# Real-Time Video Search - Google Video Search in Real-Time

> Fast and reliable video search API - search and retrieve video results, thumbnails, durations, channels, publication dates, and more from Google Videos in real-time.

## Overview

Real-Time Video Search is a fast and reliable API for searching videos from Google Videos in real-time. It returns video results as structured JSON via REST.

Who is this API for: developers building video discovery, media monitoring, and content research tools.

What it returns: video results with thumbnails, durations, channels, publication dates, and links for a given query.

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## Endpoints

### GET /search - Search
Search Google Videos for any query and get real-time video results.
Parameters:
- **query** (string, required): The video search query. **Examples:** `how to invest` `product demo software` `lebron james highlights`
- page (integer, default: `1`): Page number for pagination. Each page returns up to 10 video results. **Allowed values:** `1` and above.
- country (string, default: `us`): Country code of the country to return video results for. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2 for supported values. **Default:** `us`
- language (string, default: `en`): The language of the results, specified as a 2-letter language code - see ISO 639-1. **Default:** `en`
- time_period (string, default: `any`, allowed: any | last_hour | last_day | last_week | last_month | last_year): Filter results to a specific time period. Cannot be used together with `date_from`/`date_to`. **Allowed values:** `any`, `last_hour`, `last_day`, `last_week`, `last_month`, `last_year` **Default:** `any`
- date_from (string): Start date for a custom date range filter, in `MM/DD/YYYY` format. Must be provided together with `date_to`. Cannot be used together with `time_period` (other than `any`). **Example:** `01/01/2026`
- date_to (string): End date for a custom date range filter, in `MM/DD/YYYY` format. Must be provided together with `date_from`. **Example:** `04/29/2026`
- sort_by (string, default: `relevance`, allowed: relevance | date): Sort order for the results. **Allowed values:** `relevance`, `date` **Default:** `relevance`
- duration (string, default: `any`, allowed: any | short | medium | long): Filter results by video duration. **Allowed values:** `any`, `short` (under 4 minutes), `medium` (4 to 20 minutes), `long` (over 20 minutes) **Default:** `any`
- safe (string, default: `off`, allowed: off | active): Safe search setting to filter explicit content. **Allowed values:** `off`, `active` **Default:** `off`
Full URL: `https://api.openwebninja.com/real-time-video-search/search`

## Base URL and Authentication

- Base URL: `https://api.openwebninja.com/real-time-video-search`
- Auth: API key in the `x-api-key` header. Get a key by subscribing (free tier available) at https://app.openwebninja.com/api/realtime-video-search

## Topics

video search api, google videos api, video data api, media search api, video discovery api, content search api, real-time video api, video results api

## Links

- API page: https://www.openwebninja.com/api/real-time-video-search
- Get an API key / subscribe: https://app.openwebninja.com/api/realtime-video-search
- Pricing & plans: https://app.openwebninja.com/api/realtime-video-search/pricing
- Website: https://www.openwebninja.com
- OpenAPI spec: https://openwebninja.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/portal/openapi/realtime_video_search.yaml
- Support: support@openwebninja.com

_Last updated: 2026-05-27_