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Query API
Matthew Wright edited this page Jan 26, 2022
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The tool provides a pseudo-api with query parameters that allow manipulation of the page elements so that you can share a search you made or implement a linked custom search from your own site/tool.
The following parameter(s) will work with just the channel page /youtube-geofind/
| Parameter | Accepted values |
|---|---|
| channels | string, comma separated list of channel url(s) or ids e.g. UChirEOpgFCupRAk5etXqPaA https://www.youtube.com/user/vicenews,https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChirEOpgFCupRAk5etXqPaA,https://www.youtube.com/user/thesamlivecast
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Example(s)
The following parameter(s) are shared by both the location /youtube-geofind/location and
topic /youtube-geofind/topic pages.
| Parameter | Accepted values |
|---|---|
| keywords | string, keywords exactly like you could put into YouTube search |
| sort | string, may only be one of the specified values that show in the select box in the page One of these only: date, rating, relevance, title, videoCount, viewCount
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| relevanceLanguage | string, may only be one of the specified values that show in the select box in the page Any ISO-639 language code that is available in the dropdown or any
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| safeSearch | string, may only be one of the specified values that show in the select box in the page One of these only: strict, moderate, none
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| duration | string, may only be one of the specified values that show in the select box in the page One of these only: any, short, medium, long
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| timeframe | string, may only be one of the specified values that show in the select box in the page One of these only: any, hour-1, hour-3, hour-6, hour-12, hour-24, day-7, day-30, day-90, day-365, custom
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| start | RFC-3339 date-string of format yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ss. may only be used with timeframe=custom. must be before end date. e.g. 2018-12-24
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| end | RFC-3339 date-string of format yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ss. may only be used with timeframe=custom. must be after start date. e.g. 2018-12-26
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| pages | integer, may be only be one of the specified values that show in the select box in the page One of these only: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
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| live | boolean true or false
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| creativeCommons | boolean true or false
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| hd | boolean true or false
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| 3d | boolean true or false
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Example(s)
The following parameter(s) will work with just the location page /youtube-geofind/location
| Parameter | Accepted values |
|---|---|
| location | string, comma separated latitude & longitude e.g. 43.054098,-79.2281175
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| locationAddress | string, exactly like anything you could put into Google Maps e.g. the white house
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| radius | integer, may only be any value between 1 and 1000
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Example(s)
- https://mattw.io/youtube-geofind/location?location=43.054098,-79.2281175&radius=2&doSearch=true
- https://mattw.io/youtube-geofind/location?locationAddress=ohio&radius=1000&live=true&doSearch=true
- https://mattw.io/youtube-geofind/location?locationAddress=the%20white%20house&radius=15&timeframe=day-30&doSearch=true
- https://mattw.io/youtube-geofind/location?locationAddress=the%20white%20house&radius=15&timeframe=custom&start=2018-05-01&end=2018-05-14&doSearch=true
This parameter is shared by all page types.
| Parameter | Accepted values |
|---|---|
| doSearch | boolean true to click the page's submit button false don't click submit, might as well just omit the parameter |
All of the examples above use this single parameter.