diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b54e148..abf99cf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -45,4 +45,5 @@ node_modules/*
 backend/node_modules/*
 YoutubeDL-Material/node_modules/*
 backend/video/*
-backend/audio/*
\ No newline at end of file
+backend/audio/*
+src/assets/default.json
diff --git a/backend/config/encrypted.json b/backend/config/encrypted.json
index 3f8cb55..905eb81 100644
--- a/backend/config/encrypted.json
+++ b/backend/config/encrypted.json
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
         "title_top": "Youtube Downloader",
         "download_only_mode": false,
 		    "file_manager_enabled": true
+      },
+      "API": {
+        "use_youtube_API": false,
+        "youtube_API_key": ""
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/app/app.component.css b/src/app/app.component.css
index fb3c755..d0f9435 100644
--- a/src/app/app.component.css
+++ b/src/app/app.component.css
@@ -53,4 +53,16 @@ mat-form-field.mat-form-field {
 
 .equal-sizes {
     padding-right: 20px;
+}
+
+.search-card-title {
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.input-clear-button {
+    position: absolute;
+    right: -10px;
+    top: 5px;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/app.component.html b/src/app/app.component.html
index 34191bb..30afddf 100644
--- a/src/app/app.component.html
+++ b/src/app/app.component.html
@@ -22,9 +22,25 @@
             <div style="position: relative;">
                 <form class="example-form">
                     <mat-form-field class="example-full-width">
-                        <input matInput [(ngModel)]="url" placeholder="URL" type="url" name="url" [formControl]="urlForm" required>
+                        <input matInput (ngModelChange)="inputChanged($event)" [(ngModel)]="url" placeholder="URL" type="url" name="url" [formControl]="urlForm" required #urlinput>
                         <mat-error *ngIf="urlError || urlForm.invalid">Please enter a valid URL!</mat-error>
+                        <button class="input-clear-button" mat-icon-button (click)="clearInput()"><mat-icon>clear</mat-icon></button>
                     </mat-form-field>
+                    <span *ngIf="results_showing">
+                        <span *ngFor="let result of results">
+                            <mat-card style="height: 120px; border-radius: 0px">
+                                <div class="search-card-title">
+                                    {{result.title}}
+                                </div>
+                                <div style="font-size: 12px">
+                                    {{result.uploaded}}
+                                </div>
+                                <br/>
+                                <button mat-flat-button color="primary" style="float: left;" (click)="useURL(result.videoUrl)">Use URL</button>
+                                <button mat-stroked-button color="primary" (click)="visitURL(result.videoUrl)" style="float: right">View</button>
+                            </mat-card>
+                        </span>
+                    </span>
                 </form>
                 <br/>
                 <mat-checkbox [(ngModel)]="audioOnly" style="float: left; margin-top: -12px">Only Audio</mat-checkbox>
diff --git a/src/app/app.component.ts b/src/app/app.component.ts
index 3e1ba0e..13c9b9e 100644
--- a/src/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, OnInit, ElementRef, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
 import {PostsService} from './posts.services';
 import {FileCardComponent} from './file-card/file-card.component';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ import { saveAs } from 'file-saver';
 import 'rxjs/add/observable/of';
 import 'rxjs/add/operator/mapTo';
 import 'rxjs/add/operator/toPromise';
+import 'rxjs/add/observable/fromEvent'
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/filter'
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/debounceTime'
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/do'
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/switch'
+import { YoutubeSearchService, Result } from './youtube-search.service';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-root',
@@ -33,12 +39,21 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
   audioFolderPath;
   videoFolderPath;
 
+  // youtube api
+  youtubeSearchEnabled = false;
+  youtubeAPIKey = null;
+  results_loading = false;
+  results_showing = true;
+  results = [];
+
   mp3s: any[] = [];
   mp4s: any[] = [];
 
   urlForm = new FormControl('', [Validators.required]);
 
-  constructor(private postsService: PostsService, public snackBar: MatSnackBar) {
+  @ViewChild('urlinput', { read: ElementRef, static: false }) urlInput: ElementRef;
+
+  constructor(private postsService: PostsService, private youtubeSearch: YoutubeSearchService, public snackBar: MatSnackBar) {
     this.audioOnly = false;
 
 
@@ -51,6 +66,8 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
       this.baseStreamPath = result['YoutubeDLMaterial']['Downloader']['path-base'];
       this.audioFolderPath = result['YoutubeDLMaterial']['Downloader']['path-audio'];
       this.videoFolderPath = result['YoutubeDLMaterial']['Downloader']['path-video'];
+      this.youtubeSearchEnabled = result['YoutubeDLMaterial']['API'] && result['YoutubeDLMaterial']['API']['use_youtube_API'];
+      this.youtubeAPIKey = this.youtubeSearchEnabled ? result['YoutubeDLMaterial']['API']['youtube_API_key'] : null;
 
       this.postsService.path = backendUrl;
       this.postsService.startPath = backendUrl;
@@ -60,6 +77,11 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
         this.getMp3s();
         this.getMp4s();
       }
+
+      if (this.youtubeSearchEnabled && this.youtubeAPIKey) {
+        this.youtubeSearch.initializeAPI(this.youtubeAPIKey);
+        this.attachToInput();
+      }
     }, error => {
       console.log(error);
     });
@@ -267,6 +289,34 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
     });
   }
 
+  clearInput() {
+    this.url = '';
+    this.results_showing = false;
+  }
+
+  onInputBlur() {
+    this.results_showing = false;
+  }
+
+  visitURL(url) {
+    window.open(url);
+  }
+
+  useURL(url) {
+    this.results_showing = false;
+    this.url = url;
+  }
+
+  inputChanged(new_val) {
+    if (new_val === '') {
+      this.results_showing = false;
+    } else {
+      if (this.ValidURL(new_val)) {
+        this.results_showing = false;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   // checks if url is a valid URL
   ValidURL(str) {
     // tslint:disable-next-line: max-line-length
@@ -281,5 +331,35 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
       duration: 2000,
     });
   }
+
+  attachToInput() {
+    Observable.fromEvent(this.urlInput.nativeElement, 'keyup')
+      .map((e: any) => e.target.value)           // extract the value of input
+      .filter((text: string) => text.length > 1) // filter out if empty
+      .debounceTime(250)                         // only once every 250ms
+      .do(() => this.results_loading = true)         // enable loading
+      .map((query: string) => this.youtubeSearch.search(query))
+      .switch()                                  // act on the return of the search
+      .subscribe(
+        (results: Result[]) => {
+          // console.log(results);
+          this.results_loading = false;
+          if (results && results.length > 0) {
+            this.results = results;
+            this.results_showing = true;
+          } else {
+            this.results_showing = false;
+          }
+        },
+        (err: any) => {
+          console.log(err)
+          this.results_loading = false;
+          this.results_showing = false;
+        },
+        () => { // on completion
+          this.results_loading = false;
+        }
+      );
+  }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/app/youtube-search.service.spec.ts b/src/app/youtube-search.service.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d04378d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/youtube-search.service.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+
+import { YoutubeSearchService } from './youtube-search.service';
+
+describe('YoutubeSearchService', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => TestBed.configureTestingModule({}));
+
+  it('should be created', () => {
+    const service: YoutubeSearchService = TestBed.get(YoutubeSearchService);
+    expect(service).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/youtube-search.service.ts b/src/app/youtube-search.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0cb13f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/youtube-search.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+
+export class Result {
+  id: string
+  title: string
+  desc: string
+  thumbnailUrl: string
+  videoUrl: string
+  uploaded: any;
+
+  constructor(obj?: any) {
+    this.id           = obj && obj.id           || null
+    this.title        = obj && obj.title        || null
+    this.desc         = obj && obj.desc         || null
+    this.thumbnailUrl = obj && obj.thumbnailUrl || null
+    this.uploaded = obj && obj.uploaded || null
+    this.videoUrl     = obj && obj.videoUrl     || `https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=${this.id}`
+
+    this.uploaded = formatDate(Date.parse(this.uploaded));
+  }
+
+}
+
+@Injectable({
+  providedIn: 'root'
+})
+export class YoutubeSearchService {
+
+  url = 'https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search';
+  key = null;
+
+  constructor(private http: HttpClient) { }
+
+  initializeAPI(key) {
+    this.key = key;
+  }
+
+  search(query: string): Observable<Result[]> {
+    if (this.ValidURL(query)) {
+      return new Observable<Result[]>();
+    }
+    const params: string = [
+      `q=${query}`,
+      `key=${this.key}`,
+      `part=snippet`,
+      `type=video`,
+      `maxResults=5`
+    ].join('&')
+    const queryUrl = `${this.url}?${params}`
+    console.log(queryUrl)
+    return this.http.get(queryUrl).map(response => {
+      return <any>response['items'].map(item => {
+        return new Result({
+          id: item.id.videoId,
+          title: item.snippet.title,
+          desc: item.snippet.description,
+          thumbnailUrl: item.snippet.thumbnails.high.url,
+          uploaded: item.snippet.publishedAt
+        })
+      })
+    })
+  }
+
+  // checks if url is a valid URL
+  ValidURL(str) {
+    // tslint:disable-next-line: max-line-length
+    const strRegex = /((([A-Za-z]{3,9}:(?:\/\/)?)(?:[-;:&=\+\$,\w]+@)?[A-Za-z0-9.-]+|(?:www.|[-;:&=\+\$,\w]+@)[A-Za-z0-9.-]+)((?:\/[\+~%\/.\w-_]*)?\??(?:[-\+=&;%@.\w_]*)#?(?:[\w]*))?)/;
+    const re = new RegExp(strRegex);
+    return re.test(str);
+  }
+}
+
+function formatDate(dateVal) {
+  const newDate = new Date(dateVal);
+
+  const sMonth = padValue(newDate.getMonth() + 1);
+  const sDay = padValue(newDate.getDate());
+  const sYear = newDate.getFullYear();
+  let sHour: any;
+  sHour = newDate.getHours();
+  const sMinute = padValue(newDate.getMinutes());
+  let sAMPM = 'AM';
+
+  const iHourCheck = parseInt(sHour, 10);
+
+  if (iHourCheck > 12) {
+      sAMPM = 'PM';
+      sHour = iHourCheck - 12;
+  } else if (iHourCheck === 0) {
+      sHour = '12';
+  }
+
+  sHour = padValue(sHour);
+
+  return sMonth + '-' + sDay + '-' + sYear + ' ' + sHour + ':' + sMinute + ' ' + sAMPM;
+}
+
+function padValue(value) {
+  return (value < 10) ? '0' + value : value;
+}