videos-search
Search for videos, durations, and creators.
Developer Setup
Setup & Installation
npx skills add https://github.com/brave/brave-search-skills --skill videos-searchnpx skills add https://github.com/brave/brave-search-skills --skill videos-searchOverview
What This Skill Does
Queries Brave's index for video results, returning player links, video durations, views, publisher details, and thumbnails.
Application
When to use this Skill
- When you need to find video content, tutorials, or streams matching a search query.
- When you want to display video durations, view counts, publisher names, and upload dates.
- When you need direct video player page links or high-quality video preview thumbnails.
- When you want to support freshness filtering to find recently uploaded video content.
- When paginating through video results for specific media dashboards or search pages.
Documentation
Show Skills.md file
Videos Search
Requires API Key: Get one at https://api.search.brave.com
Plan: Included in the Search plan. See https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/subscriptions/subscribe
Quick Start (cURL)
Basic Search
curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/videos/search?q=python+tutorial" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "X-Subscription-Token: ${BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY}"
With Parameters
curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/videos/search" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "X-Subscription-Token: ${BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY}" \
-G \
--data-urlencode "q=machine learning explained" \
--data-urlencode "country=US" \
--data-urlencode "search_lang=en" \
--data-urlencode "count=20" \
--data-urlencode "freshness=pm"
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