# Filmot — Wrapped API

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> Search YouTube channels and find specific moments across videos by looking up subtitles in multiple languages through Filmot's comprehensive database. Discover exactly when topics are mentioned across channels without manually watching every video.

**Category:** Streaming Video | **Website:** [filmot.com/](https://filmot.com/) | **Docs:** [parse.bot/marketplace/5091f8b7-c02f-47e4-9c50-0505e3b0203d/filmot-com-api](https://parse.bot/marketplace/5091f8b7-c02f-47e4-9c50-0505e3b0203d/filmot-com-api)

Pay-per-use API proxy. Each call is automatically billed to your wallet in USDC.

## Access

**Base URL:** `https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-filmot-com-api-5091f8b7/`
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer <LOCUS_API_KEY>`

## Endpoints

### search_channels

Search for YouTube channels by name using autocomplete. Returns channel metadata including subscriber count, view count, thumbnail, and handle. Results are ranked by relevance to the query string.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `query` | string | Yes | Channel name to search for |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-filmot-com-api-5091f8b7/search_channels \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LOCUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"<string>"}'
```

### search_subtitles

Search YouTube video subtitles by keyword or phrase. Returns a paginated list of videos whose subtitles contain the search term, along with video metadata (title, channel, view count, upload date) and the matching subtitle snippet. Each page returns up to 60 videos.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `page` | integer | No | Page number for pagination (each page returns up to 60 videos) |
| `query` | string | Yes | Word or phrase to search for in YouTube video subtitles |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-filmot-com-api-5091f8b7/search_subtitles \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LOCUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"page":"<integer>","query":"<string>"}'
```

### search_transverso

Search for matching subtitles across two languages (translation search). Finds YouTube video clips where a word or phrase appears in one language and shows the corresponding subtitle in another language. Useful for language learning and finding real-world translation examples.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `query` | string | Yes | Word or expression to search for in subtitles |
| `source_lang` | string | No | Source language code (e.g. en, fr, de, es) |
| `source_lang_name` | string | No | Source language display name (e.g. English, French, German, Spanish) |
| `target_lang` | string | No | Target language code (e.g. es, fr, de, en) |
| `target_lang_name` | string | No | Target language display name (e.g. Spanish, French, German, English) |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-filmot-com-api-5091f8b7/search_transverso \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LOCUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"<string>","source_lang":"<string>","source_lang_name":"<string>","target_lang":"<string>","target_lang_name":"<string>"}'
```