In this article, we are going to learn “How to create Youtube Search Engine using jQuery“. It is a easy jQuery script which help you to create Youtube Search Engine. you can use this in your website to search video on youtube which is publically available. It is very simple and easy to configure jQuery Step by Step.

Now, Let’s Start to make Youtube Search Engine with jQuery:

Step 1:

First of all you need to create google API key for this Project.
Click here to create Project for API key.
Select a project

Create new Project

Enter Project name

Select your created project and click on it

Search Youtube Data API and Enable Youtube Data API v3

Now Generate API key

Create credentials for Project

Finally we got get API key.

Step 2:

Create a html file and include below jQuery, Bootstrap, FancyBox and some script under <head> tag.


<script src="https://use.fontawesome.com/567fc88304.js"></script>
<script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/fancybox/2.1.5/jquery.fancybox.pack.js"></script>
<script src="script.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://fancyapps.com/fancybox/source/jquery.fancybox.css?v=2.1.5">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css">

Step 3: Copy below HTML search form and paste after <body> tag.


<div class="content">
     <h2>YouTube Search Engine</h2>
            <div id="custom-search-input">
                <div class="input-group col-md-12">
                    <form id="search-form" name="search-form" onsubmit="return searchYoutubevideo();">
                        <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Search...." id="search" />
                        <span class="input-group-btn">
                            <button class="btn btn-info btn-lg" type="submit" id="findNow">
                                <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-search"></i>
                            </button>
                        </span>
                    </form>
                </div>
            </div>
      <div id="results"></div>
      <div id="buttons"></div>
</div>

<h2>YouTube Search Engine</h2>

</button>

</span>

</form>

</div>

</div>

Step 4: Add below css code under <head> tag to make output look good.


<style>

#custom-search-input{
    padding: 3px;
    border: solid 1px #E4E4E4;
    border-radius: 6px;
    background-color: #fff;
}

#custom-search-input input{
    border: 0;
    box-shadow: none;
    width: 93%;
}

#custom-search-input button{
    margin: 2px 0 0 0;
    background: none;
    box-shadow: none;
    border: 0;
    color: #666666;
    padding: 0 8px 0 10px;
    border-left: solid 1px #ccc;
}

#custom-search-input button:hover{
    border: 0;
    box-shadow: none;
    border-left: solid 1px #ccc;
}

#custom-search-input .glyphicon-search{
    font-size: 23px;
}
article {
  margin: 10px 0;
  background: rgba(0,0,0,0.7);
  padding: 4px 20px;
}

.video-wrapper {
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  z-index:-1;
}

.video-wrapper video {
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  min-width: 100%; 
  min-height: 100%;
  width: auto; 
  height: auto;
}

.content {
  position: relative;
  margin: 60px auto;
  width: 80%;
  max-width: 640px;
  z-index: 1;
}
.clearfix{
    border-bottom: 1px dotted #ccc;
    margin-bottom: 5px;
}

</style>

<style>

#custom-search-input{

padding: 3px;

border: solid 1px #E4E4E4;

border-radius: 6px;

background-color: #fff;

}

#custom-search-input input{

border: 0;

box-shadow: none;

width: 93%;

}

#custom-search-input button{

margin: 2px 0 0 0;

background: none;

box-shadow: none;

border: 0;

color: #666666;

padding: 0 8px 0 10px;

border-left: solid 1px #ccc;

}

#custom-search-input button:hover{

border: 0;

box-shadow: none;

border-left: solid 1px #ccc;

}

#custom-search-input .glyphicon-search{

font-size: 23px;

}

article {

margin: 10px 0;

background: rgba(0,0,0,0.7);

padding: 4px 20px;

}

.video-wrapper {

position: fixed;

top: 0;

right: 0;

bottom: 0;

left: 0;

overflow: hidden;

z-index:-1;

}

.video-wrapper video {

position: fixed;

top: 0;

right: 0;

min-width: 100%;

min-height: 100%;

width: auto;

height: auto;

}

.content {

position: relative;

margin: 60px auto;

width: 80%;

max-width: 640px;

z-index: 1;

}

.clearfix{

border-bottom: 1px dotted #ccc;

margin-bottom: 5px;

}

</style>

Step 5: Now add jQuery code after HTML form code and replace your API Key with this.


<script>

var gapikey = 'ADD_YOUR_API_KEY_HERE';

$(function() {    
    // call fancybox pluggin
    $(".fancyboxIframe").fancybox({
        maxWidth    : 900,
        maxHeight    : 600,
        fitToView    : false,
        width        : '90%',
        height        : '90%',
        autoSize    : false,
        closeClick    : false,
        openEffect    : 'none',
        closeEffect    : 'none',
        iframe: {
            scrolling : 'auto',
            preload   : true
        }
    });
    
    $('#search-form').submit( function(e) {
        e.preventDefault();
    });
});

function searchYoutubevideo() {
    $('#results').html('<i class="fa fa-spinner fa-pulse fa-3x fa-fw"></i><span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>');
    $('#buttons').html('');
    
    // get form input
    q = $('#search').val(); 
    
    // run get request on API
    $.get(
        "https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search", {
            part: 'snippet, id',
            q: q,
            type: 'video',
            key: gapikey
        }, function(data) {
            var nextPageToken = data.nextPageToken;
            var prevPageToken = data.prevPageToken;
            
            // Log data
            console.log(data);
            $('#results').html(''); // hide loading
            $.each(data.items, function(i, item) {
                
                // Get Output
                var output = getOutput(item);
                
                // display results
                $('#results').append(output);
            });
            
            var buttons = getButtons(prevPageToken, nextPageToken);
            
            // Display buttons
            $('#buttons').append(buttons);
        });
}

// Next page function
function nextPage() {
    var token = $('#next-button').data('token');
    var q = $('#next-button').data('query');
    
    
   // clear 
    $('#results').html('<i class="fa fa-spinner fa-pulse fa-3x fa-fw"></i><span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>');
    $('#buttons').html('');
    
    // get form input
    q = $('#search').val();
    
    // run get request on API
    $.get(
        "https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search", {
            part: 'snippet, id',
            q: q,
            pageToken: token,
            type: 'video',
            key: gapikey
        }, function(data) {
            
            var nextPageToken = data.nextPageToken;
            var prevPageToken = data.prevPageToken;
            
            // Log data
            console.log(data);
            $('#results').html('');
            $.each(data.items, function(i, item) {
                
                // Get Output
                var output = getOutput(item);
                
                // display results
                $('#results').append(output);
            });
            
            var buttons = getButtons(prevPageToken, nextPageToken);
            
            // Display buttons
            $('#buttons').append(buttons);
        });    
}

// Previous page function
function prevPage() {
    var token = $('#prev-button').data('token');
    var q = $('#prev-button').data('query');
    
    
   // clear 
    $('#results').html('<i class="fa fa-spinner fa-pulse fa-3x fa-fw"></i><span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>');
    $('#buttons').html('');
    
    // get form input
    q = $('#search').val();  // this probably shouldn't be created as a global
    
    // run get request on API
    $.get(
        "https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search", {
            part: 'snippet, id',
            q: q,
            pageToken: token,
            type: 'video',
            key: gapikey
        }, function(data) {
            
            var nextPageToken = data.nextPageToken;
            var prevPageToken = data.prevPageToken;
            
            // Log data
            console.log(data);
            $('#results').html('');
            $.each(data.items, function(i, item) {
                
                // Get Output
                var output = getOutput(item);
                
                // display results
                $('#results').append(output);
            });
            
            var buttons = getButtons(prevPageToken, nextPageToken);
            
            // Display buttons
            $('#buttons').append(buttons);
        });    
}

// Build output
function getOutput(item) {
    var videoID = item.id.videoId;
    var title = item.snippet.title;
    var description = item.snippet.description;
    var thumb = item.snippet.thumbnails.high.url;
    var channelTitle = item.snippet.channelTitle;
    var videoDate = item.snippet.publishedAt;
    
    // Build output string
    var output =        '<div class="col-md-6">' +
                            '<img src="' + thumb + '" class="img-responsive thumbnail" >' +
                        '</div>' +
                        '<div class="input-group col-md-6">' +
                            '<h3><a data-fancybox-type="iframe" class="fancyboxIframe" href="http://youtube.com/embed/' + videoID + '?rel=0">' + title + '</a></h3>' +
                            '<small>By <span class="channel">' + channelTitle + '</span> on ' + videoDate + '</small>' +
                            '<p>' + description + '</p>' +
                        '</div>' +
                    '<div class="clearfix"></div>';
    return output;
}

function getButtons(prevPageToken, nextPageToken) {
    if(!prevPageToken) {
        var btnoutput =     '<ul class="pagination">' +
                                '<li><a href="javascript:;"  id="next-button" class="paging-button" data-token="' + nextPageToken + '" data-query="' + q + '"' +
                                    'onclick = "nextPage();">Next &raquo;</a></li>' +
                            '</ul>';
    } else {
        var btnoutput =     '<ul class="pagination">' +
                                '<li><a href="javascript:;" id="prev-button" class="paging-button" data-token="' + prevPageToken + '" data-query="' + q + '"' +
                                    'onclick = "prevPage();">&laquo; Previous</a></li>' +            
                                '<li><a href="javascript:;" id="next-button" class="paging-button" data-token="' + nextPageToken + '" data-query="' + q + '"' +
                                    'onclick = "nextPage();">Next &raquo;</a></li>' +
                            '</ul>';        
    }
    
    return btnoutput;
}

</script>

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var gapikey = 'ADD_YOUR_API_KEY_HERE';

$(function() {

// call fancybox pluggin

$(".fancyboxIframe").fancybox({

maxWidth : 900,

maxHeight : 600,

fitToView : false,

width : '90%',

height : '90%',

autoSize : false,

closeClick : false,

openEffect : 'none',

closeEffect : 'none',

iframe: {

scrolling : 'auto',

preload : true

}

});

$('#search-form').submit( function(e) {

e.preventDefault();

});

function searchYoutubevideo() {

$('#results').html('<i class="fa fa-spinner fa-pulse fa-3x fa-fw"></i><span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>');

$('#buttons').html('');

// get form input

q = $('#search').val();

// run get request on API

$.get(

"https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search", {

part: 'snippet, id',

q: q,

type: 'video',

key: gapikey

}, function(data) {

var nextPageToken = data.nextPageToken;

var prevPageToken = data.prevPageToken;

// Log data

console.log(data);

$('#results').html(''); // hide loading

$.each(data.items, function(i, item) {

// Get Output

var output = getOutput(item);

// display results

$('#results').append(output);

});

var buttons = getButtons(prevPageToken, nextPageToken);

// Display buttons

$('#buttons').append(buttons);

});

}

// Next page function

function nextPage() {

var token = $('#next-button').data('token');

var q = $('#next-button').data('query');

// clear

$('#results').html('<i class="fa fa-spinner fa-pulse fa-3x fa-fw"></i><span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>');

$('#buttons').html('');

// get form input

q = $('#search').val();

// run get request on API

$.get(

"https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search", {

part: 'snippet, id',

q: q,

pageToken: token,

type: 'video',

key: gapikey

}, function(data) {

var nextPageToken = data.nextPageToken;

var prevPageToken = data.prevPageToken;

// Log data

console.log(data);

$('#results').html('');

$.each(data.items, function(i, item) {

// Get Output

var output = getOutput(item);

// display results

$('#results').append(output);

});

var buttons = getButtons(prevPageToken, nextPageToken);

// Display buttons

$('#buttons').append(buttons);

});

}

// Previous page function

function prevPage() {

var token = $('#prev-button').data('token');

var q = $('#prev-button').data('query');

// clear

$('#results').html('<i class="fa fa-spinner fa-pulse fa-3x fa-fw"></i><span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>');

$('#buttons').html('');

// get form input

q = $('#search').val(); // this probably shouldn't be created as a global

// run get request on API

$.get(

"https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search", {

part: 'snippet, id',

q: q,

pageToken: token,

type: 'video',

key: gapikey

}, function(data) {

var nextPageToken = data.nextPageToken;

var prevPageToken = data.prevPageToken;

// Log data

console.log(data);

$('#results').html('');

$.each(data.items, function(i, item) {

// Get Output

var output = getOutput(item);

// display results

$('#results').append(output);

});

var buttons = getButtons(prevPageToken, nextPageToken);

// Display buttons

$('#buttons').append(buttons);

});

}

// Build output

function getOutput(item) {

var videoID = item.id.videoId;

var title = item.snippet.title;

var description = item.snippet.description;

var thumb = item.snippet.thumbnails.high.url;

var channelTitle = item.snippet.channelTitle;

var videoDate = item.snippet.publishedAt;

// Build output string

var output = '<div class="col-md-6">' +

'<img src="' + thumb + '" class="img-responsive thumbnail" >' +

'</div>' +

'<div class="input-group col-md-6">' +

'<h3><a data-fancybox-type="iframe" class="fancyboxIframe" href="http://youtube.com/embed/' + videoID + '?rel=0">' + title + '</a></h3>' +

'<small>By <span class="channel">' + channelTitle + '</span> on ' + videoDate + '</small>' +

'<p>' + description + '</p>' +

'</div>' +

'<div class="clearfix"></div>';

return output;

}

function getButtons(prevPageToken, nextPageToken) {

if(!prevPageToken) {

var btnoutput = '<ul class="pagination">' +

'<li><a href="javascript:;" id="next-button" class="paging-button" data-token="' + nextPageToken + '" data-query="' + q + '"' +

'onclick = "nextPage();">Next »</a></li>' +

'</ul>';

} else {

var btnoutput = '<ul class="pagination">' +

'<li><a href="javascript:;" id="prev-button" class="paging-button" data-token="' + prevPageToken + '" data-query="' + q + '"' +

'onclick = "prevPage();">« Previous</a></li>' +

'<li><a href="javascript:;" id="next-button" class="paging-button" data-token="' + nextPageToken + '" data-query="' + q + '"' +

'onclick = "nextPage();">Next »</a></li>' +

'</ul>';

}

return btnoutput;

}

</script>

Above jQuery is used to request API’s and fetch data from youtube server using you API Key.

searchYoutubevideo() : This function search all video from youtube server for given API key

nextPage() and prevPage(): show next page and previous page of current result

getOutput(item): This function create output data on given values

getButtons(prevPageToken, nextPageToken): Create button for next and previous step.

I hope you will like this tutorial and please share your feedback in comments box and if you have any please comment below.

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