So I'm atempting to make a search request to Youtube API using Axios (with React) and I get a set of videos that have nothing to do with the search terms.Here a search based on the term "MKBHD":
{"data": {"kind": "youtube#searchListResponse","etag": "8QF_NrI9lxk0tmSjS1yPRXHtIMk","nextPageToken": "CAUQAA","regionCode": "ES","pageInfo": {"totalResults": 1000000,"resultsPerPage": 5 },"items": [ {"kind": "youtube#searchResult","etag": "BGAtOg2raMag7uoUIEEocVBUUF8","id": {"kind": "youtube#video","videoId": "KJvmdDBrXNU" },"snippet": {"publishedAt": "2020-11-17T07:00:10Z","channelId": "UC-8Q-hLdECwQmaWNwXitYDw","title": "Katy Perry, Tiësto, Aitana - Resilient (Tiësto Remix) (Official #OpenToBetter Film)","description": "Katy Perry's new album \"Smile\" out now - http://katy.to/smileID Listen to “Resilient” (ft. Aitana) [Tiesto Remix] here ...","thumbnails": {"default": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KJvmdDBrXNU/default.jpg","width": 120,"height": 90 },"medium": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KJvmdDBrXNU/mqdefault.jpg","width": 320,"height": 180 },"high": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KJvmdDBrXNU/hqdefault.jpg","width": 480,"height": 360 } },"channelTitle": "KatyPerryVEVO","liveBroadcastContent": "none","publishTime": "2020-11-17T07:00:10Z" } }, {"kind": "youtube#searchResult","etag": "reukPzR-cXyw-9tlM_Pii1aIT4c","id": {"kind": "youtube#video","videoId": "FrOxVLuokyY" },"snippet": {"publishedAt": "2022-03-25T00:13:59Z","channelId": "UC9TO_oo4c_LrOiKNaY6aysA","title": "Daddy Yankee x Myke Towers - Pasatiempo (Video Lyric)","description": "Daddy Yankee Ft. Myke Towers - Pasatiempo (Video Lyric) Suscríbete al canal: Subscribe to the channel: changed because this generated an error on SO...","thumbnails": {"default": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FrOxVLuokyY/default.jpg","width": 120,"height": 90 },"medium": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FrOxVLuokyY/mqdefault.jpg","width": 320,"height": 180 },"high": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FrOxVLuokyY/hqdefault.jpg","width": 480,"height": 360 } },"channelTitle": "Daddy Yankee","liveBroadcastContent": "none","publishTime": "2022-03-25T00:13:59Z" } }, {"kind": "youtube#searchResult","etag": "09oU9xnUNZ43GxuQRr9zk66cQMk","id": {"kind": "youtube#video","videoId": "siJaiEqcCNo" },"snippet": {"publishedAt": "2020-11-13T00:00:05Z","channelId": "UC-8Q-hLdECwQmaWNwXitYDw","title": "Katy Perry, Tiësto - Resilient (ft. Aitana) (Tiësto Remix) (Official Visualizer)","description": "Katy Perry's new album \"Smile\" out now - http://katy.to/smileID Listen to “Resilient” (ft. Aitana) [Tiesto Remix] here: ...","thumbnails": {"default": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/siJaiEqcCNo/default.jpg","width": 120,"height": 90 },"medium": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/siJaiEqcCNo/mqdefault.jpg","width": 320,"height": 180 },"high": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/siJaiEqcCNo/hqdefault.jpg","width": 480,"height": 360 } },"channelTitle": "KatyPerryVEVO","liveBroadcastContent": "none","publishTime": "2020-11-13T00:00:05Z" } }, {"kind": "youtube#searchResult","etag": "xhh4cWo_Tbt8b0oDTTChl9Ot4fY","id": {"kind": "youtube#video","videoId": "PoMM05OTsj0" },"snippet": {"publishedAt": "2021-09-23T22:00:11Z","channelId": "UCcGkH2WL3DuR0x8kWivNNvA","title": "Alex Ubago - A gritos de esperanza ft. Jesús Navarro (Videoclip Oficial)","description": "Videoclip oficial de la canción \"A gritos de esperanza\" de @Alex Ubago en colaboración con Jesús Navarro. Disponible en todas ...","thumbnails": {"default": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PoMM05OTsj0/default.jpg","width": 120,"height": 90 },"medium": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PoMM05OTsj0/mqdefault.jpg","width": 320,"height": 180 },"high": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PoMM05OTsj0/hqdefault.jpg","width": 480,"height": 360 } },"channelTitle": "Alex Ubago","liveBroadcastContent": "none","publishTime": "2021-09-23T22:00:11Z" } }, {"kind": "youtube#searchResult","etag": "PzHDjevlrW1ePp_SuhIcxHXcsgE","id": {"kind": "youtube#video","videoId": "knm7_sN4cfA" },"snippet": {"publishedAt": "2009-12-14T11:35:01Z","channelId": "UCcGkH2WL3DuR0x8kWivNNvA","title": "Alex Ubago - Me arrepiento (Video clip)","description": "2009 WMG Me arrepiento (Video clip)","thumbnails": {"default": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/knm7_sN4cfA/default.jpg","width": 120,"height": 90 },"medium": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/knm7_sN4cfA/mqdefault.jpg","width": 320,"height": 180 },"high": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/knm7_sN4cfA/hqdefault.jpg","width": 480,"height": 360 } },"channelTitle": "Alex Ubago","liveBroadcastContent": "none","publishTime": "2009-12-14T11:35:01Z" } } ] },"status": 200,"statusText": "","headers": {"cache-control": "private","content-encoding": "gzip","content-length": "1273","content-type": "application/json; charset=UTF-8","date": "Sun, 12 Jun 2022 17:51:50 GMT","server": "scaffolding on HTTPServer2","vary": "Origin, X-Origin, Referer" },"config": {"transitional": {"silentJSONParsing": true,"forcedJSONParsing": true,"clarifyTimeoutError": false },"transformRequest": [ null ],"transformResponse": [ null ],"timeout": 0,"xsrfCookieName": "XSRF-TOKEN","xsrfHeaderName": "X-XSRF-TOKEN","maxContentLength": -1,"maxBodyLength": -1,"env": {"FormData": null },"headers": {"Accept": "application/json, text/plain, */*" },"baseURL": "https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3","params": {"part": "snippet","type": "video","maxResults": 5,"key": "KEY" },"q": "MKBHD","method": "get","url": "/search" },"request": {}}And another one with the term "Building":
{"data": {"kind": "youtube#searchListResponse","etag": "8QF_NrI9lxk0tmSjS1yPRXHtIMk","nextPageToken": "CAUQAA","regionCode": "ES","pageInfo": {"totalResults": 1000000,"resultsPerPage": 5 },"items": [ {"kind": "youtube#searchResult","etag": "BGAtOg2raMag7uoUIEEocVBUUF8","id": {"kind": "youtube#video","videoId": "KJvmdDBrXNU" },"snippet": {"publishedAt": "2020-11-17T07:00:10Z","channelId": "UC-8Q-hLdECwQmaWNwXitYDw","title": "Katy Perry, Tiësto, Aitana - Resilient (Tiësto Remix) (Official #OpenToBetter Film)","description": "Katy Perry's new album \"Smile\" out now - http://katy.to/smileID Listen to “Resilient” (ft. Aitana) [Tiesto Remix] here ...","thumbnails": {"default": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KJvmdDBrXNU/default.jpg","width": 120,"height": 90 },"medium": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KJvmdDBrXNU/mqdefault.jpg","width": 320,"height": 180 },"high": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KJvmdDBrXNU/hqdefault.jpg","width": 480,"height": 360 } },"channelTitle": "KatyPerryVEVO","liveBroadcastContent": "none","publishTime": "2020-11-17T07:00:10Z" } }, {"kind": "youtube#searchResult","etag": "reukPzR-cXyw-9tlM_Pii1aIT4c","id": {"kind": "youtube#video","videoId": "FrOxVLuokyY" },"snippet": {"publishedAt": "2022-03-25T00:13:59Z","channelId": "UC9TO_oo4c_LrOiKNaY6aysA","title": "Daddy Yankee x Myke Towers - Pasatiempo (Video Lyric)","description": "Daddy Yankee Ft. Myke Towers - Pasatiempo (Video Lyric) Suscríbete al canal: Subscribe to the channel: Sameas before ...","thumbnails": {"default": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FrOxVLuokyY/default.jpg","width": 120,"height": 90 },"medium": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FrOxVLuokyY/mqdefault.jpg","width": 320,"height": 180 },"high": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FrOxVLuokyY/hqdefault.jpg","width": 480,"height": 360 } },"channelTitle": "Daddy Yankee","liveBroadcastContent": "none","publishTime": "2022-03-25T00:13:59Z" } }, {"kind": "youtube#searchResult","etag": "09oU9xnUNZ43GxuQRr9zk66cQMk","id": {"kind": "youtube#video","videoId": "siJaiEqcCNo" },"snippet": {"publishedAt": "2020-11-13T00:00:05Z","channelId": "UC-8Q-hLdECwQmaWNwXitYDw","title": "Katy Perry, Tiësto - Resilient (ft. Aitana) (Tiësto Remix) (Official Visualizer)","description": "Katy Perry's new album \"Smile\" out now - http://katy.to/smileID Listen to “Resilient” (ft. Aitana) [Tiesto Remix] here: ...","thumbnails": {"default": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/siJaiEqcCNo/default.jpg","width": 120,"height": 90 },"medium": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/siJaiEqcCNo/mqdefault.jpg","width": 320,"height": 180 },"high": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/siJaiEqcCNo/hqdefault.jpg","width": 480,"height": 360 } },"channelTitle": "KatyPerryVEVO","liveBroadcastContent": "none","publishTime": "2020-11-13T00:00:05Z" } }, {"kind": "youtube#searchResult","etag": "xhh4cWo_Tbt8b0oDTTChl9Ot4fY","id": {"kind": "youtube#video","videoId": "PoMM05OTsj0" },"snippet": {"publishedAt": "2021-09-23T22:00:11Z","channelId": "UCcGkH2WL3DuR0x8kWivNNvA","title": "Alex Ubago - A gritos de esperanza ft. Jesús Navarro (Videoclip Oficial)","description": "Videoclip oficial de la canción \"A gritos de esperanza\" de @Alex Ubago en colaboración con Jesús Navarro. Disponible en todas ...","thumbnails": {"default": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PoMM05OTsj0/default.jpg","width": 120,"height": 90 },"medium": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PoMM05OTsj0/mqdefault.jpg","width": 320,"height": 180 },"high": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PoMM05OTsj0/hqdefault.jpg","width": 480,"height": 360 } },"channelTitle": "Alex Ubago","liveBroadcastContent": "none","publishTime": "2021-09-23T22:00:11Z" } }, {"kind": "youtube#searchResult","etag": "PzHDjevlrW1ePp_SuhIcxHXcsgE","id": {"kind": "youtube#video","videoId": "knm7_sN4cfA" },"snippet": {"publishedAt": "2009-12-14T11:35:01Z","channelId": "UCcGkH2WL3DuR0x8kWivNNvA","title": "Alex Ubago - Me arrepiento (Video clip)","description": "2009 WMG Me arrepiento (Video clip)","thumbnails": {"default": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/knm7_sN4cfA/default.jpg","width": 120,"height": 90 },"medium": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/knm7_sN4cfA/mqdefault.jpg","width": 320,"height": 180 },"high": {"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/knm7_sN4cfA/hqdefault.jpg","width": 480,"height": 360 } },"channelTitle": "Alex Ubago","liveBroadcastContent": "none","publishTime": "2009-12-14T11:35:01Z" } } ] },"status": 200,"statusText": "","headers": {"cache-control": "private","content-encoding": "gzip","content-length": "1273","content-type": "application/json; charset=UTF-8","date": "Sun, 12 Jun 2022 17:51:43 GMT","server": "scaffolding on HTTPServer2","vary": "Origin, X-Origin, Referer" },"config": {"transitional": {"silentJSONParsing": true,"forcedJSONParsing": true,"clarifyTimeoutError": false },"transformRequest": [ null ],"transformResponse": [ null ],"timeout": 0,"xsrfCookieName": "XSRF-TOKEN","xsrfHeaderName": "X-XSRF-TOKEN","maxContentLength": -1,"maxBodyLength": -1,"env": {"FormData": null },"headers": {"Accept": "application/json, text/plain, */*" },"baseURL": "https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3","params": {"part": "snippet","type": "video","maxResults": 5,"key": "KEY" },"q": "Building","method": "get","url": "/search" },"request": {}}As you can see, no matter the term (q) I always get the same set of videos that look like a top something of music videos in my region...
Here's the code for the axios params:
import axios from 'axios';const KEY = '-----KEY-----';export default axios.create({ baseURL: 'https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3', params: { part: 'snippet', type: 'video', maxResults: 5, key: KEY }});as well as the request itself:
onTermSubmit = term => { return youtube.get('/search', { q: term }) .then(res => { this.setState({ selectedVideo: null }); console.log(res); this.setState({ videos: res.data.items }); }) .catch(err => console.log(err)); };