POST/v1/youtube/suggest

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.

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Try it live

Fill in the fields and hit Run to see a real response.

POST /v1/youtube/suggest$0.01/call

Live testing

API Key

Query*

Response

Example response — hit "Run" to see a live result

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {
    "query": "never gonna",
    "suggestions": [
      "never gonna give you up",
      "never gonna give you up lyrics"
    ]
  }
}

Features

✓Real-time autocomplete suggestions

✓Powered by YouTube's own suggestion engine

✓Lightweight and fast responses

✓Great for keyword and SEO research

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);

Why YepAPI is cheaper

No monthly minimums. No enterprise plans. Just pay per call.

Provider	Cost / call	Catch
YepAPI	$0.01	No minimum. Pay as you go.
YouTube Data API v3	$0.00	No direct equivalent

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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Search

$0.01

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POST /v1/youtube/search

Video Details

$0.02

Full YouTube video metadata — title, views, likes, description, keywords, thumbnails, and available formats. Video intelligence from $0.02/call.

POST /v1/youtube/video

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