routes/ytApi/search.py

import urllib
import re
from .. import helpers

def search(request):
    searchQuery = helpers.getFromRequest(request, "query")
    if not searchQuery: searchQuery = "rickroll"
    try:
        html = urllib.request.urlopen("https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query={}".format(urllib.parse.quote_plus(searchQuery)))
        videoList = re.findall(r"watch\?v=(\S{11})", html.read().decode())
        return {"status": "pass", "query": searchQuery, "videoIds": videoList}
    except Exception as e:
        print(e)
        return {"status": "error", "details": { "error_code": 666, "error_details": "Something went wrong..." }}, 500