Brand monitoring is critical for reputation management, PR response, and competitive intelligence. Knowing when your brand is mentioned across Google news, organic results, and YouTube helps you respond to coverage quickly and measure the impact of marketing campaigns. This tutorial builds a multi-platform brand monitoring script that queries Google and YouTube for brand mentions, deduplicates results, and sends a daily digest of new mentions.
Prerequisites
- Python 3.8 or higher
- requests library installed
- A Scavio API key
- A brand name and optional competitor names to track
Walkthrough
Step 1: Define brands to monitor
Set up a list of brand names and variations to track. Include common misspellings or product names if relevant.
Python
BRANDS = ["Scavio", "scavio.dev", "Scavio API"]
MONITOR_COMPETITORS = ["SerpAPI", "Bright Data"]Step 2: Fetch Google mentions
Query Google for each brand name and collect organic results and news results as mention candidates.
Python
def google_mentions(brand: str) -> list[dict]:
data = search_google(brand)
mentions = data.get("organic_results", [])
mentions += data.get("news_results", [])
return [{"source": "google", "title": m.get("title"), "link": m.get("link"), "date": m.get("date")} for m in mentions]Step 3: Fetch YouTube mentions
Search YouTube for each brand name and collect video titles and URLs as mentions.
Python
def youtube_mentions(brand: str) -> list[dict]:
r = requests.post(
"https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/search",
headers={"x-api-key": API_KEY},
json={"platform": "youtube", "query": brand}
)
r.raise_for_status()
videos = r.json().get("videos", [])
return [{"source": "youtube", "title": v.get("title"), "link": v.get("url"), "date": v.get("published_at")} for v in videos]Step 4: Merge and deduplicate
Combine Google and YouTube mentions, deduplicate by URL, and sort by date.
Python
def collect_mentions(brand: str) -> list[dict]:
mentions = google_mentions(brand) + youtube_mentions(brand)
seen = {}
for m in mentions:
if m["link"] not in seen:
seen[m["link"]] = m
return list(seen.values())Python Example
Python
import os
import requests
API_KEY = os.environ.get("SCAVIO_API_KEY", "your_scavio_api_key")
ENDPOINT = "https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/search"
BRANDS = ["Scavio", "Scavio API"]
def search(platform: str, query: str, extra: dict = {}) -> dict:
body = {"platform": platform, "query": query, **extra} if platform != "google" else {"query": query, "country_code": "us"}
r = requests.post(ENDPOINT, headers={"x-api-key": API_KEY}, json=body)
r.raise_for_status()
return r.json()
def monitor(brand: str) -> list[dict]:
g = search("google", brand)
y = search("youtube", brand)
mentions = []
for m in g.get("organic_results", [])[:5]:
mentions.append({"src": "google", "title": m.get("title"), "url": m.get("link")})
for v in y.get("videos", [])[:5]:
mentions.append({"src": "youtube", "title": v.get("title"), "url": v.get("url")})
return mentions
if __name__ == "__main__":
for brand in BRANDS:
print(f"\n=== {brand} ===")
for m in monitor(brand):
print(f"[{m['src']}] {m['title']}")JavaScript Example
JavaScript
const API_KEY = process.env.SCAVIO_API_KEY || "your_scavio_api_key";
const ENDPOINT = "https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/search";
const BRANDS = ["Scavio", "Scavio API"];
async function search(platform, query) {
const body = platform === "google" ? { query, country_code: "us" } : { platform, query };
const res = await fetch(ENDPOINT, {
method: "POST",
headers: { "x-api-key": API_KEY, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify(body)
});
return res.json();
}
async function monitor(brand) {
const [g, y] = await Promise.all([search("google", brand), search("youtube", brand)]);
const mentions = [];
(g.organic_results || []).slice(0, 5).forEach(m => mentions.push({ src: "google", title: m.title, url: m.link }));
(y.videos || []).slice(0, 5).forEach(v => mentions.push({ src: "youtube", title: v.title, url: v.url }));
return mentions;
}
async function main() {
for (const brand of BRANDS) {
console.log(`\n=== ${brand} ===`);
const m = await monitor(brand);
m.forEach(item => console.log(`[${item.src}] ${item.title}`));
}
}
main().catch(console.error);Expected Output
JSON
=== Scavio ===
[google] Scavio Review: Real-Time Search API for AI Agents
[google] Scavio vs SerpAPI: Which Is Better in 2026?
[youtube] I Built an AI Agent with Scavio - Full Tutorial
[youtube] Scavio API vs Bright Data Comparison