YouTube search suggestions API

What the YouTube search box suggests for a partial query, in rank order.

Ask your agent

“Call youtube/search/suggestions with query open source and summarize what comes back.”

Works in any MCP client connected to https://data.openkrill.app/mcp. Install in one line.

Path: youtube/search/suggestions
MCP tool: call_endpoint
Credits: 1
Cache: 2 min

Parameters

querystring, required	Search text
limitinteger, optional	1-50, default 10

Response

data.resources[] uses the same keys as every other platform: author, engagement, metadata, with YouTube-only fields under extras. A failed upstream call is never billed.

MCP tool call

{
  "name": "call_endpoint",
  "arguments": {
    "path": "youtube/search/suggestions",
    "params": {
      "query": "open source"
    }
  }
}

curl

curl "https://data.openkrill.app/v1/youtube/search/suggestions?query=open+source" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "youtube",
  "endpoint": "youtube/search/suggestions",
  "data": {
    "resources": [
      { "id": …, "title": …, "text": …, "url": …,
        "author": {…}, "engagement": {…},
        "metadata": {…}, "extras": {…} }
    ]
  },
  "credits_used": 1,
  "cached": false
}

YouTube search suggestions API

Ask your agent

Parameters

Response

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