Google Short Videos

Perform Search

Overview

Method	Endpoint	Version	Description
`POST`	`/api/v1/open/search`	v1	Google Search API endpoint for retrieving search results

Request Headers

Header	Type	Required	Description
`Content-Type`	`string`	Yes	Must be set to `application/json`
`Accept`	`string`	No	Response format (defaults to `application/json`)

Authentication

API Key Authentication

Pass the API key as a request parameter: api_key=your_api_key
Example: "api_key": "your_api_key_here"

HTTP Status Codes

Code	Status	Description	Retry
200	OK	Request successful	No

Response Codes

Code	Description	Retry
200	Request successful	No
400100	Unsupported search engine	No
400200	The search service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later	No
400300	ForUserQuery contains prohibited content	No
400400	No results found, please adjust keywords and try again	No
400500	Authorization failed, please check your API credentials	No
400600	The request frequency is too high, please try again later	No
400700	You have reached the daily search limit	No
400710	Insufficient Balance	No

Request Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Default
`api_key`	`string`	Yes	API key for authentication
`engine`	`string`	Yes	Search engine type, currently engine value is `google_short_videos`	google
`q`	`string`	Yes	Search query, supports regular Google search syntax (like inurl:, site:, intitle:) and advanced search parameters
`google_domain`	`string`	No	Google domain, defaults to google.com	google.com
`lr`	`string`	No	Parameter defines one or multiple languages to limit the search to. It uses lang_{two-letter language code} to specify languages and \| as a delimiter. (e.g., lang_fr\|lang_de will only search French and German pages). Head to the Google lr languages page for a full list of supported languages.
`date`	`string`	No	Time range filter: h-last hour, d-last day, w-last week, m-last month, y-last year
`start`	`number`	No	Parameter defines the result offset. It skips the given number of results. It's used for pagination. (e.g., 0 (default) is the first page of results, 10 is the 2nd page of results, 20 is the 3rd page of results, etc.).
`tbs`	`string`	No	(to be searched) parameter defines advanced search parameters that aren't possible in the regular query field. (e.g., advanced search for patents, dates, news, videos, images, apps, or text contents).
`safe`	`string`	No	Parameter defines the level of filtering for adult content. It can be set to active or off, by default Google will blur explicit content. off or active
`nfpr`	`string`	No	Parameter defines if the filters for 'Similar Results' and 'Omitted Results' are on or off. It can be set to 1 (default) to enable these filters, or 0 to disable these filters. 1 or 0	0
`filter`	`string`	No	Parameter defines the exclusion of results from an auto-corrected query when the original query is spelled wrong. It can be set to 1 to exclude these results, or 0 to include them (default). Note that this parameter may not prevent Google from returning results for an auto-corrected query if no other results are available. 1 or 0	1
`html`	`string`	No	Whether to return HTML format, 1-yes, 0-no	0

Response Example

{
    "code": 200,
    "data": {
        "search_metadata": {
            "raw_html_file": "oss_html",
            "total_time_taken": 2.032416469,
            "id": "1985902431212408832",
            "json_endpoint": "oss_json",
            "created_at": "2025-10-29 08:53:31",
            "processed_at": "2025-10-29 08:53:33",
            "google_url": "https://www.google.com/search?q=coffee&udm=7",
            "status": "Success"
        },
        "search_information": {
          "organic_results_state": "Showing results for exact spelling despite spelling suggestion",
          "time_taken_displayed": 0.042
        },
        "search_parameters": {
            "engine": "google_short_videos",
            "html": "0",
            "google_domain": "www.google.com",
            "q": "coffee",
            "udm": 39
        },
        "video_results": [
            {
                "position": 1,
                "title": "0:13",
                "link": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7_EV5FtAk1c",
                "source_logo": "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAYAAAAf8/9hAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAACElEQVR4AWP4//8/RZh6BgCZAkDsAMUNWDFCXgDFACCV8J/B+D8pGKwHRAKRAUyQDEMMQAYEUGBAAsiABpwKHJz4/9/BAZ8BDXgNgIMNGyg04MABkg1AeCEgAK8XKA5EiqORooSELykXEJuUBz43AgAIA1ZhBoG9vwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==",
                "thumbnail": "data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAAAQABAAAD/2wCEAAkGBwgHBgkl,",
                "rich_snippet": {
                    "top": {
                    }
                }
            }
        ],
        "pagination": {
          "next": "https://www.google.com/search?coffee&sca_esv=552fb68e3d08662a&gl=us&hl=en&udm=2&ei=1TvvaPazNr7c4-EPj-Cv4Q8&start="
        }
    },
    "msg": "string",
    "reqId": "string"
}

Complete Response Parameters Overview

search_metadata

object Contains metadata about the search execution

Parameter	Type	Description
`id`	`string`	Unique identifier for the search request
`json_endpoint`	`string`	Provide an interface endpoint for searching related JSON data, through which JSON-formatted search data can be obtained
`created_at`	`string`	The timestamp when the search request was created, recording the time when the search was initiated
`processed_at`	`string`	The timestamp when the search results were processed and became available for return, recording the time point from processing to completion of the search
`google_url`	`string`	The Google search URL, which contains the search keyword "coffee" along with language parameters (hl=en for English), regional parameters (gl=us for the United States), and other search parameters, used to redirect to the corresponding Google search page
`status`	`string`	Status of the search execution (e.g., Success)
`raw_html_file`	`string`	Identifier for the original HTML file
`total_time_taken`	`number`	The total time spent on the entire search process (including request sending, result parsing, and other stages)

search_information

object Contains information about the search results

Parameter	Type	Description	Applicable Terminal
`organic_results_state`	`string`	State of organic results
`time_taken_displayed`	`number`	TDisplay time (i.e., the time spent on displaying the search results)

search_parameters

object Contains the parameters used for the search

Parameter	Type	Description	Applicable Terminal
`q`	`string`	Keywords used for this query
`engine`	`string`	Search engine used for this query (e.g., google_web)
`lr`	`string`	No	Parameter defines one or multiple languages to limit the search to. It uses lang_{two-letter language code} to specify languages and \| as a delimiter. (e.g., lang_fr\|lang_de will only search French and German pages). Head to the Google lr languages page for a full list of supported languages.
`html`	`string`	When HTML=0, returns JSON; when HTML=1, returns HTML; when HTML=2, returns both JSON and HTML
`google_domain`	`string`	Specifies the corresponding Google domain (e.g., google.com, etc., used to distinguish Google services in different regions/locales)
`udm`	`number`	39

video_results

object[] Short Video Results (short-form video content, such as platform-specific short video materials)

Parameter	Type	Description
`position`	`number`	The video's ranking position in search results
`title`	`string`	Video title
`link`	`string`	Video webpage link
`thumbnail`	`string`	Thumbnail link (address of a small preview image related to the content, used for quick visual identification, including data:image/png;base64)
`source_logo`	`string`	Source of Content‌ (e.g., website name, media platform, or attribution identifier)
`rich_snippet`	`object`	An object containing rich video metadata, with its internal "top" field capable of carrying additional video-related information

pagination

object (Pagination) related fields used to describe pagination navigation information for search results

Parameter	Type	Description	Applicable Terminal
`next`	`string`	URL for the next page of search results