Search more with your own YouTube API key

The YouTube Finder is free without any setup, but shared server limits apply (10 searches/minute). With your own free Google API key, searches run on YOUR Google quota — roughly 99 searches per day, independent of everyone else, using YouTube's official API.

What the key does — and doesn't do

Get your key in 5 minutes

1
Open Google Cloud Console

Go to console.cloud.google.com and sign in with any Google account.

2
Create a project

Click the project selector (top bar) → New Project → give it any name (e.g. "my-youtube-search") → Create.

3
Enable the YouTube Data API v3

Menu → APIs & Services → Library → search for YouTube Data API v3 → open it → Enable.

4
Create an API key

APIs & Services → Credentials → + Create credentials → API key. Copy the key that appears (looks like AIzaSy…).

5
Recommended: restrict the key

Click the key → under API restrictions choose Restrict key → tick only YouTube Data API v3 → Save. Now the key is useless for anything else even if it leaks.

6
Paste it into the YouTube Finder

Back on the Transcription & YouTube Finder page, click Your API key under the search box, paste the key and save. Done — searches now use your quota.

Where is my key stored?

Only in your own browser (localStorage on this device). It is sent along with your search requests and relayed to Google — it is never saved on our server and never shared with other users. You can remove it anytime with the Remove button on the search page.

If Google ever rejects the key, re-check step 3 (API enabled) and step 5 (restriction set to YouTube Data API v3 only).
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