Online Video Search Service APIs

Mark R Robertson   |   October 14, 2007   |  

Below you will find a list of the top 5 video search APIs (application program interfaces) – in no particular order.

If you have any updates, please leave them in the comments field below.

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Google’s YouTube.com APIType: Video Search and Sharing

Description: “Our new GData API allows you to do all the things you could with the old API (search through videos, get user information, and list playlists). On top of that, we have added more flexibility with filtering, querying, and alternative outputs (e.g. if you want output in JSON). Brand new feeds include video responses, full comments list, and related videos. Additionally, the Google data client libraries are now at your disposal. The Java client library even has YouTube-specific extensions, and you can check out the Java developer guide for sample code and explanations.” – From Youtube

Links: Homepage | API Blog | Forum | Developer Support | Term

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Yahoo Video Search APIType: Video Search

Description: The Video Search service allows you to search the Internet for video clips.

Links: Homepage | Endpoint | Forum | Developer Support | Terms

revver api

Revver APIType: Video Search and Video Services

Description: “The Revver API provides web developers and site owners an easy way to access the Revver system and complete Revver library. All Revver users have the ability to distribute and syndicate Revver videos using an advanced set of features that allows you to create a dynamically driven video portal site and earn additional ad revenue for each ad click. The Revver syndication model rewards you for any traffic you generate to videos – this API was designed with you in mind – helping you capitalize on all the syndication opportunities the Revver community has to offer.”

Links: Homepage | Endpoint

aol api

AOL Truveo Searchforvideo APIType: Video Search

Description: The AOL Video Search API is an index containing millions of video files available online. The index is continuously updated, cleaned and expanded to include the latest videos from the most popular video destinations on the Web. The API provide a programmatic interface to access this index and build applications that feature video search results.

  1. REST API delivers XML-formatted video search results in response to standard HTTP GET requests.
  2. AJAX API runs in the browser and lets client applications access video search results directly from JavaScript.

Links: Homepage

vimeo api

Vimeo APIType: Video Search

Description: Use Vimeo.com to exchange videos with only the people you want to. They have a bunch of different privacy options so you can choose exactly who can see your videos, and others can do the same.

Links: Homepage | Forum | Endpoint

Other Video Search / Sharing Services

Television / TV Related Video Services

Misc Video Services

Video-Capable Services

Thanks in part to Programmable Web for all the great detailed information

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  • nickie
    there are similar search engine - http://vidslib.com
    it's a search engine for video content that pulls from many different sources. There is a lot of content indexed from youtube, metacafe, gofish, google video etc. Very fast search process, relevant results. Most popular & commented videos and many more features. Worth checking out.
  • Obviously this post is old, but VideoSurf has an API. VideoSurf's APIs allow you to search and display their index of billions of moments, along with their unique computer vision features, on your own website.

    Highlights Include:

    * Intelligently selected thumbnail images as well as a full visual summary of each video, titles, descriptions, related tags, related topics, and more.
    * Ability to refine result sets by characters that appeared in the videos (e.g. find the episode of Friends where Brad Pitt guest starred)
    * Include/exclude results by video provider (e.g. filter out Youtube videos or only show Comedy Central videos).
    * Ability to refine results by content type (e.g. show only Full TV Episodes or exclude slideshows)
  • Daniel, thanks for the comment..

    As you sent this, believe it or not, I was on a call with Eitan, the CTO of VideoSurf... Ill hopefully be writing something in the next week all about that conversation. They are doing some fascinating things. Glad you like their API and thanks for the comment.
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