Search by Hashtag

GET /v1/youtube/search/hashtag

Searches YouTube for content matching a specific hashtag and returns matching videos with title, URL, thumbnail, view count (views), publish date, duration, and channel info. Supports pagination via continuationToken and filtering to return all content types or only shorts.

Authentication

All requests require the x-api-key header. Get your key at scrapecreators.com.

Query Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
hashtag	string	yes	Hashtag to search for	funny
continuationToken	string	no	Continuation token to get more videos. Get 'continuationToken' from previous response.	4qmFsgKrCBIYVUNkRkpXVWE0M3NtUm00SXBIQnB
type	enum(all, shorts)	no	Search for all types of content or only shorts	all

Example Request

curl

curl 'https://api.scrapecreators.com/v1/youtube/search/hashtag?hashtag=funny' \
  -H 'x-api-key: $SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY'

Node / TypeScript

const params = new URLSearchParams({ hashtag: 'funny' });
const res = await fetch(`https://api.scrapecreators.com/v1/youtube/search/hashtag?${params}`, {
  headers: { 'x-api-key': process.env.SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY }
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import os, requests
r = requests.get(
    'https://api.scrapecreators.com/v1/youtube/search/hashtag',
    headers={'x-api-key': os.environ['SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY']},
    params={'hashtag': 'funny'},
)
r.raise_for_status()
print(r.json())

CLI

scrapecreators youtube search-hashtag --help

Example Response

{
  "videos": [
    {
      "type": "video",
      "id": "jXMISgQq9MM",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXMISgQq9MM",
      "title": "Epic fails 🤣🤣🤣 #shorts #funny #fails",
      "description": "",
      "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jXMISgQq9MM/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwFBCNACELwBSFryq4qpAzMIARUAAIhCGADYAQHiAQoIGBACGAY4AUAB8AEB-AG2CIACgA-KAgwIABABGGUgXyhVMA8=&rs=AOn4CLC1HXfxzLayoVBdicS5DIUQh9zGcQ",
      "channel": {
        "id": "UCvUzWu1Whyw1FWuLl9GOo_g",
        "title": "ZZang Funny",
        "thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/rcZKcfewHTzkauGknat3NeC53rGBofYDbL8AjFkwvsk2fXzM1clht7OTn9-1IIPnmbeZkrNGdxI=s68-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj"
      },
      "viewCountText": "22,668,056 views",
      "viewCountInt": 22668056,
      "publishedTimeText": "4 weeks ago",
      "publishedTime": "2025-01-04T23:12:42.919Z",
      "lengthText": "1:00",
      "lengthSeconds": 60,
      "badges": []
    }
  ],
  "continuationToken": "4qmFsgLtBRIJRkVoYX...."
}

Credits

Most ScrapeCreators endpoints consume 1 credit per successful response. Some heavier endpoints (transcripts, AI-driven enrichment, ad detail lookups) may cost more. Check GET /v1/credit-balance for your remaining balance.

Errors

Status	Meaning	Action
200	Success.	Use the JSON payload.
400	Invalid or missing parameter.	Verify required parameters and value format.
401	Missing or invalid x-api-key.	Pass a valid API key in the header.
402	Out of credits.	Top up at scrapecreators.com or wait for plan reset.
404	Resource not found or private.	Confirm the handle, URL, or id and that the resource is public.
429	Rate limited.	Backoff and retry with exponential delay.
500	Server error or upstream platform failure.	Retry with backoff; report persistent errors to support.