# relatedToVideoId on GET /youtube/v3/search stops working

Calls to GET /youtube/v3/search, query parameter relatedToVideoId on YouTube Data API stopped working on August 7, 2023.

- API: YouTube Data API (youtube.googleapis.com)
- Kind: Endpoint removal
- Announced: June 12, 2023
- Takes effect: August 7, 2023
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `GET /youtube/v3/search`, `query parameter relatedToVideoId`
- Source: [Announcement](https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/revision_history)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/youtube-data-api/breaking-changes/relatedtovideoid-on-get-youtube-v3-search-stops-working/

## What to use instead

No replacement is given; drop the parameter.

## YouTube Data API's words

> The search.list method's relatedToVideoId parameter has been deprecated. YouTube will stop supporting the parameter as of August 7, 2023.