "never gonna",
"suggestions": [
"never gonna give you up",
"never gonna give you up lyrics"
]
}
}Features
Use cases
Search UI
Power a YouTube-style autocomplete dropdown in your app's search bar.
Keyword Research
Discover popular search queries and long-tail keywords for YouTube SEO.
Content Ideation
Generate video topic ideas by exploring what people are searching for.
Quick start
Copy this snippet and start making calls.
const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/youtube/suggest', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"query": "never gonna"
}),
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);What developers say
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Frequently asked questions
Retrieve autocomplete and search suggestions from YouTube's suggestion engine. Type a partial query and get back the most popular completions — perfect for building search UIs or keyword research.
Each API call costs $0.01. No monthly minimums or subscriptions — you only pay for what you use.
Sign up for a free API key, then send a POST request to /v1/youtube/suggest. Check the code example above for a ready-to-use snippet in JavaScript, cURL, or Python.
YepAPI bundles SEO, AI, and web scraping APIs under one key with no monthly minimums. You get lower per-call pricing, a unified dashboard, and one billing account instead of managing multiple providers.
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