Searches YouTube videos via SerpAPI, returning title, link, channel, views, duration, and published date.
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Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@mcp-youtube-search search for python tutorials"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
A Python package for searching YouTube videos via SerpAPI, with an MCP server implementation.
Install from PyPI:
pip install mcp-youtube-searchRelated MCP server: YouTube MCP Server
Python 3.11+
SerpAPI API key (get one at serpapi.com)
You can set your SerpAPI API key in one of two ways:
Set it as an environment variable:
export SERP_API_KEY="your_api_key_here"Or create a .env file with the following content:
SERP_API_KEY=your_api_key_herefrom mcp_youtube_search.search import YouTubeSearch
# Initialize with API key
search = YouTubeSearch(api_key="your_api_key_here") # or omit to use env var
# Search for videos
results = search.search("python tutorial", max_results=5)
# Process results
for video in results["results"]:
print(f"Title: {video['title']}")
print(f"Link: {video['link']}")
print(f"Channel: {video['channel']}")
print(f"Views: {video['views']}")
print(f"Duration: {video['duration']}")
print(f"Published: {video['published_date']}")
print("---")Search for videos:
mcp-youtube-search search "python tutorial" --max-results 5Run as an MCP server:
mcp-youtube-search serverThe package can be used as an MCP server for integration with AI assistants:
from mcp_youtube_search.mcp_server import run_server
# Run the server with an optional API key (or use env var)
run_server(api_key="your_api_key_here")MIT
Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.
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