diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c64524a..612eb68 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 [package]
 name = "youtube-metadata"
 version = "0.2.0"
-authors = ["trivernis <trivernis@protonmail.com>"]
+authors = [
+	"trivernis <trivernis@protonmail.com>",
+	"Vilgot Fredenberg <vilgot@fredenberg.xyz>",
+]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "YouTube video metadata fetcher"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -11,9 +14,17 @@ license = "MIT"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-reqwest = "0.11.3"
-scraper = "0.12.0"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
+reqwest = { default-features = false, version = "0.11.3" }
+regex = "1"
+serde = { features = ["derive"], optional = true, version = "1" }
+serde_json = "1"
+tracing = "0.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-tokio = { version = "1.5.0", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
+tokio = { features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"], version = "1.5.0" }
+
+[features]
+default = ["native"]
+native = ["reqwest/default-tls"]
+rustls = ["reqwest/rustls-tls"]
diff --git a/src/endpoints.rs b/src/endpoints.rs
index 93f5628..2a712bc 100644
--- a/src/endpoints.rs
+++ b/src/endpoints.rs
@@ -1,34 +1,211 @@
-use crate::error::Result;
-use crate::parsing::video_information::parse_video_information;
-use crate::types::VideoInformation;
-
-/// Returns information about a video
-/// ```
-/// use youtube_metadata::get_video_information;
-/// # #[tokio::test]
-/// # async fn doctest() {
-/// let information = get_video_information("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ")
-///      .await
-///      .unwrap();
-///  assert_eq!(information.id, "dQw4w9WgXcQ".to_string());
-///  assert_eq!(
-///      information.url,
-///      "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ".to_string()
-///  );
-///  assert_eq!(information.uploader, "RickAstleyVEVO".to_string());
-///  assert_eq!(
-///      information.title,
-///      "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Video)".to_string()
-///  );
-///  assert_eq!(
-///      information.thumbnail,
-///      Some("https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dQw4w9WgXcQ/maxresdefault.jpg".to_string())
-///  );
-/// # }
-/// ```
-pub async fn get_video_information(url: &str) -> Result<VideoInformation> {
-    let response = reqwest::get(url).await?;
-    let response_text = response.text().await?;
-
-    parse_video_information(&response_text)
+use crate::{
+    error::Error,
+    model::{id::VideoId, search::SearchResult, Resource, Video},
+    parsing::{search::search_information, video_information},
+};
+
+/// Reusable client, [`NotReusable`]s cousin.
+///
+/// Internally wraps around an [`Arc`], so cloning is cheap.
+///
+/// [`Arc`]: std::sync::Arc
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
+pub struct Reusable(reqwest::Client);
+
+impl Reusable {
+    /// Create a new reusable client.
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self(reqwest::Client::new())
+    }
+
+    // Not implemented
+    /*
+     * /// Get a playlist by its id.
+     * pub async fn playlist(&self, playlist: PlaylistId) -> Result<Playlist, Error> {
+     *     todo!()
+     * }
+     */
+
+    /// Search for some query on youtube
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```no_run
+    /// # use youtube_metadata::Reusable;
+    /// use std::time::Duration;
+    ///
+    /// # async fn doc() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    /// let reusable = Reusable::new();
+    /// let first = reusable.search("Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)")
+    ///     .await?
+    ///     .videos()
+    ///     .next()
+    ///     .expect("atleast one result");
+    /// assert_eq!(first.id.as_str(), "dQw4w9WgXcQ");
+    /// assert_eq!(first.length, Duration::from_secs(213));
+    /// assert_eq!(first.title,
+    /// String::from("Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)"));
+    /// assert_eq!(first.uploader.name, "Rick Astley");
+    /// # Ok(())
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    pub async fn search(&self, search: &str) -> Result<SearchResult, Error> {
+        let request = self
+            .0
+            .get("https://youtube.com/results?")
+            .query(&[("q", search)])
+            .build()?;
+
+        let response_text = self.0.execute(request).await?.text().await?;
+
+        search_information(&response_text)
+    }
+
+    /// Get a video by its id.
+    pub async fn video(&self, video: VideoId) -> Result<Video, Error> {
+        let url = format!("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={}", video);
+        match self.query(&url).await? {
+            Resource::Video(v) => (Ok(v)),
+            _ => unreachable!(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Fetch a resource from a url.
+    ///
+    /// Will only resolve to [`Resource::Video`] right now due to playlists being unsupported.
+    ///
+    /// [`Resource`] will currently only contain a video due to playlists being unimplemented.
+    pub async fn query(&self, query: &str) -> Result<Resource, Error> {
+        let request = self.0.get(query).build()?;
+
+        let response_text = self.0.execute(request).await?.text().await?;
+
+        // for now call this since only videos are supported.
+        Ok(Resource::Video(video_information(&response_text)?))
+    }
+}
+
+/// Zero sized associated function holder, [`Reusable`]s cousin.
+///
+/// Creates a new client on each invocation.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct NotReusable;
+
+impl NotReusable {
+    // Not implemented
+    /*
+     * /// Get a playlist by its id.
+     * pub async fn playlist(playlist: PlaylistId) -> Result<Playlist, Error> {
+     *     todo!()
+     * }
+     */
+
+    /// Search for some query on youtube
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```no_run
+    /// # use youtube_metadata::NotReusable;
+    /// #
+    /// use std::time::Duration;
+    ///
+    /// # async fn doc() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    /// let first = NotReusable::search("Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)")
+    ///     .await?
+    ///     .videos()
+    ///     .next()
+    ///     .expect("atleast one result");
+    /// assert_eq!(first.id.as_str(), "dQw4w9WgXcQ");
+    /// assert_eq!(first.length, Duration::from_secs(213));
+    /// assert_eq!(first.title,
+    /// String::from("Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)"));
+    /// assert_eq!(first.uploader.name, "Rick Astley");
+    /// # Ok(())
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    pub async fn search(search: &str) -> Result<SearchResult, Error> {
+        let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+
+        let request = client
+            .get("https://youtube.com/results?")
+            .query(&[("q", search)])
+            .build()?;
+
+        let response_text = client.execute(request).await?.text().await?;
+
+        search_information(&response_text)
+    }
+
+    /// Get a video by its id.
+    pub async fn video(video: VideoId) -> Result<Video, Error> {
+        let url = format!("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={}", video);
+        match Self::query(&url).await? {
+            Resource::Video(v) => (Ok(v)),
+            _ => unreachable!(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Fetch a resource from a url.
+    ///
+    /// Will only resolve to [`Resource::Video`] right now due to playlists being unsupported.
+    ///
+    /// [`Resource`] will currently only contain a video due to playlists being unimplemented.
+    pub async fn query(query: &str) -> Result<Resource, Error> {
+        let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+
+        let request = client.get(query).build()?;
+
+        let response_text = client.execute(request).await?.text().await?;
+
+        // for now call this since only videos are supported.
+        Ok(Resource::Video(video_information(&response_text)?))
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    use std::time::Duration;
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn rickroll() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+        let search =
+            NotReusable::search("Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)")
+                .await?
+                .videos()
+                .next()
+                .expect("atleast one result");
+        let video = NotReusable::video(VideoId::new("dQw4w9WgXcQ")).await?;
+
+        assert_eq!(search.id.as_str(), "dQw4w9WgXcQ");
+        assert_eq!(video.id.as_str(), "dQw4w9WgXcQ");
+        assert_eq!(search.length, Duration::from_secs(213));
+        assert_eq!(video.length, Duration::from_millis(212091));
+        assert_eq!(
+            search.title.as_str(),
+            "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            video.title.as_str(),
+            "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(search.uploader.name, "Rick Astley");
+        assert_eq!(video.uploader.name, "Rick Astley");
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn live() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+        NotReusable::search("live music").await?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn playlist() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+        NotReusable::search("music playlist").await?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 332fd29..6c6c9c1 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+//! Error types of this library.
+//!
+//! Note that parsing should never fail and is indicative of an interal error.
 use std::{
     error::Error as StdError,
     fmt::{Display, Formatter, Result as FmtResult},
@@ -5,12 +8,39 @@ use std::{
 
 use reqwest::Error as ReqwestError;
 
-pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
+#[derive(Debug)]
+#[doc(hidden)]
+pub struct ParseError {
+    pub(crate) kind: ParseErrorKind,
+}
+
+impl Display for ParseError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> FmtResult {
+        use ParseErrorKind::*;
+
+        match self.kind {
+            Other => f.write_str("something failed to parse"),
+            Regex => f.write_str("fetching json using regex failed"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl StdError for ParseError {}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub(crate) enum ParseErrorKind {
+    Other,
+    Regex,
+}
 
+/// Error types.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum Error {
+    /// Error doing http.
     Reqwest(ReqwestError),
-    Parse(Parsing),
+    /// Internal parsing error.
+    /// Hitting this should never happen and is a bug.
+    Parse(ParseError),
 }
 
 impl Display for Error {
@@ -18,7 +48,7 @@ impl Display for Error {
         use Error::*;
         match self {
             Reqwest(e) => e.fmt(f),
-            Parse(_) => write!(f, "parse error"),
+            Parse(_) => write!(f, "json parsing error"),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -33,32 +63,14 @@ impl StdError for Error {
     }
 }
 
-impl From<Parsing> for Error {
-    fn from(s: Parsing) -> Self {
-        Self::Parse(s)
-    }
-}
-
 impl From<ReqwestError> for Error {
     fn from(e: ReqwestError) -> Self {
         Self::Reqwest(e)
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub enum Parsing {
-    MissingElement(String),
-    MissingAttribute(String),
-}
-
-impl Display for Parsing {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> FmtResult {
-        use Parsing::*;
-        match self {
-            MissingAttribute(s) => write!(f, "missing attribute: {}", s),
-            MissingElement(s) => write!(f, "missing element: {}", s),
-        }
+impl From<ParseError> for Error {
+    fn from(e: ParseError) -> Self {
+        Self::Parse(e)
     }
 }
-
-impl StdError for Parsing {}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index eb7160f..dd688ea 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
-pub(crate) mod endpoints;
+//! Library that searches youtube and parses the result to [`model`].
+//!
+//! [`Reusable`] reuses the same http client on each `GET` request.
+//! This takes advantage of keep-alive connections.
+#![deny(clippy::inconsistent_struct_constructor)]
+#![deny(missing_docs)]
+#![deny(missing_debug_implementations)]
+#![deny(rustdoc::broken_intra_doc_links)]
+
+mod endpoints;
 pub mod error;
+pub mod model;
 pub(crate) mod parsing;
-pub(crate) mod types;
-
-pub use endpoints::get_video_information;
 
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests;
+pub use endpoints::{NotReusable, Reusable};
diff --git a/src/model.rs b/src/model.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc915f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/model.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+//! Mapping of output.
+//!
+//! Use the resource's id's to get thumbnails or urls.
+
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use id::{PlaylistId, VideoId};
+use search::{PartialPlaylist, PartialPlaylistVideo};
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+use self::id::ChannelId;
+
+pub mod id;
+pub mod search;
+pub mod thumbnail;
+
+/// Information about a channel.
+///
+/// Note that this is *not* a user so its [`Channel::id`] is of the form of `/channel/ID`, not
+/// `/user/ID`.
+/// The link still resolves to the same page, so this should not be an issue in most cases.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+pub struct Channel {
+    /// The channel's unique Id.
+    pub id: ChannelId,
+    /// The channel's name.
+    pub name: String,
+}
+
+/// Information about a playlist.
+// Hide since not implemented.
+#[doc(hidden)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+pub struct Playlist {
+    /// The playlist's unique Id.
+    pub id: PlaylistId,
+    /// The playlist's tracks.
+    pub tracks: Vec<Video>,
+    /// The playlist's title.
+    pub title: String,
+    /// The playlists's uploader.
+    pub uploader: Channel,
+}
+
+impl From<Playlist> for PartialPlaylist {
+    fn from(mut p: Playlist) -> Self {
+        // partial playlist only contains up to the first two videos
+        let tracks_total = p.tracks.len() as u32;
+        p.tracks.truncate(2);
+        let tracks = p.tracks.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect();
+        Self {
+            id: p.id,
+            tracks,
+            tracks_total,
+            title: p.title,
+            uploader: p.uploader,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Resource types.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+pub enum Resource {
+    /// Playlist type.
+    ///
+    /// Note that this variant is never constructed (not implemented).
+    Playlist(Playlist),
+    /// Video type.
+    Video(Video),
+}
+
+/// Information about a video.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+pub struct Video {
+    /// The video's unique Id.
+    pub id: VideoId,
+    /// The video's length.
+    pub length: Duration,
+    /// The video's title.
+    pub title: String,
+    /// The video's uploader.
+    pub uploader: Channel,
+}
+
+impl From<Video> for PartialPlaylistVideo {
+    fn from(v: Video) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            id: v.id,
+            length: v.length,
+            title: v.title,
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/model/id.rs b/src/model/id.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1da6c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/model/id.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+//! Type-safe resource identifiers.
+//!
+//! Note that a `thumbnail` method is unavailable for [`PlaylistId`], this is due to playlist's
+//! using their first video's thumbnail.
+use std::fmt;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+use super::thumbnail;
+
+/// Channel identifier.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+pub struct ChannelId(String);
+
+impl fmt::Display for ChannelId {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        f.write_str(&self.0)
+    }
+}
+
+impl ChannelId {
+    pub(crate) fn new(id: &str) -> Self {
+        Self(id.to_owned())
+    }
+
+    /// Yields the underyling string slice.
+    pub fn as_str(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.0
+    }
+
+    /// Consume the id, returning the underlying string.
+    pub fn into_string(self) -> String {
+        self.0
+    }
+
+    /// Get the channel url
+    pub fn url(&self) -> String {
+        format!("https://www.youtube.com/channel/{}", self)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Playlist identifier.
+///
+/// Use [`PlaylistId::url`] to get the playlist url.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+pub struct PlaylistId(String);
+
+impl fmt::Display for PlaylistId {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        f.write_str(&self.0)
+    }
+}
+
+impl PlaylistId {
+    pub(crate) fn new(id: &str) -> Self {
+        Self(id.to_owned())
+    }
+
+    /// Yields the underyling string slice.
+    pub fn as_str(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.0
+    }
+
+    /// Consume the id, returning the underlying string.
+    pub fn into_string(self) -> String {
+        self.0
+    }
+
+    /// Get the playlist url
+    pub fn url(&self) -> String {
+        format!("https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list={}", self)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Video identifier.
+// TODO: feature flag for staticvec (allows `Copy`) (requires nightly)
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+pub struct VideoId(String);
+
+impl fmt::Display for VideoId {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        f.write_str(&self.0)
+    }
+}
+
+impl VideoId {
+    pub(crate) fn new(id: &str) -> Self {
+        Self(id.to_owned())
+    }
+
+    /// Yields the underyling string slice.
+    pub fn as_str(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.0
+    }
+
+    /// Consume the id, returning the underlying string.
+    pub fn into_string(self) -> String {
+        self.0
+    }
+
+    /// Get the thumbnail url.
+    pub fn thumbnail(&self, format: thumbnail::ImageFormat, res: thumbnail::Resolution) -> String {
+        match format {
+            thumbnail::ImageFormat::JPEG => {
+                format!("{}/vi/{}/{}.jpg", thumbnail::URL, self, res)
+            }
+            thumbnail::ImageFormat::WebP => {
+                format!("{}/vi_webp/{}/{}.webp", thumbnail::URL, self, res)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Get the video url.
+    pub fn url(&self) -> String {
+        format!("https://youtu.be/{}", self)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/model/search.rs b/src/model/search.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8df52af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/model/search.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+//! Search related models.
+
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+use super::{
+    id::{PlaylistId, VideoId},
+    Channel, Video,
+};
+
+/// Search result contents.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+pub struct SearchResult {
+    /// List of search result items.
+    pub items: Vec<SearchItem>,
+}
+
+impl SearchResult {
+    /// Filters the results to an [`Iterator`] over [`Video`]s.
+    pub fn videos(self) -> impl Iterator<Item = Video> {
+        self.items.into_iter().filter_map(|item| match item {
+            SearchItem::Playlist(_) => None,
+            SearchItem::Video(v) => Some(v),
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Filters the results to an [`Iterator`] over [`PartialPlaylist`]s.
+    pub fn playlists(self) -> impl Iterator<Item = PartialPlaylist> {
+        self.items.into_iter().filter_map(|item| match item {
+            SearchItem::Playlist(p) => Some(p),
+            SearchItem::Video(_) => None,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+/// Contains the possible item for a search.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+pub enum SearchItem {
+    /// Playlist item.
+    ///
+    /// Note that playlists don't contain a [`Vec<Video>`] but rather a [`Vec<PartialPlaylistVideo>`]
+    /// (which is missing a [`Channel`] field).
+    ///
+    /// This [`Vec`] also only contains the first two items.
+    /// Thus to get the full list of videos in a playlist another query has to be used using the
+    /// [`PlaylistId`] (note that this is not implemented yet for this library).
+    ///
+    /// [`PlaylistId`]: super::PlaylistId
+    Playlist(PartialPlaylist),
+    /// Video item.
+    Video(Video),
+}
+
+impl SearchItem {
+    /// Returns an immutable reference to the name of the inner item.
+    pub fn title(&self) -> &str {
+        match self {
+            SearchItem::Playlist(p) => &p.title,
+            SearchItem::Video(v) => &v.title,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns an immutable reference to the uploader of the innner item.
+    pub fn uploader(&self) -> &Channel {
+        match self {
+            SearchItem::Playlist(p) => &p.uploader,
+            SearchItem::Video(v) => &v.uploader,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Information about a partial playlist.
+///
+/// This struct is returned from searches.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+pub struct PartialPlaylist {
+    /// The playlist's unique Id.
+    pub id: PlaylistId,
+    /// Up to the first two tracks of the playlist.
+    pub tracks: Vec<PartialPlaylistVideo>,
+    /// The total number of tracks in the playlist.
+    pub tracks_total: u32,
+    /// The playlist's title.
+    pub title: String,
+    /// The playlist's uploader.
+    pub uploader: Channel,
+}
+
+/// Information about a video in a [`PartialPlaylist`].
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+pub struct PartialPlaylistVideo {
+    /// The video's unique Id.
+    pub id: VideoId,
+    /// The video's length.
+    pub length: Duration,
+    /// The video's title.
+    pub title: String,
+}
diff --git a/src/model/thumbnail.rs b/src/model/thumbnail.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1abfbd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/model/thumbnail.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+//! Thumbnail configuration types.
+//!
+//! Invalid thumbnails resolve to this image:
+//!
+//! ![](https://i.ytimg.com)
+//!
+//! See [YouTube's API docs][docs] for more info.
+//!
+//! [docs]: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/thumbnails
+//! [`VideoId`]: super::id::VideoId
+
+use std::fmt;
+
+/// Base url of thumbnails.
+pub(crate) const URL: &str = "https://i.ytimg.com";
+
+/// YouTube's supported image formats.
+///
+/// [`ImageFormat::WebP`] retains the same *or better* quality at a smaller size.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
+pub enum ImageFormat {
+    /// Older, better supported format.
+    JPEG,
+    /// Newer (2010) and more efficient format.
+    WebP,
+}
+
+/// YouTube's resolution types.
+///
+/// Query the YouTube API to know if [`Resolution::Maxres`] or [`Resolution::Standard`] are
+/// available for a resource.
+///
+/// The resolution varies on which resource the thumbnail is for, video resolution's are currently
+/// documented.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
+pub enum Resolution {
+    /// 120 x 90px
+    Default,
+    /// 480 x 360px
+    High,
+    /// 1280 x 720px
+    ///
+    /// Not available for all resources.
+    Maxres,
+    /// 320 x 180px
+    Medium,
+    /// 640 x 480px
+    ///
+    /// Not available for all resources.
+    Standard,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for Resolution {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Resolution::Default => (),
+            Resolution::High => f.write_str("hq")?,
+            Resolution::Maxres => f.write_str("maxres")?,
+            Resolution::Medium => f.write_str("mq")?,
+            Resolution::Standard => f.write_str("sd")?,
+        }
+        f.write_str("default")
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/parsing.rs b/src/parsing.rs
index 4a7526f..e47ee77 100644
--- a/src/parsing.rs
+++ b/src/parsing.rs
@@ -1,25 +1,155 @@
-use crate::error::{Parsing, Result};
-use scraper::{ElementRef, Html, Selector};
+use std::time::Duration;
 
-pub mod video_information;
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+use regex::Regex;
+use serde_json::Value;
 
-/// Tries selecting one element or fails if the element can't be found
-fn try_select_one<'a>(document: &'a Html, selector: &Selector) -> Result<ElementRef<'a>> {
-    document
-        .select(selector)
-        .next()
-        .ok_or_else(|| Parsing::MissingElement(format!("{:?}", selector)).into())
+use crate::{
+    error::{Error, ParseError, ParseErrorKind},
+    model::{
+        id::{ChannelId, VideoId},
+        Channel, Video,
+    },
+};
+
+#[macro_use]
+macro_rules! other {
+    () => {
+        ParseError {
+            kind: ParseErrorKind::Other,
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+pub(crate) mod search;
+
+fn yt_initial_data(html: &str) -> Result<Value, Error> {
+    lazy_static! {
+        // FIXME: improve against accidental termination
+        static ref RE: Regex = Regex::new(r"var ytInitialData = (.*?);</script>").expect("valid regex");
+    }
+
+    serde_json::from_str::<Value>(
+        RE.captures(html)
+            .and_then(|c| c.get(1))
+            .map(|m| m.as_str())
+            .ok_or(ParseError {
+                kind: ParseErrorKind::Regex,
+            })?,
+    )
+    .map_err(|_| {
+        ParseError {
+            kind: ParseErrorKind::Regex,
+        }
+        .into()
+    })
+}
+
+fn yt_initial_player_response(html: &str) -> Result<Value, Error> {
+    lazy_static! {
+        // FIXME: improve against accidental termination
+        static ref RE: Regex = Regex::new(r"var ytInitialPlayerResponse = (.*);</script>").expect("valid regex");
+    }
+
+    serde_json::from_str::<Value>(
+        RE.captures(html)
+            .and_then(|c| c.get(1))
+            .map(|m| m.as_str())
+            .ok_or(ParseError {
+                kind: ParseErrorKind::Regex,
+            })?,
+    )
+    .map_err(|_| {
+        ParseError {
+            kind: ParseErrorKind::Regex,
+        }
+        .into()
+    })
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn video_information(html: &str) -> Result<Video, Error> {
+    let data = yt_initial_data(html)?;
+    let player = yt_initial_player_response(html)?;
+
+    let items = data
+        .pointer("/contents/twoColumnWatchNextResults/results/results/contents")
+        .ok_or(other!())?;
+
+    let id = VideoId::new(
+        data.pointer("/currentVideoEndpoint/watchEndpoint/videoId")
+            .and_then(Value::as_str)
+            .ok_or(other!())?,
+    );
+
+    let length = player
+        .pointer("/streamingData/formats/0/approxDurationMs")
+        .and_then(Value::as_str)
+        .and_then(|ms| ms.parse::<u64>().ok())
+        .map(Duration::from_millis)
+        .ok_or(other!())?;
+
+    let title = items
+        .pointer("/0/videoPrimaryInfoRenderer/title/runs/0/text")
+        .and_then(Value::as_str)
+        .ok_or(other!())?
+        .to_owned();
+
+    let uploader = items
+        .pointer("/1/videoSecondaryInfoRenderer/owner/videoOwnerRenderer/title/runs/0")
+        .ok_or(other!())?;
+    let uploader = Channel {
+        id: ChannelId::new(
+            uploader
+                .pointer("/navigationEndpoint/browseEndpoint/browseId")
+                .and_then(Value::as_str)
+                .ok_or(other!())?,
+        ),
+        name: uploader
+            .get("text")
+            .and_then(Value::as_str)
+            .ok_or(other!())?
+            .to_owned(),
+    };
+
+    Ok(Video {
+        id,
+        length,
+        title,
+        uploader,
+    })
+}
+
+fn video_is_live(video: &Value) -> bool {
+    let badges = video.get("badges").and_then(Value::as_array);
+    badges
+        .map(|badges| {
+            badges.iter().any(|badge| {
+                badge
+                    .pointer("/metadataBadgeRenderer/style")
+                    .and_then(Value::as_str)
+                    .eq(&Some("BADGE_STYLE_TYPE_LIVE_NOW"))
+            })
+        })
+        .unwrap_or_default()
 }
 
-/// Tries to select a given attribute
-fn try_select_attribute<'a>(
-    document: &'a Html,
-    selector: &Selector,
-    attribute: &str,
-) -> Result<&'a str> {
-    let element = try_select_one(document, selector)?;
-    element
-        .value()
-        .attr(attribute)
-        .ok_or_else(|| Parsing::MissingAttribute(attribute.to_string()).into())
+fn length_to_dur(input: &str) -> Duration {
+    fn time_multiplier(i: usize) -> u64 {
+        match i {
+            0 => 1,
+            1 => 60,
+            2 => 3600,
+            _ => unreachable!("YouTube duration's aren't counted in days"),
+        }
+    }
+    let mut duration = Duration::ZERO;
+    for (i, time) in input
+        .split(':')
+        .map(|s| s.parse::<u64>().expect("is str encoded integer"))
+        .rev()
+        .enumerate()
+    {
+        duration += Duration::from_secs(time * time_multiplier(i))
+    }
+    duration
 }
diff --git a/src/parsing/search.rs b/src/parsing/search.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df46469
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/parsing/search.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+use serde_json::Value;
+use tracing::{event, instrument, Level};
+
+use crate::{
+    error::{Error, ParseError, ParseErrorKind},
+    model::{
+        id::{ChannelId, PlaylistId, VideoId},
+        search::{PartialPlaylist, PartialPlaylistVideo, SearchItem, SearchResult},
+        Channel, Video,
+    },
+};
+
+use super::{length_to_dur, video_is_live, yt_initial_data};
+
+pub(crate) fn search_information(html: &str) -> Result<SearchResult, Error> {
+    let data = yt_initial_data(html)?;
+    let items = data
+        .pointer("/contents/twoColumnSearchResultsRenderer/primaryContents/sectionListRenderer/contents/0/itemSectionRenderer/contents")
+        .and_then(Value::as_array)
+        .ok_or(other!())?;
+
+    let mut things = Vec::with_capacity(items.len());
+    for item in items {
+        if let Some(video) = item.get("videoRenderer") {
+            let video = match parse_video(video)? {
+                Some(v) => SearchItem::Video(v),
+                None => continue,
+            };
+            things.push(video);
+        } else if let Some(playlist) = item.get("playlistRenderer") {
+            let playlist = match parse_playlist(playlist)? {
+                Some(p) => SearchItem::Playlist(p),
+                None => continue,
+            };
+            things.push(playlist);
+        } else if let Some(_shelf) = item.get("shelfRenderer") {
+            //println!("{:?}", shelf.pointer("/title/simpleText"));
+            // TODO: "shelfRender" & "radioRender"
+        } else {
+            // TODO: "radioRender?"
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(SearchResult { items: things })
+}
+
+#[instrument(skip(video), fields(id))]
+fn parse_video(video: &Value) -> Result<Option<Video>, Error> {
+    let id = VideoId::new(
+        video
+            .get("videoId")
+            .and_then(Value::as_str)
+            .ok_or(other!())?,
+    );
+
+    tracing::Span::current().record("id", &id.as_str());
+
+    // skip live (for now)
+    if video_is_live(video) {
+        event!(Level::TRACE, "skipping live stream");
+        return Ok(None);
+    }
+
+    let length = match video
+        .pointer("/lengthText/simpleText")
+        .and_then(Value::as_str)
+    {
+        Some(l) => length_to_dur(l),
+        // Live badge is sometimes missing for no reason
+        None => {
+            event!(
+                Level::DEBUG,
+                "video without length (livestream?) found, skipping..."
+            );
+            return Ok(None);
+        }
+    };
+
+    let title = video
+        .pointer("/title/runs/0/text")
+        .and_then(Value::as_str)
+        .ok_or(other!())?
+        .to_owned();
+
+    let uploader = video.pointer("/ownerText/runs/0").ok_or(other!())?;
+    let uploader = Channel {
+        id: ChannelId::new(
+            uploader
+                .pointer("/navigationEndpoint/browseEndpoint/browseId")
+                .and_then(Value::as_str)
+                .ok_or(other!())?,
+        ),
+        name: uploader
+            .get("text")
+            .and_then(Value::as_str)
+            .ok_or(other!())?
+            .to_owned(),
+    };
+
+    Ok(Some(Video {
+        id,
+        length,
+        title,
+        uploader,
+    }))
+}
+
+#[instrument(skip(playlist), fields(id))]
+fn parse_playlist(playlist: &Value) -> Result<Option<PartialPlaylist>, Error> {
+    let id = PlaylistId::new(
+        playlist
+            .get("playlistId")
+            .and_then(Value::as_str)
+            .ok_or(other!())?,
+    );
+
+    tracing::Span::current().record("id", &id.as_str());
+
+    let items = playlist
+        .get("videos")
+        .and_then(Value::as_array)
+        .ok_or(other!())?;
+    let mut tracks = Vec::with_capacity(items.len());
+    for track in items {
+        let video = track.get("childVideoRenderer").ok_or(other!())?;
+
+        let id = VideoId::new(
+            video
+                .get("videoId")
+                .and_then(Value::as_str)
+                .ok_or(other!())?,
+        );
+
+        let length = length_to_dur(
+            video
+                .pointer("/lengthText/simpleText")
+                .and_then(Value::as_str)
+                .ok_or(other!())?,
+        );
+
+        let title = video
+            .pointer("/title/simpleText")
+            .and_then(Value::as_str)
+            .unwrap()
+            .to_owned();
+
+        let obj = PartialPlaylistVideo { id, length, title };
+        tracks.push(obj);
+    }
+
+    let tracks_total = playlist
+        .pointer("/videoCountText/runs/0/text")
+        .and_then(Value::as_str)
+        .ok_or(other!())?
+        .parse::<u32>()
+        .map_err(|_| other!())?;
+
+    let title = playlist
+        .pointer("/title/simpleText")
+        .and_then(Value::as_str)
+        .ok_or(other!())?
+        .to_owned();
+
+    let uploader = playlist
+        .pointer("/shortBylineText/runs/0")
+        .ok_or(other!())?;
+    let uploader = Channel {
+        id: ChannelId::new(
+            uploader
+                .pointer("/navigationEndpoint/browseEndpoint/browseId")
+                .and_then(Value::as_str)
+                .ok_or(other!())?,
+        ),
+        name: uploader
+            .get("text")
+            .and_then(Value::as_str)
+            .ok_or(other!())?
+            .to_owned(),
+    };
+
+    Ok(Some(PartialPlaylist {
+        id,
+        tracks,
+        tracks_total,
+        title,
+        uploader,
+    }))
+}
diff --git a/src/parsing/video_information.rs b/src/parsing/video_information.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ea1447..0000000
--- a/src/parsing/video_information.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-use lazy_static::lazy_static;
-use scraper::{Html, Selector};
-
-use super::try_select_attribute;
-use crate::{error::Result, types::VideoInformation};
-
-lazy_static! {
-    static ref TITLE_SELECTOR: Selector = Selector::parse(r#"meta[property="og:title"]"#).unwrap();
-    static ref THUMBNAIL_SELECTOR: Selector = Selector::parse(r#"meta[property="og:image"]"#).unwrap();
-    static ref URL_SELECTOR: Selector = Selector::parse(r#"link[rel="canonical"]"#).unwrap();
-    static ref CHANNEL_SELECTOR: Selector = Selector::parse(r#"link[itemprop="name"]"#).unwrap();
-    static ref ID_SELECTOR: Selector = Selector::parse(r#"meta[itemprop="videoId"]"#).unwrap();
-}
-
-/// Parses information about a video from the html
-pub fn parse_video_information(html: &str) -> Result<VideoInformation> {
-    let document = Html::parse_document(html);
-
-    let video_id = try_select_attribute(&document, &ID_SELECTOR, "content")?;
-    let url = try_select_attribute(&document, &URL_SELECTOR, "href")?;
-    let author = try_select_attribute(&document, &CHANNEL_SELECTOR, "content")?;
-    let title = try_select_attribute(&document, &TITLE_SELECTOR, "content")?;
-    let thumbnail = try_select_attribute(&document, &THUMBNAIL_SELECTOR, "content").ok();
-
-    Ok(VideoInformation {
-        id: video_id.to_string(),
-        url: url.to_string(),
-        title: title.to_string(),
-        uploader: author.to_string(),
-        thumbnail: thumbnail.map(|s| s.to_string()),
-    })
-}
diff --git a/src/tests.rs b/src/tests.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index b4e6f30..0000000
--- a/src/tests.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-mod endpoints;
diff --git a/src/tests/endpoints.rs b/src/tests/endpoints.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index eca2799..0000000
--- a/src/tests/endpoints.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-use crate::get_video_information;
-
-#[tokio::test]
-async fn invalid_url_is_err() {
-    assert!(
-        get_video_information("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFFFFFFFFFF")
-            .await
-            .is_err()
-    );
-}
diff --git a/src/types.rs b/src/types.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 7680f01..0000000
--- a/src/types.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-pub struct VideoInformation {
-    pub id: String,
-    pub url: String,
-    pub title: String,
-    pub uploader: String,
-    pub thumbnail: Option<String>,
-}