From 37a44fc915eef2140e22ceb96aba6b6eb2509007 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chocobozzz <me@florianbigard.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 16:02:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add ability to search playlists

---
 .../my-video-playlist-elements.component.ts   |   2 +-
 .../app/+search/channel-lazy-load.resolver.ts |  35 ---
 .../src/app/+search/search-routing.module.ts  |  10 +-
 client/src/app/+search/search.component.html  |   9 +-
 client/src/app/+search/search.component.ts    | 154 +++++----
 client/src/app/+search/search.module.ts       |  10 +-
 .../abstract-lazy-load.resolver.ts}           |  21 +-
 .../shared/channel-lazy-load.resolver.ts      |  24 ++
 client/src/app/+search/shared/index.ts        |   4 +
 .../shared/playlist-lazy-load.resolver.ts     |  24 ++
 .../shared/video-lazy-load.resolver.ts        |  24 ++
 .../header/search-typeahead.component.html    |   2 +-
 .../app/shared/shared-main/angular/index.ts   |   1 +
 .../shared-main/angular/link.component.html   |  11 +
 .../shared-main/angular/link.component.scss   |   7 +
 .../shared-main/angular/link.component.ts     |  17 +
 .../shared/shared-main/shared-main.module.ts  |   7 +-
 .../shared/shared-search/search.service.ts    |  44 ++-
 .../video-miniature.component.html            |  13 +-
 .../video-miniature.component.ts              |   5 +-
 .../video-playlist-miniature.component.html   |  15 +-
 .../video-playlist-miniature.component.scss   |   3 +
 .../video-playlist-miniature.component.ts     |  47 ++-
 .../video-playlist.model.ts                   |  31 +-
 client/src/sass/include/_mixins.scss          |   1 +
 client/src/types/link.type.ts                 |   1 +
 server/controllers/activitypub/client.ts      |   3 +-
 server/controllers/api/search.ts              | 294 ------------------
 server/controllers/api/search/index.ts        |  16 +
 .../api/search/search-video-channels.ts       | 150 +++++++++
 .../api/search/search-video-playlists.ts      | 129 ++++++++
 .../controllers/api/search/search-videos.ts   | 153 +++++++++
 server/controllers/api/video-channel.ts       |   4 +-
 server/controllers/api/video-playlist.ts      |   8 +-
 .../custom-validators/activitypub/playlist.ts |   7 +-
 server/initializers/constants.ts              |   1 +
 server/lib/activitypub/actors/get.ts          |   2 +-
 .../activitypub/playlists/create-update.ts    |  34 +-
 server/lib/activitypub/playlists/get.ts       |  35 +++
 server/lib/activitypub/playlists/index.ts     |   1 +
 server/lib/activitypub/playlists/refresh.ts   |  13 +-
 .../shared/object-to-model-attributes.ts      |   6 +-
 .../lib/activitypub/process/process-create.ts |   2 +-
 .../lib/activitypub/process/process-update.ts |   2 +-
 server/lib/activitypub/videos/get.ts          |   7 +-
 .../handlers/activitypub-http-fetcher.ts      |   8 +-
 server/lib/search.ts                          |  50 +++
 server/middlewares/validators/search.ts       |   9 +-
 server/middlewares/validators/sort.ts         |   3 +
 .../validators/videos/video-channels.ts       |  13 +
 .../shared/abstract-videos-query-builder.ts   |   2 +-
 server/models/video/video-channel.ts          |   4 +-
 server/models/video/video-playlist.ts         |  84 ++++-
 server/tests/api/check-params/search.ts       |  25 ++
 server/tests/api/search/index.ts              |   6 +-
 .../search-activitypub-video-channels.ts      |  16 +
 .../search-activitypub-video-playlists.ts     | 212 +++++++++++++
 .../api/search/search-activitypub-videos.ts   |  37 ++-
 server/tests/api/search/search-index.ts       |  62 +++-
 server/tests/api/search/search-playlists.ts   | 128 ++++++++
 .../languages/fr.json                         |   0
 .../languages/it.json                         |   0
 .../main.js                                   |   0
 .../package.json                              |   4 +-
 .../fixtures/peertube-plugin-test/main.js     |   4 +
 server/tests/plugins/filter-hooks.ts          |  24 +-
 server/tests/plugins/translations.ts          |   8 +-
 server/types/models/video/video-playlist.ts   |   4 +-
 shared/extra-utils/index.ts                   |   2 +
 shared/extra-utils/search/video-playlists.ts  |  36 +++
 .../plugins/client/client-hook.model.ts       |   5 +-
 .../plugins/server/server-hook.model.ts       |   4 +
 shared/models/search/index.ts                 |   3 +-
 .../video-channels-search-query.model.ts      |   2 +-
 .../video-playlists-search-query.model.ts     |   9 +
 shared/models/server/job.model.ts             |   1 -
 .../server/peertube-problem-document.model.ts |   2 +-
 .../videos/playlist/video-playlist.model.ts   |   4 +
 support/doc/api/openapi.yaml                  |  41 +++
 79 files changed, 1652 insertions(+), 549 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 client/src/app/+search/channel-lazy-load.resolver.ts
 rename client/src/app/+search/{video-lazy-load.resolver.ts => shared/abstract-lazy-load.resolver.ts} (55%)
 create mode 100644 client/src/app/+search/shared/channel-lazy-load.resolver.ts
 create mode 100644 client/src/app/+search/shared/index.ts
 create mode 100644 client/src/app/+search/shared/playlist-lazy-load.resolver.ts
 create mode 100644 client/src/app/+search/shared/video-lazy-load.resolver.ts
 create mode 100644 client/src/app/shared/shared-main/angular/link.component.html
 create mode 100644 client/src/app/shared/shared-main/angular/link.component.scss
 create mode 100644 client/src/app/shared/shared-main/angular/link.component.ts
 create mode 100644 client/src/types/link.type.ts
 delete mode 100644 server/controllers/api/search.ts
 create mode 100644 server/controllers/api/search/index.ts
 create mode 100644 server/controllers/api/search/search-video-channels.ts
 create mode 100644 server/controllers/api/search/search-video-playlists.ts
 create mode 100644 server/controllers/api/search/search-videos.ts
 create mode 100644 server/lib/activitypub/playlists/get.ts
 create mode 100644 server/lib/search.ts
 create mode 100644 server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-video-playlists.ts
 create mode 100644 server/tests/api/search/search-playlists.ts
 rename server/tests/fixtures/{peertube-plugin-test-two => peertube-plugin-test-filter-translations}/languages/fr.json (100%)
 rename server/tests/fixtures/{peertube-plugin-test-two => peertube-plugin-test-filter-translations}/languages/it.json (100%)
 rename server/tests/fixtures/{peertube-plugin-test-two => peertube-plugin-test-filter-translations}/main.js (100%)
 rename server/tests/fixtures/{peertube-plugin-test-two => peertube-plugin-test-filter-translations}/package.json (79%)
 create mode 100644 shared/extra-utils/search/video-playlists.ts
 create mode 100644 shared/models/search/video-playlists-search-query.model.ts

diff --git a/client/src/app/+my-library/my-video-playlists/my-video-playlist-elements.component.ts b/client/src/app/+my-library/my-video-playlists/my-video-playlist-elements.component.ts
index a8fdf6e29..86fe70710 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+my-library/my-video-playlists/my-video-playlist-elements.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/+my-library/my-video-playlists/my-video-playlist-elements.component.ts
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ export class MyVideoPlaylistElementsComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     // Reload playlist thumbnail if the first element changed
     const newFirst = this.findFirst()
     if (oldFirst && newFirst && oldFirst.id !== newFirst.id) {
-      this.playlist.refreshThumbnail()
+      this.loadPlaylistInfo()
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/client/src/app/+search/channel-lazy-load.resolver.ts b/client/src/app/+search/channel-lazy-load.resolver.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d9f7ec901..000000000
--- a/client/src/app/+search/channel-lazy-load.resolver.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-import { map } from 'rxjs/operators'
-import { Injectable } from '@angular/core'
-import { ActivatedRouteSnapshot, Resolve, Router } from '@angular/router'
-import { SearchService } from '@app/shared/shared-search'
-
-@Injectable()
-export class ChannelLazyLoadResolver implements Resolve<any> {
-  constructor (
-    private router: Router,
-    private searchService: SearchService
-  ) { }
-
-  resolve (route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot) {
-    const url = route.params.url
-
-    if (!url) {
-      console.error('Could not find url param.', { params: route.params })
-      return this.router.navigateByUrl('/404')
-    }
-
-    return this.searchService.searchVideoChannels({ search: url })
-      .pipe(
-        map(result => {
-          if (result.data.length !== 1) {
-            console.error('Cannot find result for this URL')
-            return this.router.navigateByUrl('/404')
-          }
-
-          const channel = result.data[0]
-
-          return this.router.navigateByUrl('/video-channels/' + channel.nameWithHost)
-        })
-      )
-  }
-}
diff --git a/client/src/app/+search/search-routing.module.ts b/client/src/app/+search/search-routing.module.ts
index 0d778af0d..5d00aae13 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+search/search-routing.module.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/+search/search-routing.module.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
 import { RouterModule, Routes } from '@angular/router'
-import { ChannelLazyLoadResolver } from './channel-lazy-load.resolver'
 import { SearchComponent } from './search.component'
-import { VideoLazyLoadResolver } from './video-lazy-load.resolver'
+import { ChannelLazyLoadResolver, PlaylistLazyLoadResolver, VideoLazyLoadResolver } from './shared'
 
 const searchRoutes: Routes = [
   {
@@ -27,6 +26,13 @@ const searchRoutes: Routes = [
     resolve: {
       data: ChannelLazyLoadResolver
     }
+  },
+  {
+    path: 'lazy-load-playlist',
+    component: SearchComponent,
+    resolve: {
+      data: PlaylistLazyLoadResolver
+    }
   }
 ]
 
diff --git a/client/src/app/+search/search.component.html b/client/src/app/+search/search.component.html
index 130be75fc..b28abca6a 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+search/search.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/+search/search.component.html
@@ -59,10 +59,17 @@
     <div *ngIf="isVideo(result)" class="entry video">
       <my-video-miniature
         [video]="result" [user]="userMiniature" [displayAsRow]="true" [displayVideoActions]="!hideActions()"
-        [displayOptions]="videoDisplayOptions" [videoLinkType]="getVideoLinkType()"
+        [displayOptions]="videoDisplayOptions" [videoLinkType]="getLinkType()"
         (videoBlocked)="removeVideoFromArray(result)" (videoRemoved)="removeVideoFromArray(result)"
       ></my-video-miniature>
     </div>
+
+    <div *ngIf="isPlaylist(result)" class="entry video-playlist">
+      <my-video-playlist-miniature
+        [playlist]="result" [displayAsRow]="true" [displayChannel]="true"
+        [linkType]="getLinkType()"
+      ></my-video-playlist-miniature>
+    </div>
   </ng-container>
 
 </div>
diff --git a/client/src/app/+search/search.component.ts b/client/src/app/+search/search.component.ts
index a4ab7a5b1..fdf9b7cc0 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+search/search.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/+search/search.component.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import { forkJoin, of, Subscription } from 'rxjs'
+import { LinkType } from 'src/types/link.type'
 import { Component, OnDestroy, OnInit } from '@angular/core'
 import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router'
-import { AuthService, ComponentPagination, HooksService, MetaService, Notifier, ServerService, User, UserService } from '@app/core'
+import { AuthService, HooksService, MetaService, Notifier, ServerService, User, UserService } from '@app/core'
 import { immutableAssign } from '@app/helpers'
 import { Video, VideoChannel } from '@app/shared/shared-main'
 import { AdvancedSearch, SearchService } from '@app/shared/shared-search'
-import { MiniatureDisplayOptions, VideoLinkType } from '@app/shared/shared-video-miniature'
+import { MiniatureDisplayOptions } from '@app/shared/shared-video-miniature'
+import { VideoPlaylist } from '@app/shared/shared-video-playlist'
 import { HTMLServerConfig, SearchTargetType } from '@shared/models'
 
 @Component({
@@ -16,10 +18,9 @@ import { HTMLServerConfig, SearchTargetType } from '@shared/models'
 export class SearchComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   results: (Video | VideoChannel)[] = []
 
-  pagination: ComponentPagination = {
+  pagination = {
     currentPage: 1,
-    itemsPerPage: 10, // Only for videos, use another variable for channels
-    totalItems: null
+    totalItems: null as number
   }
   advancedSearch: AdvancedSearch = new AdvancedSearch()
   isSearchFilterCollapsed = true
@@ -45,6 +46,11 @@ export class SearchComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   private firstSearch = true
 
   private channelsPerPage = 2
+  private playlistsPerPage = 2
+  private videosPerPage = 10
+
+  private hasMoreResults = true
+  private isSearching = false
 
   private lastSearchTarget: SearchTargetType
 
@@ -104,77 +110,62 @@ export class SearchComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     if (this.subActivatedRoute) this.subActivatedRoute.unsubscribe()
   }
 
-  isVideoChannel (d: VideoChannel | Video): d is VideoChannel {
+  isVideoChannel (d: VideoChannel | Video | VideoPlaylist): d is VideoChannel {
     return d instanceof VideoChannel
   }
 
-  isVideo (v: VideoChannel | Video): v is Video {
+  isVideo (v: VideoChannel | Video | VideoPlaylist): v is Video {
     return v instanceof Video
   }
 
+  isPlaylist (v: VideoChannel | Video | VideoPlaylist): v is VideoPlaylist {
+    return v instanceof VideoPlaylist
+  }
+
   isUserLoggedIn () {
     return this.authService.isLoggedIn()
   }
 
-  getVideoLinkType (): VideoLinkType {
-    if (this.advancedSearch.searchTarget === 'search-index') {
-      const remoteUriConfig = this.serverConfig.search.remoteUri
-
-      // Redirect on the external instance if not allowed to fetch remote data
-      if ((!this.isUserLoggedIn() && !remoteUriConfig.anonymous) || !remoteUriConfig.users) {
-        return 'external'
-      }
-
-      return 'lazy-load'
-    }
-
-    return 'internal'
-  }
-
   search () {
+    this.isSearching = true
+
     forkJoin([
-      this.getVideosObs(),
-      this.getVideoChannelObs()
-    ]).subscribe(
-      ([videosResult, videoChannelsResult]) => {
-        this.results = this.results
-          .concat(videoChannelsResult.data)
-          .concat(videosResult.data)
-
-        this.pagination.totalItems = videosResult.total + videoChannelsResult.total
-        this.lastSearchTarget = this.advancedSearch.searchTarget
-
-        // Focus on channels if there are no enough videos
-        if (this.firstSearch === true && videosResult.data.length < this.pagination.itemsPerPage) {
-          this.resetPagination()
-          this.firstSearch = false
-
-          this.channelsPerPage = 10
-          this.search()
-        }
-
-        this.firstSearch = false
-      },
-
-      err => {
-        if (this.advancedSearch.searchTarget !== 'search-index') {
-          this.notifier.error(err.message)
-          return
-        }
-
-        this.notifier.error(
-          $localize`Search index is unavailable. Retrying with instance results instead.`,
-          $localize`Search error`
-        )
-        this.advancedSearch.searchTarget = 'local'
-        this.search()
+      this.getVideoChannelObs(),
+      this.getVideoPlaylistObs(),
+      this.getVideosObs()
+    ]).subscribe(results => {
+      for (const result of results) {
+        this.results = this.results.concat(result.data)
       }
-    )
+
+      this.pagination.totalItems = results.reduce((p, r) => p += r.total, 0)
+      this.lastSearchTarget = this.advancedSearch.searchTarget
+
+      this.hasMoreResults = this.results.length < this.pagination.totalItems
+    },
+
+    err => {
+      if (this.advancedSearch.searchTarget !== 'search-index') {
+        this.notifier.error(err.message)
+        return
+      }
+
+      this.notifier.error(
+        $localize`Search index is unavailable. Retrying with instance results instead.`,
+        $localize`Search error`
+      )
+      this.advancedSearch.searchTarget = 'local'
+      this.search()
+    },
+
+    () => {
+      this.isSearching = false
+    })
   }
 
   onNearOfBottom () {
     // Last page
-    if (this.pagination.totalItems <= (this.pagination.currentPage * this.pagination.itemsPerPage)) return
+    if (!this.hasMoreResults || this.isSearching) return
 
     this.pagination.currentPage += 1
     this.search()
@@ -190,18 +181,33 @@ export class SearchComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     return this.advancedSearch.size()
   }
 
-  // Add VideoChannel for typings, but the template already checks "video" argument is a video
-  removeVideoFromArray (video: Video | VideoChannel) {
+  // Add VideoChannel/VideoPlaylist for typings, but the template already checks "video" argument is a video
+  removeVideoFromArray (video: Video | VideoChannel | VideoPlaylist) {
     this.results = this.results.filter(r => !this.isVideo(r) || r.id !== video.id)
   }
 
+  getLinkType (): LinkType {
+    if (this.advancedSearch.searchTarget === 'search-index') {
+      const remoteUriConfig = this.serverConfig.search.remoteUri
+
+      // Redirect on the external instance if not allowed to fetch remote data
+      if ((!this.isUserLoggedIn() && !remoteUriConfig.anonymous) || !remoteUriConfig.users) {
+        return 'external'
+      }
+
+      return 'lazy-load'
+    }
+
+    return 'internal'
+  }
+
   isExternalChannelUrl () {
-    return this.getVideoLinkType() === 'external'
+    return this.getLinkType() === 'external'
   }
 
   getExternalChannelUrl (channel: VideoChannel) {
     // Same algorithm than videos
-    if (this.getVideoLinkType() === 'external') {
+    if (this.getLinkType() === 'external') {
       return channel.url
     }
 
@@ -210,7 +216,7 @@ export class SearchComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   }
 
   getInternalChannelUrl (channel: VideoChannel) {
-    const linkType = this.getVideoLinkType()
+    const linkType = this.getLinkType()
 
     if (linkType === 'internal') {
       return [ '/c', channel.nameWithHost ]
@@ -256,7 +262,7 @@ export class SearchComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   private getVideosObs () {
     const params = {
       search: this.currentSearch,
-      componentPagination: this.pagination,
+      componentPagination: immutableAssign(this.pagination, { itemsPerPage: this.videosPerPage }),
       advancedSearch: this.advancedSearch
     }
 
@@ -287,6 +293,24 @@ export class SearchComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     )
   }
 
+  private getVideoPlaylistObs () {
+    if (!this.currentSearch) return of({ data: [], total: 0 })
+
+    const params = {
+      search: this.currentSearch,
+      componentPagination: immutableAssign(this.pagination, { itemsPerPage: this.playlistsPerPage }),
+      searchTarget: this.advancedSearch.searchTarget
+    }
+
+    return this.hooks.wrapObsFun(
+      this.searchService.searchVideoPlaylists.bind(this.searchService),
+      params,
+      'search',
+      'filter:api.search.video-playlists.list.params',
+      'filter:api.search.video-playlists.list.result'
+    )
+  }
+
   private getDefaultSearchTarget (): SearchTargetType {
     const searchIndexConfig = this.serverConfig.search.searchIndex
 
diff --git a/client/src/app/+search/search.module.ts b/client/src/app/+search/search.module.ts
index 390833abc..26f1523fd 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+search/search.module.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/+search/search.module.ts
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ import { SharedMainModule } from '@app/shared/shared-main'
 import { SharedSearchModule } from '@app/shared/shared-search'
 import { SharedUserSubscriptionModule } from '@app/shared/shared-user-subscription'
 import { SharedVideoMiniatureModule } from '@app/shared/shared-video-miniature'
+import { SharedVideoPlaylistModule } from '@app/shared/shared-video-playlist'
 import { SearchService } from '../shared/shared-search/search.service'
-import { ChannelLazyLoadResolver } from './channel-lazy-load.resolver'
 import { SearchFiltersComponent } from './search-filters.component'
 import { SearchRoutingModule } from './search-routing.module'
 import { SearchComponent } from './search.component'
-import { VideoLazyLoadResolver } from './video-lazy-load.resolver'
+import { ChannelLazyLoadResolver, PlaylistLazyLoadResolver, VideoLazyLoadResolver } from './shared'
 
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ import { VideoLazyLoadResolver } from './video-lazy-load.resolver'
     SharedFormModule,
     SharedActorImageModule,
     SharedUserSubscriptionModule,
-    SharedVideoMiniatureModule
+    SharedVideoMiniatureModule,
+    SharedVideoPlaylistModule
   ],
 
   declarations: [
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ import { VideoLazyLoadResolver } from './video-lazy-load.resolver'
   providers: [
     SearchService,
     VideoLazyLoadResolver,
-    ChannelLazyLoadResolver
+    ChannelLazyLoadResolver,
+    PlaylistLazyLoadResolver
   ]
 })
 export class SearchModule { }
diff --git a/client/src/app/+search/video-lazy-load.resolver.ts b/client/src/app/+search/shared/abstract-lazy-load.resolver.ts
similarity index 55%
rename from client/src/app/+search/video-lazy-load.resolver.ts
rename to client/src/app/+search/shared/abstract-lazy-load.resolver.ts
index e43e0089b..31240f451 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+search/video-lazy-load.resolver.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/+search/shared/abstract-lazy-load.resolver.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs'
 import { map } from 'rxjs/operators'
-import { Injectable } from '@angular/core'
 import { ActivatedRouteSnapshot, Resolve, Router } from '@angular/router'
-import { SearchService } from '@app/shared/shared-search'
+import { ResultList } from '@shared/models/result-list.model'
 
-@Injectable()
-export class VideoLazyLoadResolver implements Resolve<any> {
-  constructor (
-    private router: Router,
-    private searchService: SearchService
-  ) { }
+export abstract class AbstractLazyLoadResolver <T> implements Resolve<any> {
+  protected router: Router
 
   resolve (route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot) {
     const url = route.params.url
@@ -18,7 +14,7 @@ export class VideoLazyLoadResolver implements Resolve<any> {
       return this.router.navigateByUrl('/404')
     }
 
-    return this.searchService.searchVideos({ search: url })
+    return this.finder(url)
       .pipe(
         map(result => {
           if (result.data.length !== 1) {
@@ -26,10 +22,13 @@ export class VideoLazyLoadResolver implements Resolve<any> {
             return this.router.navigateByUrl('/404')
           }
 
-          const video = result.data[0]
+          const redirectUrl = this.buildUrl(result.data[0])
 
-          return this.router.navigateByUrl('/w/' + video.uuid)
+          return this.router.navigateByUrl(redirectUrl)
         })
       )
   }
+
+  protected abstract finder (url: string): Observable<ResultList<T>>
+  protected abstract buildUrl (e: T): string
 }
diff --git a/client/src/app/+search/shared/channel-lazy-load.resolver.ts b/client/src/app/+search/shared/channel-lazy-load.resolver.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e010f795
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/app/+search/shared/channel-lazy-load.resolver.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core'
+import { Router } from '@angular/router'
+import { VideoChannel } from '@app/shared/shared-main'
+import { SearchService } from '@app/shared/shared-search'
+import { AbstractLazyLoadResolver } from './abstract-lazy-load.resolver'
+
+@Injectable()
+export class ChannelLazyLoadResolver extends AbstractLazyLoadResolver<VideoChannel> {
+
+  constructor (
+    protected router: Router,
+    private searchService: SearchService
+  ) {
+    super()
+  }
+
+  protected finder (url: string) {
+    return this.searchService.searchVideoChannels({ search: url })
+  }
+
+  protected buildUrl (channel: VideoChannel) {
+    return '/video-channels/' + channel.nameWithHost
+  }
+}
diff --git a/client/src/app/+search/shared/index.ts b/client/src/app/+search/shared/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e68989ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/app/+search/shared/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export * from './abstract-lazy-load.resolver'
+export * from './channel-lazy-load.resolver'
+export * from './playlist-lazy-load.resolver'
+export * from './video-lazy-load.resolver'
diff --git a/client/src/app/+search/shared/playlist-lazy-load.resolver.ts b/client/src/app/+search/shared/playlist-lazy-load.resolver.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14ae798df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/app/+search/shared/playlist-lazy-load.resolver.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core'
+import { Router } from '@angular/router'
+import { SearchService } from '@app/shared/shared-search'
+import { VideoPlaylist } from '@app/shared/shared-video-playlist'
+import { AbstractLazyLoadResolver } from './abstract-lazy-load.resolver'
+
+@Injectable()
+export class PlaylistLazyLoadResolver extends AbstractLazyLoadResolver<VideoPlaylist> {
+
+  constructor (
+    protected router: Router,
+    private searchService: SearchService
+  ) {
+    super()
+  }
+
+  protected finder (url: string) {
+    return this.searchService.searchVideoPlaylists({ search: url })
+  }
+
+  protected buildUrl (playlist: VideoPlaylist) {
+    return '/w/p/' + playlist.uuid
+  }
+}
diff --git a/client/src/app/+search/shared/video-lazy-load.resolver.ts b/client/src/app/+search/shared/video-lazy-load.resolver.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12b5b2e82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/app/+search/shared/video-lazy-load.resolver.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core'
+import { Router } from '@angular/router'
+import { Video } from '@app/shared/shared-main'
+import { SearchService } from '@app/shared/shared-search'
+import { AbstractLazyLoadResolver } from './abstract-lazy-load.resolver'
+
+@Injectable()
+export class VideoLazyLoadResolver extends AbstractLazyLoadResolver<Video> {
+
+  constructor (
+    protected router: Router,
+    private searchService: SearchService
+  ) {
+    super()
+  }
+
+  protected finder (url: string) {
+    return this.searchService.searchVideos({ search: url })
+  }
+
+  protected buildUrl (video: Video) {
+    return '/w/' + video.uuid
+  }
+}
diff --git a/client/src/app/header/search-typeahead.component.html b/client/src/app/header/search-typeahead.component.html
index f84086b4a..0ced249a7 100644
--- a/client/src/app/header/search-typeahead.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/header/search-typeahead.component.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div class="d-inline-flex position-relative" id="typeahead-container">
   <input
-    type="text" id="search-video" name="search-video" #searchVideo i18n-placeholder placeholder="Search videos, channels…"
+    type="text" id="search-video" name="search-video" #searchVideo i18n-placeholder placeholder="Search videos, playlists, channels…"
     [(ngModel)]="search" (ngModelChange)="onSearchChange()" (keydown)="handleKey($event)" (keydown.enter)="doSearch()"
     aria-label="Search" autocomplete="off"
   >
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/angular/index.ts b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/angular/index.ts
index 8ea47bb33..069b7f654 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/angular/index.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/angular/index.ts
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ export * from './bytes.pipe'
 export * from './duration-formatter.pipe'
 export * from './from-now.pipe'
 export * from './infinite-scroller.directive'
+export * from './link.component'
 export * from './number-formatter.pipe'
 export * from './peertube-template.directive'
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/angular/link.component.html b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/angular/link.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e61a1e085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/angular/link.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<ng-template #content>
+  <ng-content></ng-content>
+</ng-template>
+
+<a *ngIf="!href" [routerLink]="internalLink" [attr.title]="title" [tabindex]="tabindex">
+  <ng-template *ngTemplateOutlet="content"></ng-template>
+</a>
+
+<a *ngIf="href" [href]="href" [target]="target" [attr.title]="title" [tabindex]="tabindex">
+  <ng-template *ngTemplateOutlet="content"></ng-template>
+</a>
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/angular/link.component.scss b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/angular/link.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb86d5488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/angular/link.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+a {
+  color: inherit;
+  text-decoration: inherit;
+  position: inherit;
+  width: inherit;
+  height: inherit;
+}
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/angular/link.component.ts b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/angular/link.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76d1201b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/angular/link.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { Component, Input, ViewEncapsulation } from '@angular/core'
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'my-link',
+  styleUrls: [ './link.component.scss' ],
+  templateUrl: './link.component.html'
+})
+export class LinkComponent {
+  @Input() internalLink?: any[]
+
+  @Input() href?: string
+  @Input() target?: string
+
+  @Input() title?: string
+
+  @Input() tabindex: string | number
+}
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/shared-main.module.ts b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/shared-main.module.ts
index c8dd01429..e5dfc59b2 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/shared-main.module.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/shared-main.module.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { CommonModule, DatePipe } from '@angular/common'
 import { HttpClientModule } from '@angular/common/http'
 import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
 import { FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms'
-import { ActivatedRouteSnapshot, RouterModule } from '@angular/router'
+import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router'
 import {
   NgbButtonsModule,
   NgbCollapseModule,
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
   DurationFormatterPipe,
   FromNowPipe,
   InfiniteScrollerDirective,
+  LinkComponent,
   NumberFormatterPipe,
   PeerTubeTemplateDirective
 } from './angular'
@@ -35,11 +36,11 @@ import { FeedComponent } from './feeds'
 import { LoaderComponent, SmallLoaderComponent } from './loaders'
 import { HelpComponent, ListOverflowComponent, SimpleSearchInputComponent, TopMenuDropdownComponent } from './misc'
 import { PluginPlaceholderComponent } from './plugins'
+import { ActorRedirectGuard } from './router'
 import { UserHistoryService, UserNotificationsComponent, UserNotificationService, UserQuotaComponent } from './users'
 import { RedundancyService, VideoImportService, VideoOwnershipService, VideoService } from './video'
 import { VideoCaptionService } from './video-caption'
 import { VideoChannelService } from './video-channel'
-import { ActorRedirectGuard } from './router'
 
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ import { ActorRedirectGuard } from './router'
 
     InfiniteScrollerDirective,
     PeerTubeTemplateDirective,
+    LinkComponent,
 
     ActionDropdownComponent,
     ButtonComponent,
@@ -130,6 +132,7 @@ import { ActorRedirectGuard } from './router'
 
     InfiniteScrollerDirective,
     PeerTubeTemplateDirective,
+    LinkComponent,
 
     ActionDropdownComponent,
     ButtonComponent,
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-search/search.service.ts b/client/src/app/shared/shared-search/search.service.ts
index 15c4a7012..ad258f5e5 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/shared-search/search.service.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-search/search.service.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,17 @@ import { catchError, map, switchMap } from 'rxjs/operators'
 import { HttpClient, HttpParams } from '@angular/common/http'
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core'
 import { ComponentPaginationLight, RestExtractor, RestPagination, RestService } from '@app/core'
-import { peertubeLocalStorage } from '@root-helpers/peertube-web-storage'
 import { Video, VideoChannel, VideoChannelService, VideoService } from '@app/shared/shared-main'
-import { ResultList, SearchTargetType, Video as VideoServerModel, VideoChannel as VideoChannelServerModel } from '@shared/models'
+import { peertubeLocalStorage } from '@root-helpers/peertube-web-storage'
+import {
+  ResultList,
+  SearchTargetType,
+  Video as VideoServerModel,
+  VideoChannel as VideoChannelServerModel,
+  VideoPlaylist as VideoPlaylistServerModel
+} from '@shared/models'
 import { environment } from '../../../environments/environment'
+import { VideoPlaylist, VideoPlaylistService } from '../shared-video-playlist'
 import { AdvancedSearch } from './advanced-search.model'
 
 @Injectable()
@@ -17,7 +24,8 @@ export class SearchService {
     private authHttp: HttpClient,
     private restExtractor: RestExtractor,
     private restService: RestService,
-    private videoService: VideoService
+    private videoService: VideoService,
+    private playlistService: VideoPlaylistService
   ) {
     // Add ability to override search endpoint if the user updated this local storage key
     const searchUrl = peertubeLocalStorage.getItem('search-url')
@@ -85,4 +93,34 @@ export class SearchService {
                  catchError(err => this.restExtractor.handleError(err))
                )
   }
+
+  searchVideoPlaylists (parameters: {
+    search: string,
+    searchTarget?: SearchTargetType,
+    componentPagination?: ComponentPaginationLight
+  }): Observable<ResultList<VideoPlaylist>> {
+    const { search, componentPagination, searchTarget } = parameters
+
+    const url = SearchService.BASE_SEARCH_URL + 'video-playlists'
+
+    let pagination: RestPagination
+    if (componentPagination) {
+      pagination = this.restService.componentPaginationToRestPagination(componentPagination)
+    }
+
+    let params = new HttpParams()
+    params = this.restService.addRestGetParams(params, pagination)
+    params = params.append('search', search)
+
+    if (searchTarget) {
+      params = params.append('searchTarget', searchTarget as string)
+    }
+
+    return this.authHttp
+               .get<ResultList<VideoPlaylistServerModel>>(url, { params })
+               .pipe(
+                 switchMap(res => this.playlistService.extractPlaylists(res)),
+                 catchError(err => this.restExtractor.handleError(err))
+               )
+  }
 }
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-miniature/video-miniature.component.html b/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-miniature/video-miniature.component.html
index 6c34123ed..7765d5be7 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-miniature/video-miniature.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-miniature/video-miniature.component.html
@@ -21,13 +21,12 @@
         ></my-actor-avatar>
 
         <div class="w-100 d-flex flex-column">
-          <a *ngIf="!videoHref" tabindex="-1" class="video-miniature-name"
-            [routerLink]="videoRouterLink" [attr.title]="video.name" [ngClass]="{ 'blur-filter': isVideoBlur }"
-          >{{ video.name }}</a>
-
-          <a *ngIf="videoHref" tabindex="-1" class="video-miniature-name"
-            [href]="videoHref" [target]="videoTarget" [attr.title]="video.name" [ngClass]="{ 'blur-filter': isVideoBlur }"
-          >{{ video.name }}</a>
+          <my-link
+            [internalLink]="videoRouterLink" [href]="videoHref" [target]="videoTarget"
+            [title]="video.name"class="video-miniature-name" [ngClass]="{ 'blur-filter': isVideoBlur }" tabindex="-1"
+          >
+            {{ video.name }}
+          </my-link>
 
           <span class="video-miniature-created-at-views">
             <my-date-toggle *ngIf="displayOptions.date" [date]="video.publishedAt"></my-date-toggle>
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-miniature/video-miniature.component.ts b/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-miniature/video-miniature.component.ts
index fc066846a..fe161c977 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-miniature/video-miniature.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-miniature/video-miniature.component.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
 } from '@angular/core'
 import { AuthService, ScreenService, ServerService, User } from '@app/core'
 import { HTMLServerConfig, VideoPlaylistType, VideoPrivacy, VideoState } from '@shared/models'
+import { LinkType } from '../../../types/link.type'
 import { ActorAvatarSize } from '../shared-actor-image/actor-avatar.component'
 import { Video } from '../shared-main'
 import { VideoPlaylistService } from '../shared-video-playlist'
@@ -28,8 +29,6 @@ export type MiniatureDisplayOptions = {
   blacklistInfo?: boolean
   nsfw?: boolean
 }
-export type VideoLinkType = 'internal' | 'lazy-load' | 'external'
-
 @Component({
   selector: 'my-video-miniature',
   styleUrls: [ './video-miniature.component.scss' ],
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ export class VideoMiniatureComponent implements OnInit {
 
   @Input() displayAsRow = false
 
-  @Input() videoLinkType: VideoLinkType = 'internal'
+  @Input() videoLinkType: LinkType = 'internal'
 
   @Output() videoBlocked = new EventEmitter()
   @Output() videoUnblocked = new EventEmitter()
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-playlist/video-playlist-miniature.component.html b/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-playlist/video-playlist-miniature.component.html
index 81c36e6fe..95f11f030 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-playlist/video-playlist-miniature.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-playlist/video-playlist-miniature.component.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <div class="miniature" [ngClass]="{ 'no-videos': playlist.videosLength === 0, 'to-manage': toManage, 'display-as-row': displayAsRow }">
-  <a
-    [routerLink]="getPlaylistUrl()" [attr.title]="playlist.description"
-    class="miniature-thumbnail"
+  <my-link
+    [internalLink]="routerLink" [href]="playlistHref" [target]="playlistTarget"
+    [title]="playlist.description" class="miniature-thumbnail"
   >
     <img alt="" [attr.aria-labelledby]="playlist.displayName" [attr.src]="playlist.thumbnailUrl" />
 
@@ -12,12 +12,15 @@
     <div class="play-overlay">
       <div class="icon"></div>
     </div>
-  </a>
+  </my-link>
 
   <div class="miniature-info">
-    <a tabindex="-1" class="miniature-name" [routerLink]="getPlaylistUrl()" [attr.title]="playlist.description">
+    <my-link
+      [internalLink]="routerLink" [href]="playlistHref" [target]="playlistTarget"
+      [title]="playlist.description" class="miniature-name" tabindex="-1"
+    >
       {{ playlist.displayName }}
-    </a>
+    </my-link>
 
     <a i18n [routerLink]="[ '/c', playlist.videoChannelBy ]" class="by" *ngIf="displayChannel && playlist.videoChannelBy">
       {{ playlist.videoChannelBy }}
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-playlist/video-playlist-miniature.component.scss b/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-playlist/video-playlist-miniature.component.scss
index 95bf469ac..cf7513984 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-playlist/video-playlist-miniature.component.scss
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-playlist/video-playlist-miniature.component.scss
@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@
 }
 
 .miniature:not(.display-as-row) {
+
   .miniature-thumbnail {
+    @include block-ratio($selector: '::ng-deep a');
+
     margin-top: 10px;
     margin-bottom: 5px;
   }
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-playlist/video-playlist-miniature.component.ts b/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-playlist/video-playlist-miniature.component.ts
index 9bbec6038..8de5092a9 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-playlist/video-playlist-miniature.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-playlist/video-playlist-miniature.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core'
+import { LinkType } from 'src/types/link.type'
+import { Component, Input, OnInit } from '@angular/core'
 import { VideoPlaylist } from './video-playlist.model'
 
 @Component({
@@ -6,18 +7,52 @@ import { VideoPlaylist } from './video-playlist.model'
   styleUrls: [ './video-playlist-miniature.component.scss' ],
   templateUrl: './video-playlist-miniature.component.html'
 })
-export class VideoPlaylistMiniatureComponent {
+export class VideoPlaylistMiniatureComponent implements OnInit {
   @Input() playlist: VideoPlaylist
+
   @Input() toManage = false
+
   @Input() displayChannel = false
   @Input() displayDescription = false
   @Input() displayPrivacy = false
   @Input() displayAsRow = false
 
-  getPlaylistUrl () {
-    if (this.toManage) return [ '/my-library/video-playlists', this.playlist.uuid ]
-    if (this.playlist.videosLength === 0) return null
+  @Input() linkType: LinkType = 'internal'
 
-    return [ '/w/p', this.playlist.uuid ]
+  routerLink: any
+  playlistHref: string
+  playlistTarget: string
+
+  ngOnInit () {
+    this.buildPlaylistUrl()
+  }
+
+  buildPlaylistUrl () {
+    if (this.toManage) {
+      this.routerLink = [ '/my-library/video-playlists', this.playlist.uuid ]
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (this.playlist.videosLength === 0) {
+      this.routerLink = null
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (this.linkType === 'internal' || !this.playlist.url) {
+      this.routerLink = [ '/w/p', this.playlist.uuid ]
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (this.linkType === 'external') {
+      this.routerLink = null
+      this.playlistHref = this.playlist.url
+      this.playlistTarget = '_blank'
+      return
+    }
+
+    // Lazy load
+    this.routerLink = [ '/search/lazy-load-playlist', { url: this.playlist.url } ]
+
+    return
   }
 }
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-playlist/video-playlist.model.ts b/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-playlist/video-playlist.model.ts
index 5b6ba9dbf..d67f372f4 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-playlist/video-playlist.model.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-playlist/video-playlist.model.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { getAbsoluteAPIUrl, getAbsoluteEmbedUrl } from '@app/helpers'
-import { Account, Actor, VideoChannel } from '@app/shared/shared-main'
+import { Actor } from '@app/shared/shared-main'
 import { peertubeTranslate } from '@shared/core-utils/i18n'
 import {
   AccountSummary,
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ export class VideoPlaylist implements ServerVideoPlaylist {
   uuid: string
   isLocal: boolean
 
+  url: string
+
   displayName: string
   description: string
   privacy: VideoConstant<VideoPlaylistPrivacy>
 
-  thumbnailPath: string
-
   videosLength: number
 
   type: VideoConstant<VideoPlaylistType>
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export class VideoPlaylist implements ServerVideoPlaylist {
   ownerAccount: AccountSummary
   videoChannel?: VideoChannelSummary
 
+  thumbnailPath: string
   thumbnailUrl: string
 
   embedPath: string
@@ -40,14 +41,12 @@ export class VideoPlaylist implements ServerVideoPlaylist {
 
   videoChannelBy?: string
 
-  private thumbnailVersion: number
-  private originThumbnailUrl: string
-
   constructor (hash: ServerVideoPlaylist, translations: {}) {
     const absoluteAPIUrl = getAbsoluteAPIUrl()
 
     this.id = hash.id
     this.uuid = hash.uuid
+    this.url = hash.url
     this.isLocal = hash.isLocal
 
     this.displayName = hash.displayName
@@ -57,15 +56,12 @@ export class VideoPlaylist implements ServerVideoPlaylist {
 
     this.thumbnailPath = hash.thumbnailPath
 
-    if (this.thumbnailPath) {
-      this.thumbnailUrl = absoluteAPIUrl + hash.thumbnailPath
-      this.originThumbnailUrl = this.thumbnailUrl
-    } else {
-      this.thumbnailUrl = window.location.origin + '/client/assets/images/default-playlist.jpg'
-    }
+    this.thumbnailUrl = this.thumbnailPath
+      ? hash.thumbnailUrl || (absoluteAPIUrl + hash.thumbnailPath)
+      : absoluteAPIUrl + '/client/assets/images/default-playlist.jpg'
 
     this.embedPath = hash.embedPath
-    this.embedUrl = getAbsoluteEmbedUrl() + hash.embedPath
+    this.embedUrl = hash.embedUrl || (getAbsoluteEmbedUrl() + hash.embedPath)
 
     this.videosLength = hash.videosLength
 
@@ -88,13 +84,4 @@ export class VideoPlaylist implements ServerVideoPlaylist {
       this.displayName = peertubeTranslate(this.displayName, translations)
     }
   }
-
-  refreshThumbnail () {
-    if (!this.originThumbnailUrl) return
-
-    if (!this.thumbnailVersion) this.thumbnailVersion = 0
-    this.thumbnailVersion++
-
-    this.thumbnailUrl = this.originThumbnailUrl + '?v' + this.thumbnailVersion
-  }
 }
diff --git a/client/src/sass/include/_mixins.scss b/client/src/sass/include/_mixins.scss
index a835381d6..62e1ca163 100644
--- a/client/src/sass/include/_mixins.scss
+++ b/client/src/sass/include/_mixins.scss
@@ -880,6 +880,7 @@
     width: 100%;
     height: 100%;
     top: 0;
+
     @content;
   }
 }
diff --git a/client/src/types/link.type.ts b/client/src/types/link.type.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b611ae3fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/types/link.type.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export type LinkType = 'internal' | 'lazy-load' | 'external'
diff --git a/server/controllers/activitypub/client.ts b/server/controllers/activitypub/client.ts
index bf8e3160b..d7de1b9bd 100644
--- a/server/controllers/activitypub/client.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/activitypub/client.ts
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ activityPubClientRouter.get('/redundancy/streaming-playlists/:streamingPlaylistT
   asyncMiddleware(videoRedundancyController)
 )
 
-activityPubClientRouter.get('/video-playlists/:playlistId',
+activityPubClientRouter.get(
+  [ '/video-playlists/:playlistId', '/videos/watch/playlist/:playlistId', '/w/p/:playlistId' ],
   executeIfActivityPub,
   asyncMiddleware(videoPlaylistsGetValidator('all')),
   asyncMiddleware(videoPlaylistController)
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/search.ts b/server/controllers/api/search.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c975c5c3c..000000000
--- a/server/controllers/api/search.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,294 +0,0 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
-import { sanitizeUrl } from '@server/helpers/core-utils'
-import { doJSONRequest } from '@server/helpers/requests'
-import { CONFIG } from '@server/initializers/config'
-import { getOrCreateAPVideo } from '@server/lib/activitypub/videos'
-import { Hooks } from '@server/lib/plugins/hooks'
-import { AccountBlocklistModel } from '@server/models/account/account-blocklist'
-import { getServerActor } from '@server/models/application/application'
-import { ServerBlocklistModel } from '@server/models/server/server-blocklist'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
-import { ResultList, Video, VideoChannel } from '@shared/models'
-import { SearchTargetQuery } from '@shared/models/search/search-target-query.model'
-import { VideoChannelsSearchQuery, VideosSearchQuery } from '../../../shared/models/search'
-import { buildNSFWFilter, isUserAbleToSearchRemoteURI } from '../../helpers/express-utils'
-import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
-import { getFormattedObjects } from '../../helpers/utils'
-import { getOrCreateAPActor, loadActorUrlOrGetFromWebfinger } from '../../lib/activitypub/actors'
-import {
-  asyncMiddleware,
-  commonVideosFiltersValidator,
-  openapiOperationDoc,
-  optionalAuthenticate,
-  paginationValidator,
-  setDefaultPagination,
-  setDefaultSearchSort,
-  videoChannelsListSearchValidator,
-  videoChannelsSearchSortValidator,
-  videosSearchSortValidator,
-  videosSearchValidator
-} from '../../middlewares'
-import { VideoModel } from '../../models/video/video'
-import { VideoChannelModel } from '../../models/video/video-channel'
-import { MChannelAccountDefault, MVideoAccountLightBlacklistAllFiles } from '../../types/models'
-
-const searchRouter = express.Router()
-
-searchRouter.get('/videos',
-  openapiOperationDoc({ operationId: 'searchVideos' }),
-  paginationValidator,
-  setDefaultPagination,
-  videosSearchSortValidator,
-  setDefaultSearchSort,
-  optionalAuthenticate,
-  commonVideosFiltersValidator,
-  videosSearchValidator,
-  asyncMiddleware(searchVideos)
-)
-
-searchRouter.get('/video-channels',
-  openapiOperationDoc({ operationId: 'searchChannels' }),
-  paginationValidator,
-  setDefaultPagination,
-  videoChannelsSearchSortValidator,
-  setDefaultSearchSort,
-  optionalAuthenticate,
-  videoChannelsListSearchValidator,
-  asyncMiddleware(searchVideoChannels)
-)
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-export { searchRouter }
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-function searchVideoChannels (req: express.Request, res: express.Response) {
-  const query: VideoChannelsSearchQuery = req.query
-  const search = query.search
-
-  const isURISearch = search.startsWith('http://') || search.startsWith('https://')
-
-  const parts = search.split('@')
-
-  // Handle strings like @toto@example.com
-  if (parts.length === 3 && parts[0].length === 0) parts.shift()
-  const isWebfingerSearch = parts.length === 2 && parts.every(p => p && !p.includes(' '))
-
-  if (isURISearch || isWebfingerSearch) return searchVideoChannelURI(search, isWebfingerSearch, res)
-
-  // @username -> username to search in DB
-  if (query.search.startsWith('@')) query.search = query.search.replace(/^@/, '')
-
-  if (isSearchIndexSearch(query)) {
-    return searchVideoChannelsIndex(query, res)
-  }
-
-  return searchVideoChannelsDB(query, res)
-}
-
-async function searchVideoChannelsIndex (query: VideoChannelsSearchQuery, res: express.Response) {
-  const result = await buildMutedForSearchIndex(res)
-
-  const body = await Hooks.wrapObject(Object.assign(query, result), 'filter:api.search.video-channels.index.list.params')
-
-  const url = sanitizeUrl(CONFIG.SEARCH.SEARCH_INDEX.URL) + '/api/v1/search/video-channels'
-
-  try {
-    logger.debug('Doing video channels search index request on %s.', url, { body })
-
-    const { body: searchIndexResult } = await doJSONRequest<ResultList<VideoChannel>>(url, { method: 'POST', json: body })
-    const jsonResult = await Hooks.wrapObject(searchIndexResult, 'filter:api.search.video-channels.index.list.result')
-
-    return res.json(jsonResult)
-  } catch (err) {
-    logger.warn('Cannot use search index to make video channels search.', { err })
-
-    return res.fail({
-      status: HttpStatusCode.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR_500,
-      message: 'Cannot use search index to make video channels search'
-    })
-  }
-}
-
-async function searchVideoChannelsDB (query: VideoChannelsSearchQuery, res: express.Response) {
-  const serverActor = await getServerActor()
-
-  const apiOptions = await Hooks.wrapObject({
-    actorId: serverActor.id,
-    search: query.search,
-    start: query.start,
-    count: query.count,
-    sort: query.sort
-  }, 'filter:api.search.video-channels.local.list.params')
-
-  const resultList = await Hooks.wrapPromiseFun(
-    VideoChannelModel.searchForApi,
-    apiOptions,
-    'filter:api.search.video-channels.local.list.result'
-  )
-
-  return res.json(getFormattedObjects(resultList.data, resultList.total))
-}
-
-async function searchVideoChannelURI (search: string, isWebfingerSearch: boolean, res: express.Response) {
-  let videoChannel: MChannelAccountDefault
-  let uri = search
-
-  if (isWebfingerSearch) {
-    try {
-      uri = await loadActorUrlOrGetFromWebfinger(search)
-    } catch (err) {
-      logger.warn('Cannot load actor URL or get from webfinger.', { search, err })
-
-      return res.json({ total: 0, data: [] })
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (isUserAbleToSearchRemoteURI(res)) {
-    try {
-      const actor = await getOrCreateAPActor(uri, 'all', true, true)
-      videoChannel = actor.VideoChannel
-    } catch (err) {
-      logger.info('Cannot search remote video channel %s.', uri, { err })
-    }
-  } else {
-    videoChannel = await VideoChannelModel.loadByUrlAndPopulateAccount(uri)
-  }
-
-  return res.json({
-    total: videoChannel ? 1 : 0,
-    data: videoChannel ? [ videoChannel.toFormattedJSON() ] : []
-  })
-}
-
-function searchVideos (req: express.Request, res: express.Response) {
-  const query: VideosSearchQuery = req.query
-  const search = query.search
-
-  if (search && (search.startsWith('http://') || search.startsWith('https://'))) {
-    return searchVideoURI(search, res)
-  }
-
-  if (isSearchIndexSearch(query)) {
-    return searchVideosIndex(query, res)
-  }
-
-  return searchVideosDB(query, res)
-}
-
-async function searchVideosIndex (query: VideosSearchQuery, res: express.Response) {
-  const result = await buildMutedForSearchIndex(res)
-
-  let body: VideosSearchQuery = Object.assign(query, result)
-
-  // Use the default instance NSFW policy if not specified
-  if (!body.nsfw) {
-    const nsfwPolicy = res.locals.oauth
-      ? res.locals.oauth.token.User.nsfwPolicy
-      : CONFIG.INSTANCE.DEFAULT_NSFW_POLICY
-
-    body.nsfw = nsfwPolicy === 'do_not_list'
-      ? 'false'
-      : 'both'
-  }
-
-  body = await Hooks.wrapObject(body, 'filter:api.search.videos.index.list.params')
-
-  const url = sanitizeUrl(CONFIG.SEARCH.SEARCH_INDEX.URL) + '/api/v1/search/videos'
-
-  try {
-    logger.debug('Doing videos search index request on %s.', url, { body })
-
-    const { body: searchIndexResult } = await doJSONRequest<ResultList<Video>>(url, { method: 'POST', json: body })
-    const jsonResult = await Hooks.wrapObject(searchIndexResult, 'filter:api.search.videos.index.list.result')
-
-    return res.json(jsonResult)
-  } catch (err) {
-    logger.warn('Cannot use search index to make video search.', { err })
-
-    return res.fail({
-      status: HttpStatusCode.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR_500,
-      message: 'Cannot use search index to make video search'
-    })
-  }
-}
-
-async function searchVideosDB (query: VideosSearchQuery, res: express.Response) {
-  const apiOptions = await Hooks.wrapObject(Object.assign(query, {
-    includeLocalVideos: true,
-    nsfw: buildNSFWFilter(res, query.nsfw),
-    filter: query.filter,
-    user: res.locals.oauth ? res.locals.oauth.token.User : undefined
-  }), 'filter:api.search.videos.local.list.params')
-
-  const resultList = await Hooks.wrapPromiseFun(
-    VideoModel.searchAndPopulateAccountAndServer,
-    apiOptions,
-    'filter:api.search.videos.local.list.result'
-  )
-
-  return res.json(getFormattedObjects(resultList.data, resultList.total))
-}
-
-async function searchVideoURI (url: string, res: express.Response) {
-  let video: MVideoAccountLightBlacklistAllFiles
-
-  // Check if we can fetch a remote video with the URL
-  if (isUserAbleToSearchRemoteURI(res)) {
-    try {
-      const syncParam = {
-        likes: false,
-        dislikes: false,
-        shares: false,
-        comments: false,
-        thumbnail: true,
-        refreshVideo: false
-      }
-
-      const result = await getOrCreateAPVideo({ videoObject: url, syncParam })
-      video = result ? result.video : undefined
-    } catch (err) {
-      logger.info('Cannot search remote video %s.', url, { err })
-    }
-  } else {
-    video = await VideoModel.loadByUrlAndPopulateAccount(url)
-  }
-
-  return res.json({
-    total: video ? 1 : 0,
-    data: video ? [ video.toFormattedJSON() ] : []
-  })
-}
-
-function isSearchIndexSearch (query: SearchTargetQuery) {
-  if (query.searchTarget === 'search-index') return true
-
-  const searchIndexConfig = CONFIG.SEARCH.SEARCH_INDEX
-
-  if (searchIndexConfig.ENABLED !== true) return false
-
-  if (searchIndexConfig.DISABLE_LOCAL_SEARCH) return true
-  if (searchIndexConfig.IS_DEFAULT_SEARCH && !query.searchTarget) return true
-
-  return false
-}
-
-async function buildMutedForSearchIndex (res: express.Response) {
-  const serverActor = await getServerActor()
-  const accountIds = [ serverActor.Account.id ]
-
-  if (res.locals.oauth) {
-    accountIds.push(res.locals.oauth.token.User.Account.id)
-  }
-
-  const [ blockedHosts, blockedAccounts ] = await Promise.all([
-    ServerBlocklistModel.listHostsBlockedBy(accountIds),
-    AccountBlocklistModel.listHandlesBlockedBy(accountIds)
-  ])
-
-  return {
-    blockedHosts,
-    blockedAccounts
-  }
-}
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/search/index.ts b/server/controllers/api/search/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67adbb307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/controllers/api/search/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import * as express from 'express'
+import { searchChannelsRouter } from './search-video-channels'
+import { searchPlaylistsRouter } from './search-video-playlists'
+import { searchVideosRouter } from './search-videos'
+
+const searchRouter = express.Router()
+
+searchRouter.use('/', searchVideosRouter)
+searchRouter.use('/', searchChannelsRouter)
+searchRouter.use('/', searchPlaylistsRouter)
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export {
+  searchRouter
+}
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/search/search-video-channels.ts b/server/controllers/api/search/search-video-channels.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16beeed60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/controllers/api/search/search-video-channels.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+import * as express from 'express'
+import { sanitizeUrl } from '@server/helpers/core-utils'
+import { doJSONRequest } from '@server/helpers/requests'
+import { CONFIG } from '@server/initializers/config'
+import { WEBSERVER } from '@server/initializers/constants'
+import { Hooks } from '@server/lib/plugins/hooks'
+import { buildMutedForSearchIndex, isSearchIndexSearch, isURISearch } from '@server/lib/search'
+import { getServerActor } from '@server/models/application/application'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+import { ResultList, VideoChannel } from '@shared/models'
+import { VideoChannelsSearchQuery } from '../../../../shared/models/search'
+import { isUserAbleToSearchRemoteURI } from '../../../helpers/express-utils'
+import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
+import { getFormattedObjects } from '../../../helpers/utils'
+import { getOrCreateAPActor, loadActorUrlOrGetFromWebfinger } from '../../../lib/activitypub/actors'
+import {
+  asyncMiddleware,
+  openapiOperationDoc,
+  optionalAuthenticate,
+  paginationValidator,
+  setDefaultPagination,
+  setDefaultSearchSort,
+  videoChannelsListSearchValidator,
+  videoChannelsSearchSortValidator
+} from '../../../middlewares'
+import { VideoChannelModel } from '../../../models/video/video-channel'
+import { MChannelAccountDefault } from '../../../types/models'
+
+const searchChannelsRouter = express.Router()
+
+searchChannelsRouter.get('/video-channels',
+  openapiOperationDoc({ operationId: 'searchChannels' }),
+  paginationValidator,
+  setDefaultPagination,
+  videoChannelsSearchSortValidator,
+  setDefaultSearchSort,
+  optionalAuthenticate,
+  videoChannelsListSearchValidator,
+  asyncMiddleware(searchVideoChannels)
+)
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export { searchChannelsRouter }
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function searchVideoChannels (req: express.Request, res: express.Response) {
+  const query: VideoChannelsSearchQuery = req.query
+  const search = query.search
+
+  const parts = search.split('@')
+
+  // Handle strings like @toto@example.com
+  if (parts.length === 3 && parts[0].length === 0) parts.shift()
+  const isWebfingerSearch = parts.length === 2 && parts.every(p => p && !p.includes(' '))
+
+  if (isURISearch(search) || isWebfingerSearch) return searchVideoChannelURI(search, isWebfingerSearch, res)
+
+  // @username -> username to search in DB
+  if (query.search.startsWith('@')) query.search = query.search.replace(/^@/, '')
+
+  if (isSearchIndexSearch(query)) {
+    return searchVideoChannelsIndex(query, res)
+  }
+
+  return searchVideoChannelsDB(query, res)
+}
+
+async function searchVideoChannelsIndex (query: VideoChannelsSearchQuery, res: express.Response) {
+  const result = await buildMutedForSearchIndex(res)
+
+  const body = await Hooks.wrapObject(Object.assign(query, result), 'filter:api.search.video-channels.index.list.params')
+
+  const url = sanitizeUrl(CONFIG.SEARCH.SEARCH_INDEX.URL) + '/api/v1/search/video-channels'
+
+  try {
+    logger.debug('Doing video channels search index request on %s.', url, { body })
+
+    const { body: searchIndexResult } = await doJSONRequest<ResultList<VideoChannel>>(url, { method: 'POST', json: body })
+    const jsonResult = await Hooks.wrapObject(searchIndexResult, 'filter:api.search.video-channels.index.list.result')
+
+    return res.json(jsonResult)
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger.warn('Cannot use search index to make video channels search.', { err })
+
+    return res.fail({
+      status: HttpStatusCode.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR_500,
+      message: 'Cannot use search index to make video channels search'
+    })
+  }
+}
+
+async function searchVideoChannelsDB (query: VideoChannelsSearchQuery, res: express.Response) {
+  const serverActor = await getServerActor()
+
+  const apiOptions = await Hooks.wrapObject({
+    actorId: serverActor.id,
+    search: query.search,
+    start: query.start,
+    count: query.count,
+    sort: query.sort
+  }, 'filter:api.search.video-channels.local.list.params')
+
+  const resultList = await Hooks.wrapPromiseFun(
+    VideoChannelModel.searchForApi,
+    apiOptions,
+    'filter:api.search.video-channels.local.list.result'
+  )
+
+  return res.json(getFormattedObjects(resultList.data, resultList.total))
+}
+
+async function searchVideoChannelURI (search: string, isWebfingerSearch: boolean, res: express.Response) {
+  let videoChannel: MChannelAccountDefault
+  let uri = search
+
+  if (isWebfingerSearch) {
+    try {
+      uri = await loadActorUrlOrGetFromWebfinger(search)
+    } catch (err) {
+      logger.warn('Cannot load actor URL or get from webfinger.', { search, err })
+
+      return res.json({ total: 0, data: [] })
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (isUserAbleToSearchRemoteURI(res)) {
+    try {
+      const actor = await getOrCreateAPActor(uri, 'all', true, true)
+      videoChannel = actor.VideoChannel
+    } catch (err) {
+      logger.info('Cannot search remote video channel %s.', uri, { err })
+    }
+  } else {
+    videoChannel = await VideoChannelModel.loadByUrlAndPopulateAccount(sanitizeLocalUrl(uri))
+  }
+
+  return res.json({
+    total: videoChannel ? 1 : 0,
+    data: videoChannel ? [ videoChannel.toFormattedJSON() ] : []
+  })
+}
+
+function sanitizeLocalUrl (url: string) {
+  if (!url) return ''
+
+  // Handle alternative channel URLs
+  return url.replace(new RegExp('^' + WEBSERVER.URL + '/c/'), WEBSERVER.URL + '/video-channels/')
+}
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/search/search-video-playlists.ts b/server/controllers/api/search/search-video-playlists.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b231ff1e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/controllers/api/search/search-video-playlists.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import * as express from 'express'
+import { sanitizeUrl } from '@server/helpers/core-utils'
+import { isUserAbleToSearchRemoteURI } from '@server/helpers/express-utils'
+import { logger } from '@server/helpers/logger'
+import { doJSONRequest } from '@server/helpers/requests'
+import { getFormattedObjects } from '@server/helpers/utils'
+import { CONFIG } from '@server/initializers/config'
+import { getOrCreateAPVideoPlaylist } from '@server/lib/activitypub/playlists/get'
+import { Hooks } from '@server/lib/plugins/hooks'
+import { buildMutedForSearchIndex, isSearchIndexSearch, isURISearch } from '@server/lib/search'
+import { getServerActor } from '@server/models/application/application'
+import { VideoPlaylistModel } from '@server/models/video/video-playlist'
+import { MVideoPlaylistFullSummary } from '@server/types/models'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
+import { ResultList, VideoPlaylist, VideoPlaylistsSearchQuery } from '@shared/models'
+import {
+  asyncMiddleware,
+  openapiOperationDoc,
+  optionalAuthenticate,
+  paginationValidator,
+  setDefaultPagination,
+  setDefaultSearchSort,
+  videoPlaylistsListSearchValidator,
+  videoPlaylistsSearchSortValidator
+} from '../../../middlewares'
+import { WEBSERVER } from '@server/initializers/constants'
+
+const searchPlaylistsRouter = express.Router()
+
+searchPlaylistsRouter.get('/video-playlists',
+  openapiOperationDoc({ operationId: 'searchPlaylists' }),
+  paginationValidator,
+  setDefaultPagination,
+  videoPlaylistsSearchSortValidator,
+  setDefaultSearchSort,
+  optionalAuthenticate,
+  videoPlaylistsListSearchValidator,
+  asyncMiddleware(searchVideoPlaylists)
+)
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export { searchPlaylistsRouter }
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function searchVideoPlaylists (req: express.Request, res: express.Response) {
+  const query: VideoPlaylistsSearchQuery = req.query
+  const search = query.search
+
+  if (isURISearch(search)) return searchVideoPlaylistsURI(search, res)
+
+  if (isSearchIndexSearch(query)) {
+    return searchVideoPlaylistsIndex(query, res)
+  }
+
+  return searchVideoPlaylistsDB(query, res)
+}
+
+async function searchVideoPlaylistsIndex (query: VideoPlaylistsSearchQuery, res: express.Response) {
+  const result = await buildMutedForSearchIndex(res)
+
+  const body = await Hooks.wrapObject(Object.assign(query, result), 'filter:api.search.video-playlists.index.list.params')
+
+  const url = sanitizeUrl(CONFIG.SEARCH.SEARCH_INDEX.URL) + '/api/v1/search/video-playlists'
+
+  try {
+    logger.debug('Doing video playlists search index request on %s.', url, { body })
+
+    const { body: searchIndexResult } = await doJSONRequest<ResultList<VideoPlaylist>>(url, { method: 'POST', json: body })
+    const jsonResult = await Hooks.wrapObject(searchIndexResult, 'filter:api.search.video-playlists.index.list.result')
+
+    return res.json(jsonResult)
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger.warn('Cannot use search index to make video playlists search.', { err })
+
+    return res.fail({
+      status: HttpStatusCode.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR_500,
+      message: 'Cannot use search index to make video playlists search'
+    })
+  }
+}
+
+async function searchVideoPlaylistsDB (query: VideoPlaylistsSearchQuery, res: express.Response) {
+  const serverActor = await getServerActor()
+
+  const apiOptions = await Hooks.wrapObject({
+    followerActorId: serverActor.id,
+    search: query.search,
+    start: query.start,
+    count: query.count,
+    sort: query.sort
+  }, 'filter:api.search.video-playlists.local.list.params')
+
+  const resultList = await Hooks.wrapPromiseFun(
+    VideoPlaylistModel.searchForApi,
+    apiOptions,
+    'filter:api.search.video-playlists.local.list.result'
+  )
+
+  return res.json(getFormattedObjects(resultList.data, resultList.total))
+}
+
+async function searchVideoPlaylistsURI (search: string, res: express.Response) {
+  let videoPlaylist: MVideoPlaylistFullSummary
+
+  if (isUserAbleToSearchRemoteURI(res)) {
+    try {
+      videoPlaylist = await getOrCreateAPVideoPlaylist(search)
+    } catch (err) {
+      logger.info('Cannot search remote video playlist %s.', search, { err })
+    }
+  } else {
+    videoPlaylist = await VideoPlaylistModel.loadByUrlWithAccountAndChannelSummary(sanitizeLocalUrl(search))
+  }
+
+  return res.json({
+    total: videoPlaylist ? 1 : 0,
+    data: videoPlaylist ? [ videoPlaylist.toFormattedJSON() ] : []
+  })
+}
+
+function sanitizeLocalUrl (url: string) {
+  if (!url) return ''
+
+  // Handle alternative channel URLs
+  return url.replace(new RegExp('^' + WEBSERVER.URL + '/videos/watch/playlist/'), WEBSERVER.URL + '/video-playlists/')
+            .replace(new RegExp('^' + WEBSERVER.URL + '/w/p/'), WEBSERVER.URL + '/video-playlists/')
+}
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/search/search-videos.ts b/server/controllers/api/search/search-videos.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b626baa28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/controllers/api/search/search-videos.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+import * as express from 'express'
+import { sanitizeUrl } from '@server/helpers/core-utils'
+import { doJSONRequest } from '@server/helpers/requests'
+import { CONFIG } from '@server/initializers/config'
+import { WEBSERVER } from '@server/initializers/constants'
+import { getOrCreateAPVideo } from '@server/lib/activitypub/videos'
+import { Hooks } from '@server/lib/plugins/hooks'
+import { buildMutedForSearchIndex, isSearchIndexSearch, isURISearch } from '@server/lib/search'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+import { ResultList, Video } from '@shared/models'
+import { VideosSearchQuery } from '../../../../shared/models/search'
+import { buildNSFWFilter, isUserAbleToSearchRemoteURI } from '../../../helpers/express-utils'
+import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
+import { getFormattedObjects } from '../../../helpers/utils'
+import {
+  asyncMiddleware,
+  commonVideosFiltersValidator,
+  openapiOperationDoc,
+  optionalAuthenticate,
+  paginationValidator,
+  setDefaultPagination,
+  setDefaultSearchSort,
+  videosSearchSortValidator,
+  videosSearchValidator
+} from '../../../middlewares'
+import { VideoModel } from '../../../models/video/video'
+import { MVideoAccountLightBlacklistAllFiles } from '../../../types/models'
+
+const searchVideosRouter = express.Router()
+
+searchVideosRouter.get('/videos',
+  openapiOperationDoc({ operationId: 'searchVideos' }),
+  paginationValidator,
+  setDefaultPagination,
+  videosSearchSortValidator,
+  setDefaultSearchSort,
+  optionalAuthenticate,
+  commonVideosFiltersValidator,
+  videosSearchValidator,
+  asyncMiddleware(searchVideos)
+)
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export { searchVideosRouter }
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function searchVideos (req: express.Request, res: express.Response) {
+  const query: VideosSearchQuery = req.query
+  const search = query.search
+
+  if (isURISearch(search)) {
+    return searchVideoURI(search, res)
+  }
+
+  if (isSearchIndexSearch(query)) {
+    return searchVideosIndex(query, res)
+  }
+
+  return searchVideosDB(query, res)
+}
+
+async function searchVideosIndex (query: VideosSearchQuery, res: express.Response) {
+  const result = await buildMutedForSearchIndex(res)
+
+  let body: VideosSearchQuery = Object.assign(query, result)
+
+  // Use the default instance NSFW policy if not specified
+  if (!body.nsfw) {
+    const nsfwPolicy = res.locals.oauth
+      ? res.locals.oauth.token.User.nsfwPolicy
+      : CONFIG.INSTANCE.DEFAULT_NSFW_POLICY
+
+    body.nsfw = nsfwPolicy === 'do_not_list'
+      ? 'false'
+      : 'both'
+  }
+
+  body = await Hooks.wrapObject(body, 'filter:api.search.videos.index.list.params')
+
+  const url = sanitizeUrl(CONFIG.SEARCH.SEARCH_INDEX.URL) + '/api/v1/search/videos'
+
+  try {
+    logger.debug('Doing videos search index request on %s.', url, { body })
+
+    const { body: searchIndexResult } = await doJSONRequest<ResultList<Video>>(url, { method: 'POST', json: body })
+    const jsonResult = await Hooks.wrapObject(searchIndexResult, 'filter:api.search.videos.index.list.result')
+
+    return res.json(jsonResult)
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger.warn('Cannot use search index to make video search.', { err })
+
+    return res.fail({
+      status: HttpStatusCode.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR_500,
+      message: 'Cannot use search index to make video search'
+    })
+  }
+}
+
+async function searchVideosDB (query: VideosSearchQuery, res: express.Response) {
+  const apiOptions = await Hooks.wrapObject(Object.assign(query, {
+    includeLocalVideos: true,
+    nsfw: buildNSFWFilter(res, query.nsfw),
+    filter: query.filter,
+    user: res.locals.oauth ? res.locals.oauth.token.User : undefined
+  }), 'filter:api.search.videos.local.list.params')
+
+  const resultList = await Hooks.wrapPromiseFun(
+    VideoModel.searchAndPopulateAccountAndServer,
+    apiOptions,
+    'filter:api.search.videos.local.list.result'
+  )
+
+  return res.json(getFormattedObjects(resultList.data, resultList.total))
+}
+
+async function searchVideoURI (url: string, res: express.Response) {
+  let video: MVideoAccountLightBlacklistAllFiles
+
+  // Check if we can fetch a remote video with the URL
+  if (isUserAbleToSearchRemoteURI(res)) {
+    try {
+      const syncParam = {
+        likes: false,
+        dislikes: false,
+        shares: false,
+        comments: false,
+        thumbnail: true,
+        refreshVideo: false
+      }
+
+      const result = await getOrCreateAPVideo({ videoObject: url, syncParam })
+      video = result ? result.video : undefined
+    } catch (err) {
+      logger.info('Cannot search remote video %s.', url, { err })
+    }
+  } else {
+    video = await VideoModel.loadByUrlAndPopulateAccount(sanitizeLocalUrl(url))
+  }
+
+  return res.json({
+    total: video ? 1 : 0,
+    data: video ? [ video.toFormattedJSON() ] : []
+  })
+}
+
+function sanitizeLocalUrl (url: string) {
+  if (!url) return ''
+
+  // Handle alternative video URLs
+  return url.replace(new RegExp('^' + WEBSERVER.URL + '/w/'), WEBSERVER.URL + '/videos/watch/')
+}
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/video-channel.ts b/server/controllers/api/video-channel.ts
index 03aa918d3..bc8d203b0 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/video-channel.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/video-channel.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import {
   videoChannelsUpdateValidator,
   videoPlaylistsSortValidator
 } from '../../middlewares'
-import { videoChannelsNameWithHostValidator, videoChannelsOwnSearchValidator, videosSortValidator } from '../../middlewares/validators'
+import { videoChannelsListValidator, videoChannelsNameWithHostValidator, videosSortValidator } from '../../middlewares/validators'
 import { updateAvatarValidator, updateBannerValidator } from '../../middlewares/validators/actor-image'
 import { commonVideoPlaylistFiltersValidator } from '../../middlewares/validators/videos/video-playlists'
 import { AccountModel } from '../../models/account/account'
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ videoChannelRouter.get('/',
   videoChannelsSortValidator,
   setDefaultSort,
   setDefaultPagination,
-  videoChannelsOwnSearchValidator,
+  videoChannelsListValidator,
   asyncMiddleware(listVideoChannels)
 )
 
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/video-playlist.ts b/server/controllers/api/video-playlist.ts
index 7c816b93a..c25aed20b 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/video-playlist.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/video-playlist.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import * as express from 'express'
 import { join } from 'path'
+import { scheduleRefreshIfNeeded } from '@server/lib/activitypub/playlists'
 import { getServerActor } from '@server/models/application/application'
 import { MVideoPlaylistFull, MVideoPlaylistThumbnail, MVideoThumbnail } from '@server/types/models'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 import { VideoPlaylistCreate } from '../../../shared/models/videos/playlist/video-playlist-create.model'
 import { VideoPlaylistElementCreate } from '../../../shared/models/videos/playlist/video-playlist-element-create.model'
 import { VideoPlaylistElementUpdate } from '../../../shared/models/videos/playlist/video-playlist-element-update.model'
@@ -17,7 +19,6 @@ import { MIMETYPES, VIDEO_PLAYLIST_PRIVACIES } from '../../initializers/constant
 import { sequelizeTypescript } from '../../initializers/database'
 import { sendCreateVideoPlaylist, sendDeleteVideoPlaylist, sendUpdateVideoPlaylist } from '../../lib/activitypub/send'
 import { getLocalVideoPlaylistActivityPubUrl, getLocalVideoPlaylistElementActivityPubUrl } from '../../lib/activitypub/url'
-import { JobQueue } from '../../lib/job-queue'
 import { updatePlaylistMiniatureFromExisting } from '../../lib/thumbnail'
 import {
   asyncMiddleware,
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@ import {
 import { AccountModel } from '../../models/account/account'
 import { VideoPlaylistModel } from '../../models/video/video-playlist'
 import { VideoPlaylistElementModel } from '../../models/video/video-playlist-element'
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 
 const reqThumbnailFile = createReqFiles([ 'thumbnailfile' ], MIMETYPES.IMAGE.MIMETYPE_EXT, { thumbnailfile: CONFIG.STORAGE.TMP_DIR })
 
@@ -144,9 +144,7 @@ async function listVideoPlaylists (req: express.Request, res: express.Response)
 function getVideoPlaylist (req: express.Request, res: express.Response) {
   const videoPlaylist = res.locals.videoPlaylistSummary
 
-  if (videoPlaylist.isOutdated()) {
-    JobQueue.Instance.createJob({ type: 'activitypub-refresher', payload: { type: 'video-playlist', url: videoPlaylist.url } })
-  }
+  scheduleRefreshIfNeeded(videoPlaylist)
 
   return res.json(videoPlaylist.toFormattedJSON())
 }
diff --git a/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/playlist.ts b/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/playlist.ts
index bd0d16a4a..72c5b80e9 100644
--- a/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/playlist.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/playlist.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
-import { exists, isDateValid } from '../misc'
-import { PlaylistObject } from '../../../../shared/models/activitypub/objects/playlist-object'
 import validator from 'validator'
 import { PlaylistElementObject } from '../../../../shared/models/activitypub/objects/playlist-element-object'
+import { PlaylistObject } from '../../../../shared/models/activitypub/objects/playlist-object'
+import { exists, isDateValid, isUUIDValid } from '../misc'
+import { isVideoPlaylistNameValid } from '../video-playlists'
 import { isActivityPubUrlValid } from './misc'
 
 function isPlaylistObjectValid (object: PlaylistObject) {
   return exists(object) &&
     object.type === 'Playlist' &&
     validator.isInt(object.totalItems + '') &&
+    isVideoPlaylistNameValid(object.name) &&
+    isUUIDValid(object.uuid) &&
     isDateValid(object.published) &&
     isDateValid(object.updated)
 }
diff --git a/server/initializers/constants.ts b/server/initializers/constants.ts
index 06b4e5a18..cd00b73d5 100644
--- a/server/initializers/constants.ts
+++ b/server/initializers/constants.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ const SORTABLE_COLUMNS = {
   // Don't forget to update peertube-search-index with the same values
   VIDEOS_SEARCH: [ 'name', 'duration', 'createdAt', 'publishedAt', 'originallyPublishedAt', 'views', 'likes', 'match' ],
   VIDEO_CHANNELS_SEARCH: [ 'match', 'displayName', 'createdAt' ],
+  VIDEO_PLAYLISTS_SEARCH: [ 'match', 'displayName', 'createdAt' ],
 
   ABUSES: [ 'id', 'createdAt', 'state' ],
 
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/actors/get.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/actors/get.ts
index d7cf2b678..8681ea02a 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/actors/get.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/actors/get.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ async function scheduleOutboxFetchIfNeeded (actor: MActor, created: boolean, ref
 async function schedulePlaylistFetchIfNeeded (actor: MActorAccountId, created: boolean, accountPlaylistsUrl: string) {
   // We created a new account: fetch the playlists
   if (created === true && actor.Account && accountPlaylistsUrl) {
-    const payload = { uri: accountPlaylistsUrl, accountId: actor.Account.id, type: 'account-playlists' as 'account-playlists' }
+    const payload = { uri: accountPlaylistsUrl, type: 'account-playlists' as 'account-playlists' }
     await JobQueue.Instance.createJobWithPromise({ type: 'activitypub-http-fetcher', payload })
   }
 }
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/playlists/create-update.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/playlists/create-update.ts
index 37d748de4..ea3e61ac5 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/playlists/create-update.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/playlists/create-update.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import * as Bluebird from 'bluebird'
+import { getAPId } from '@server/helpers/activitypub'
 import { isArray } from '@server/helpers/custom-validators/misc'
 import { logger, loggerTagsFactory } from '@server/helpers/logger'
 import { CRAWL_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY } from '@server/initializers/constants'
@@ -6,7 +8,7 @@ import { updatePlaylistMiniatureFromUrl } from '@server/lib/thumbnail'
 import { VideoPlaylistModel } from '@server/models/video/video-playlist'
 import { VideoPlaylistElementModel } from '@server/models/video/video-playlist-element'
 import { FilteredModelAttributes } from '@server/types'
-import { MAccountDefault, MAccountId, MThumbnail, MVideoPlaylist, MVideoPlaylistFull } from '@server/types/models'
+import { MThumbnail, MVideoPlaylist, MVideoPlaylistFull, MVideoPlaylistVideosLength } from '@server/types/models'
 import { AttributesOnly } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import { PlaylistObject } from '@shared/models'
 import { getOrCreateAPActor } from '../actors'
@@ -19,11 +21,9 @@ import {
   playlistObjectToDBAttributes
 } from './shared'
 
-import Bluebird = require('bluebird')
-
 const lTags = loggerTagsFactory('ap', 'video-playlist')
 
-async function createAccountPlaylists (playlistUrls: string[], account: MAccountDefault) {
+async function createAccountPlaylists (playlistUrls: string[]) {
   await Bluebird.map(playlistUrls, async playlistUrl => {
     try {
       const exists = await VideoPlaylistModel.doesPlaylistExist(playlistUrl)
@@ -35,19 +35,19 @@ async function createAccountPlaylists (playlistUrls: string[], account: MAccount
         throw new Error(`Cannot refresh remote playlist ${playlistUrl}: invalid body.`)
       }
 
-      return createOrUpdateVideoPlaylist(playlistObject, account, playlistObject.to)
+      return createOrUpdateVideoPlaylist(playlistObject)
     } catch (err) {
       logger.warn('Cannot add playlist element %s.', playlistUrl, { err, ...lTags(playlistUrl) })
     }
   }, { concurrency: CRAWL_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY })
 }
 
-async function createOrUpdateVideoPlaylist (playlistObject: PlaylistObject, byAccount: MAccountId, to: string[]) {
-  const playlistAttributes = playlistObjectToDBAttributes(playlistObject, byAccount, to)
+async function createOrUpdateVideoPlaylist (playlistObject: PlaylistObject, to?: string[]) {
+  const playlistAttributes = playlistObjectToDBAttributes(playlistObject, to || playlistObject.to)
 
-  await setVideoChannelIfNeeded(playlistObject, playlistAttributes)
+  await setVideoChannel(playlistObject, playlistAttributes)
 
-  const [ upsertPlaylist ] = await VideoPlaylistModel.upsert<MVideoPlaylist>(playlistAttributes, { returning: true })
+  const [ upsertPlaylist ] = await VideoPlaylistModel.upsert<MVideoPlaylistVideosLength>(playlistAttributes, { returning: true })
 
   const playlistElementUrls = await fetchElementUrls(playlistObject)
 
@@ -56,7 +56,10 @@ async function createOrUpdateVideoPlaylist (playlistObject: PlaylistObject, byAc
 
   await updatePlaylistThumbnail(playlistObject, playlist)
 
-  return rebuildVideoPlaylistElements(playlistElementUrls, playlist)
+  const elementsLength = await rebuildVideoPlaylistElements(playlistElementUrls, playlist)
+  playlist.setVideosLength(elementsLength)
+
+  return playlist
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -68,10 +71,12 @@ export {
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-async function setVideoChannelIfNeeded (playlistObject: PlaylistObject, playlistAttributes: AttributesOnly<VideoPlaylistModel>) {
-  if (!isArray(playlistObject.attributedTo) || playlistObject.attributedTo.length !== 1) return
+async function setVideoChannel (playlistObject: PlaylistObject, playlistAttributes: AttributesOnly<VideoPlaylistModel>) {
+  if (!isArray(playlistObject.attributedTo) || playlistObject.attributedTo.length !== 1) {
+    throw new Error('Not attributed to for playlist object ' + getAPId(playlistObject))
+  }
 
-  const actor = await getOrCreateAPActor(playlistObject.attributedTo[0])
+  const actor = await getOrCreateAPActor(playlistObject.attributedTo[0], 'all')
 
   if (!actor.VideoChannel) {
     logger.warn('Playlist "attributedTo" %s is not a video channel.', playlistObject.id, { playlistObject, ...lTags(playlistObject.id) })
@@ -79,6 +84,7 @@ async function setVideoChannelIfNeeded (playlistObject: PlaylistObject, playlist
   }
 
   playlistAttributes.videoChannelId = actor.VideoChannel.id
+  playlistAttributes.ownerAccountId = actor.VideoChannel.Account.id
 }
 
 async function fetchElementUrls (playlistObject: PlaylistObject) {
@@ -128,7 +134,7 @@ async function rebuildVideoPlaylistElements (elementUrls: string[], playlist: MV
 
   logger.info('Rebuilt playlist %s with %s elements.', playlist.url, elementsToCreate.length, lTags(playlist.uuid, playlist.url))
 
-  return undefined
+  return elementsToCreate.length
 }
 
 async function buildElementsDBAttributes (elementUrls: string[], playlist: MVideoPlaylist) {
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/playlists/get.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/playlists/get.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c19c503a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/playlists/get.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { getAPId } from '@server/helpers/activitypub'
+import { VideoPlaylistModel } from '@server/models/video/video-playlist'
+import { MVideoPlaylistFullSummary } from '@server/types/models'
+import { APObject } from '@shared/models'
+import { createOrUpdateVideoPlaylist } from './create-update'
+import { scheduleRefreshIfNeeded } from './refresh'
+import { fetchRemoteVideoPlaylist } from './shared'
+
+async function getOrCreateAPVideoPlaylist (playlistObjectArg: APObject): Promise<MVideoPlaylistFullSummary> {
+  const playlistUrl = getAPId(playlistObjectArg)
+
+  const playlistFromDatabase = await VideoPlaylistModel.loadByUrlWithAccountAndChannelSummary(playlistUrl)
+
+  if (playlistFromDatabase) {
+    scheduleRefreshIfNeeded(playlistFromDatabase)
+
+    return playlistFromDatabase
+  }
+
+  const { playlistObject } = await fetchRemoteVideoPlaylist(playlistUrl)
+  if (!playlistObject) throw new Error('Cannot fetch remote playlist with url: ' + playlistUrl)
+
+  // playlistUrl is just an alias/rediraction, so process object id instead
+  if (playlistObject.id !== playlistUrl) return getOrCreateAPVideoPlaylist(playlistObject)
+
+  const playlistCreated = await createOrUpdateVideoPlaylist(playlistObject)
+
+  return playlistCreated
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export {
+  getOrCreateAPVideoPlaylist
+}
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/playlists/index.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/playlists/index.ts
index 2885830b4..e2470a674 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/playlists/index.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/playlists/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+export * from './get'
 export * from './create-update'
 export * from './refresh'
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/playlists/refresh.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/playlists/refresh.ts
index 6f3a6be37..ef3cb3fe4 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/playlists/refresh.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/playlists/refresh.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 import { logger, loggerTagsFactory } from '@server/helpers/logger'
 import { PeerTubeRequestError } from '@server/helpers/requests'
-import { MVideoPlaylistOwner } from '@server/types/models'
+import { JobQueue } from '@server/lib/job-queue'
+import { MVideoPlaylist, MVideoPlaylistOwner } from '@server/types/models'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import { createOrUpdateVideoPlaylist } from './create-update'
 import { fetchRemoteVideoPlaylist } from './shared'
 
+function scheduleRefreshIfNeeded (playlist: MVideoPlaylist) {
+  if (!playlist.isOutdated()) return
+
+  JobQueue.Instance.createJob({ type: 'activitypub-refresher', payload: { type: 'video-playlist', url: playlist.url } })
+}
+
 async function refreshVideoPlaylistIfNeeded (videoPlaylist: MVideoPlaylistOwner): Promise<MVideoPlaylistOwner> {
   if (!videoPlaylist.isOutdated()) return videoPlaylist
 
@@ -22,8 +29,7 @@ async function refreshVideoPlaylistIfNeeded (videoPlaylist: MVideoPlaylistOwner)
       return videoPlaylist
     }
 
-    const byAccount = videoPlaylist.OwnerAccount
-    await createOrUpdateVideoPlaylist(playlistObject, byAccount, playlistObject.to)
+    await createOrUpdateVideoPlaylist(playlistObject)
 
     return videoPlaylist
   } catch (err) {
@@ -42,5 +48,6 @@ async function refreshVideoPlaylistIfNeeded (videoPlaylist: MVideoPlaylistOwner)
 }
 
 export {
+  scheduleRefreshIfNeeded,
   refreshVideoPlaylistIfNeeded
 }
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/playlists/shared/object-to-model-attributes.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/playlists/shared/object-to-model-attributes.ts
index 6ec44485e..70fd335bc 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/playlists/shared/object-to-model-attributes.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/playlists/shared/object-to-model-attributes.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { ACTIVITY_PUB } from '@server/initializers/constants'
 import { VideoPlaylistModel } from '@server/models/video/video-playlist'
 import { VideoPlaylistElementModel } from '@server/models/video/video-playlist-element'
-import { MAccountId, MVideoId, MVideoPlaylistId } from '@server/types/models'
+import { MVideoId, MVideoPlaylistId } from '@server/types/models'
 import { AttributesOnly } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import { PlaylistElementObject, PlaylistObject, VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 
-function playlistObjectToDBAttributes (playlistObject: PlaylistObject, byAccount: MAccountId, to: string[]) {
+function playlistObjectToDBAttributes (playlistObject: PlaylistObject, to: string[]) {
   const privacy = to.includes(ACTIVITY_PUB.PUBLIC)
     ? VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC
     : VideoPlaylistPrivacy.UNLISTED
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function playlistObjectToDBAttributes (playlistObject: PlaylistObject, byAccount
     privacy,
     url: playlistObject.id,
     uuid: playlistObject.uuid,
-    ownerAccountId: byAccount.id,
+    ownerAccountId: null,
     videoChannelId: null,
     createdAt: new Date(playlistObject.published),
     updatedAt: new Date(playlistObject.updated)
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/process/process-create.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/process/process-create.ts
index 6b7f5aae8..70e048d6e 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/process/process-create.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/process/process-create.ts
@@ -128,5 +128,5 @@ async function processCreatePlaylist (activity: ActivityCreate, byActor: MActorS
 
   if (!byAccount) throw new Error('Cannot create video playlist with the non account actor ' + byActor.url)
 
-  await createOrUpdateVideoPlaylist(playlistObject, byAccount, activity.to)
+  await createOrUpdateVideoPlaylist(playlistObject, activity.to)
 }
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/process/process-update.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/process/process-update.ts
index aa80d5d09..f40008a6b 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/process/process-update.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/process/process-update.ts
@@ -111,5 +111,5 @@ async function processUpdatePlaylist (byActor: MActorSignature, activity: Activi
 
   if (!byAccount) throw new Error('Cannot update video playlist with the non account actor ' + byActor.url)
 
-  await createOrUpdateVideoPlaylist(playlistObject, byAccount, activity.to)
+  await createOrUpdateVideoPlaylist(playlistObject, activity.to)
 }
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/videos/get.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/videos/get.ts
index 7bb14adc4..f3e2f0625 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/videos/get.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/videos/get.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { retryTransactionWrapper } from '@server/helpers/database-utils'
 import { JobQueue } from '@server/lib/job-queue'
 import { loadVideoByUrl, VideoLoadByUrlType } from '@server/lib/model-loaders'
 import { MVideoAccountLightBlacklistAllFiles, MVideoImmutable, MVideoThumbnail } from '@server/types/models'
+import { APObject } from '@shared/models'
 import { refreshVideoIfNeeded } from './refresh'
 import { APVideoCreator, fetchRemoteVideo, SyncParam, syncVideoExternalAttributes } from './shared'
 
@@ -13,21 +14,21 @@ type GetVideoResult <T> = Promise<{
 }>
 
 type GetVideoParamAll = {
-  videoObject: { id: string } | string
+  videoObject: APObject
   syncParam?: SyncParam
   fetchType?: 'all'
   allowRefresh?: boolean
 }
 
 type GetVideoParamImmutable = {
-  videoObject: { id: string } | string
+  videoObject: APObject
   syncParam?: SyncParam
   fetchType: 'only-immutable-attributes'
   allowRefresh: false
 }
 
 type GetVideoParamOther = {
-  videoObject: { id: string } | string
+  videoObject: APObject
   syncParam?: SyncParam
   fetchType?: 'all' | 'only-video'
   allowRefresh?: boolean
diff --git a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-http-fetcher.ts b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-http-fetcher.ts
index 04b25f955..ab9675cae 100644
--- a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-http-fetcher.ts
+++ b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-http-fetcher.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import * as Bull from 'bull'
 import { ActivitypubHttpFetcherPayload, FetchType } from '@shared/models'
 import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
-import { AccountModel } from '../../../models/account/account'
 import { AccountVideoRateModel } from '../../../models/account/account-video-rate'
 import { VideoModel } from '../../../models/video/video'
 import { VideoCommentModel } from '../../../models/video/video-comment'
 import { VideoShareModel } from '../../../models/video/video-share'
-import { MAccountDefault, MVideoFullLight } from '../../../types/models'
+import { MVideoFullLight } from '../../../types/models'
 import { crawlCollectionPage } from '../../activitypub/crawl'
 import { createAccountPlaylists } from '../../activitypub/playlists'
 import { processActivities } from '../../activitypub/process'
@@ -22,16 +21,13 @@ async function processActivityPubHttpFetcher (job: Bull.Job) {
   let video: MVideoFullLight
   if (payload.videoId) video = await VideoModel.loadAndPopulateAccountAndServerAndTags(payload.videoId)
 
-  let account: MAccountDefault
-  if (payload.accountId) account = await AccountModel.load(payload.accountId)
-
   const fetcherType: { [ id in FetchType ]: (items: any[]) => Promise<any> } = {
     'activity': items => processActivities(items, { outboxUrl: payload.uri, fromFetch: true }),
     'video-likes': items => createRates(items, video, 'like'),
     'video-dislikes': items => createRates(items, video, 'dislike'),
     'video-shares': items => addVideoShares(items, video),
     'video-comments': items => addVideoComments(items),
-    'account-playlists': items => createAccountPlaylists(items, account)
+    'account-playlists': items => createAccountPlaylists(items)
   }
 
   const cleanerType: { [ id in FetchType ]?: (crawlStartDate: Date) => Promise<any> } = {
diff --git a/server/lib/search.ts b/server/lib/search.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b643a4055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/lib/search.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import * as express from 'express'
+import { CONFIG } from '@server/initializers/config'
+import { AccountBlocklistModel } from '@server/models/account/account-blocklist'
+import { getServerActor } from '@server/models/application/application'
+import { ServerBlocklistModel } from '@server/models/server/server-blocklist'
+import { SearchTargetQuery } from '@shared/models'
+
+function isSearchIndexSearch (query: SearchTargetQuery) {
+  if (query.searchTarget === 'search-index') return true
+
+  const searchIndexConfig = CONFIG.SEARCH.SEARCH_INDEX
+
+  if (searchIndexConfig.ENABLED !== true) return false
+
+  if (searchIndexConfig.DISABLE_LOCAL_SEARCH) return true
+  if (searchIndexConfig.IS_DEFAULT_SEARCH && !query.searchTarget) return true
+
+  return false
+}
+
+async function buildMutedForSearchIndex (res: express.Response) {
+  const serverActor = await getServerActor()
+  const accountIds = [ serverActor.Account.id ]
+
+  if (res.locals.oauth) {
+    accountIds.push(res.locals.oauth.token.User.Account.id)
+  }
+
+  const [ blockedHosts, blockedAccounts ] = await Promise.all([
+    ServerBlocklistModel.listHostsBlockedBy(accountIds),
+    AccountBlocklistModel.listHandlesBlockedBy(accountIds)
+  ])
+
+  return {
+    blockedHosts,
+    blockedAccounts
+  }
+}
+
+function isURISearch (search: string) {
+  if (!search) return false
+
+  return search.startsWith('http://') || search.startsWith('https://')
+}
+
+export {
+  isSearchIndexSearch,
+  buildMutedForSearchIndex,
+  isURISearch
+}
diff --git a/server/middlewares/validators/search.ts b/server/middlewares/validators/search.ts
index e2e1c6aae..7bbf81048 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/validators/search.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/validators/search.ts
@@ -49,11 +49,12 @@ const videoChannelsListSearchValidator = [
   }
 ]
 
-const videoChannelsOwnSearchValidator = [
-  query('search').optional().not().isEmpty().withMessage('Should have a valid search'),
+const videoPlaylistsListSearchValidator = [
+  query('search').not().isEmpty().withMessage('Should have a valid search'),
+  query('searchTarget').optional().custom(isSearchTargetValid).withMessage('Should have a valid search target'),
 
   (req: express.Request, res: express.Response, next: express.NextFunction) => {
-    logger.debug('Checking video channels search query', { parameters: req.query })
+    logger.debug('Checking video playlists search query', { parameters: req.query })
 
     if (areValidationErrors(req, res)) return
 
@@ -66,5 +67,5 @@ const videoChannelsOwnSearchValidator = [
 export {
   videosSearchValidator,
   videoChannelsListSearchValidator,
-  videoChannelsOwnSearchValidator
+  videoPlaylistsListSearchValidator
 }
diff --git a/server/middlewares/validators/sort.ts b/server/middlewares/validators/sort.ts
index d67b6f3ba..473010460 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/validators/sort.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/validators/sort.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const SORTABLE_ABUSES_COLUMNS = createSortableColumns(SORTABLE_COLUMNS.ABUSES)
 const SORTABLE_VIDEOS_COLUMNS = createSortableColumns(SORTABLE_COLUMNS.VIDEOS)
 const SORTABLE_VIDEOS_SEARCH_COLUMNS = createSortableColumns(SORTABLE_COLUMNS.VIDEOS_SEARCH)
 const SORTABLE_VIDEO_CHANNELS_SEARCH_COLUMNS = createSortableColumns(SORTABLE_COLUMNS.VIDEO_CHANNELS_SEARCH)
+const SORTABLE_VIDEO_PLAYLISTS_SEARCH_COLUMNS = createSortableColumns(SORTABLE_COLUMNS.VIDEO_PLAYLISTS_SEARCH)
 const SORTABLE_VIDEO_IMPORTS_COLUMNS = createSortableColumns(SORTABLE_COLUMNS.VIDEO_IMPORTS)
 const SORTABLE_VIDEO_COMMENTS_COLUMNS = createSortableColumns(SORTABLE_COLUMNS.VIDEO_COMMENT_THREADS)
 const SORTABLE_VIDEO_COMMENT_THREADS_COLUMNS = createSortableColumns(SORTABLE_COLUMNS.VIDEO_COMMENT_THREADS)
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ const videosSortValidator = checkSort(SORTABLE_VIDEOS_COLUMNS)
 const videoImportsSortValidator = checkSort(SORTABLE_VIDEO_IMPORTS_COLUMNS)
 const videosSearchSortValidator = checkSort(SORTABLE_VIDEOS_SEARCH_COLUMNS)
 const videoChannelsSearchSortValidator = checkSort(SORTABLE_VIDEO_CHANNELS_SEARCH_COLUMNS)
+const videoPlaylistsSearchSortValidator = checkSort(SORTABLE_VIDEO_PLAYLISTS_SEARCH_COLUMNS)
 const videoCommentsValidator = checkSort(SORTABLE_VIDEO_COMMENTS_COLUMNS)
 const videoCommentThreadsSortValidator = checkSort(SORTABLE_VIDEO_COMMENT_THREADS_COLUMNS)
 const videoRatesSortValidator = checkSort(SORTABLE_VIDEO_RATES_COLUMNS)
@@ -75,5 +77,6 @@ export {
   userNotificationsSortValidator,
   videoPlaylistsSortValidator,
   videoRedundanciesSortValidator,
+  videoPlaylistsSearchSortValidator,
   pluginsSortValidator
 }
diff --git a/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-channels.ts b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-channels.ts
index 911a25bfb..e7df185e4 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-channels.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-channels.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,18 @@ const videoChannelStatsValidator = [
   }
 ]
 
+const videoChannelsListValidator = [
+  query('search').optional().not().isEmpty().withMessage('Should have a valid search'),
+
+  (req: express.Request, res: express.Response, next: express.NextFunction) => {
+    logger.debug('Checking video channels search query', { parameters: req.query })
+
+    if (areValidationErrors(req, res)) return
+
+    return next()
+  }
+]
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 export {
@@ -148,6 +160,7 @@ export {
   videoChannelsUpdateValidator,
   videoChannelsRemoveValidator,
   videoChannelsNameWithHostValidator,
+  videoChannelsListValidator,
   localVideoChannelValidator,
   videoChannelStatsValidator
 }
diff --git a/server/models/video/sql/shared/abstract-videos-query-builder.ts b/server/models/video/sql/shared/abstract-videos-query-builder.ts
index 3a1ee5b1f..09776bcb0 100644
--- a/server/models/video/sql/shared/abstract-videos-query-builder.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/sql/shared/abstract-videos-query-builder.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export class AbstractVideosQueryBuilder {
       logging: options.logging,
       replacements: this.replacements,
       type: QueryTypes.SELECT as QueryTypes.SELECT,
-      next: false
+      nest: false
     }
 
     return this.sequelize.query<any>(this.query, queryOptions)
diff --git a/server/models/video/video-channel.ts b/server/models/video/video-channel.ts
index 33749ea70..f84b85290 100644
--- a/server/models/video/video-channel.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/video-channel.ts
@@ -434,8 +434,8 @@ ON              "Account->Actor"."serverId" = "Account->Actor->Server"."id"`
     sort: string
   }) {
     const attributesInclude = []
-    const escapedSearch = VideoModel.sequelize.escape(options.search)
-    const escapedLikeSearch = VideoModel.sequelize.escape('%' + options.search + '%')
+    const escapedSearch = VideoChannelModel.sequelize.escape(options.search)
+    const escapedLikeSearch = VideoChannelModel.sequelize.escape('%' + options.search + '%')
     attributesInclude.push(createSimilarityAttribute('VideoChannelModel.name', options.search))
 
     const query = {
diff --git a/server/models/video/video-playlist.ts b/server/models/video/video-playlist.ts
index 1a05f8d42..7aa6b6c6e 100644
--- a/server/models/video/video-playlist.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/video-playlist.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { join } from 'path'
-import { FindOptions, literal, Op, ScopeOptions, Transaction, WhereOptions } from 'sequelize'
+import { FindOptions, literal, Op, ScopeOptions, Sequelize, Transaction, WhereOptions } from 'sequelize'
 import {
   AllowNull,
   BelongsTo,
@@ -53,7 +53,15 @@ import {
 } from '../../types/models/video/video-playlist'
 import { AccountModel, ScopeNames as AccountScopeNames, SummaryOptions } from '../account/account'
 import { ActorModel } from '../actor/actor'
-import { buildServerIdsFollowedBy, buildWhereIdOrUUID, getPlaylistSort, isOutdated, throwIfNotValid } from '../utils'
+import {
+  buildServerIdsFollowedBy,
+  buildTrigramSearchIndex,
+  buildWhereIdOrUUID,
+  createSimilarityAttribute,
+  getPlaylistSort,
+  isOutdated,
+  throwIfNotValid
+} from '../utils'
 import { ThumbnailModel } from './thumbnail'
 import { ScopeNames as VideoChannelScopeNames, VideoChannelModel } from './video-channel'
 import { VideoPlaylistElementModel } from './video-playlist-element'
@@ -74,6 +82,11 @@ type AvailableForListOptions = {
   videoChannelId?: number
   listMyPlaylists?: boolean
   search?: string
+  withVideos?: boolean
+}
+
+function getVideoLengthSelect () {
+  return 'SELECT COUNT("id") FROM "videoPlaylistElement" WHERE "videoPlaylistId" = "VideoPlaylistModel"."id"'
 }
 
 @Scopes(() => ({
@@ -89,7 +102,7 @@ type AvailableForListOptions = {
     attributes: {
       include: [
         [
-          literal('(SELECT COUNT("id") FROM "videoPlaylistElement" WHERE "videoPlaylistId" = "VideoPlaylistModel"."id")'),
+          literal(`(${getVideoLengthSelect()})`),
           'videosLength'
         ]
       ]
@@ -178,11 +191,28 @@ type AvailableForListOptions = {
       })
     }
 
+    if (options.withVideos === true) {
+      whereAnd.push(
+        literal(`(${getVideoLengthSelect()}) != 0`)
+      )
+    }
+
+    const attributesInclude = []
+
     if (options.search) {
+      const escapedSearch = VideoPlaylistModel.sequelize.escape(options.search)
+      const escapedLikeSearch = VideoPlaylistModel.sequelize.escape('%' + options.search + '%')
+      attributesInclude.push(createSimilarityAttribute('VideoPlaylistModel.name', options.search))
+
       whereAnd.push({
-        name: {
-          [Op.iLike]: '%' + options.search + '%'
-        }
+        [Op.or]: [
+          Sequelize.literal(
+            'lower(immutable_unaccent("VideoPlaylistModel"."name")) % lower(immutable_unaccent(' + escapedSearch + '))'
+          ),
+          Sequelize.literal(
+            'lower(immutable_unaccent("VideoPlaylistModel"."name")) LIKE lower(immutable_unaccent(' + escapedLikeSearch + '))'
+          )
+        ]
       })
     }
 
@@ -191,6 +221,9 @@ type AvailableForListOptions = {
     }
 
     return {
+      attributes: {
+        include: attributesInclude
+      },
       where,
       include: [
         {
@@ -211,6 +244,8 @@ type AvailableForListOptions = {
 @Table({
   tableName: 'videoPlaylist',
   indexes: [
+    buildTrigramSearchIndex('video_playlist_name_trigram', 'name'),
+
     {
       fields: [ 'ownerAccountId' ]
     },
@@ -314,6 +349,7 @@ export class VideoPlaylistModel extends Model<Partial<AttributesOnly<VideoPlayli
     videoChannelId?: number
     listMyPlaylists?: boolean
     search?: string
+    withVideos?: boolean // false by default
   }) {
     const query = {
       offset: options.start,
@@ -331,7 +367,8 @@ export class VideoPlaylistModel extends Model<Partial<AttributesOnly<VideoPlayli
             accountId: options.accountId,
             videoChannelId: options.videoChannelId,
             listMyPlaylists: options.listMyPlaylists,
-            search: options.search
+            search: options.search,
+            withVideos: options.withVideos || false
           } as AvailableForListOptions
         ]
       },
@@ -347,6 +384,21 @@ export class VideoPlaylistModel extends Model<Partial<AttributesOnly<VideoPlayli
       })
   }
 
+  static searchForApi (options: {
+    followerActorId: number
+    start: number
+    count: number
+    sort: string
+    search?: string
+  }) {
+    return VideoPlaylistModel.listForApi({
+      ...options,
+      type: VideoPlaylistType.REGULAR,
+      listMyPlaylists: false,
+      withVideos: true
+    })
+  }
+
   static listPublicUrlsOfForAP (options: { account?: MAccountId, channel?: MChannelId }, start: number, count: number) {
     const where = {
       privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC
@@ -445,6 +497,18 @@ export class VideoPlaylistModel extends Model<Partial<AttributesOnly<VideoPlayli
     return VideoPlaylistModel.scope([ ScopeNames.WITH_ACCOUNT, ScopeNames.WITH_THUMBNAIL ]).findOne(query)
   }
 
+  static loadByUrlWithAccountAndChannelSummary (url: string): Promise<MVideoPlaylistFullSummary> {
+    const query = {
+      where: {
+        url
+      }
+    }
+
+    return VideoPlaylistModel
+      .scope([ ScopeNames.WITH_ACCOUNT_AND_CHANNEL_SUMMARY, ScopeNames.WITH_VIDEOS_LENGTH, ScopeNames.WITH_THUMBNAIL ])
+      .findOne(query)
+  }
+
   static getPrivacyLabel (privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy) {
     return VIDEO_PLAYLIST_PRIVACIES[privacy] || 'Unknown'
   }
@@ -535,6 +599,10 @@ export class VideoPlaylistModel extends Model<Partial<AttributesOnly<VideoPlayli
     return setAsUpdated('videoPlaylist', this.id)
   }
 
+  setVideosLength (videosLength: number) {
+    this.set('videosLength' as any, videosLength, { raw: true })
+  }
+
   isOwned () {
     return this.OwnerAccount.isOwned()
   }
@@ -551,6 +619,8 @@ export class VideoPlaylistModel extends Model<Partial<AttributesOnly<VideoPlayli
       uuid: this.uuid,
       isLocal: this.isOwned(),
 
+      url: this.url,
+
       displayName: this.name,
       description: this.description,
       privacy: {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/search.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/search.ts
index 8378c3a89..20ad46cff 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/search.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/search.ts
@@ -140,6 +140,30 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
     })
   })
 
+  describe('When searching video playlists', function () {
+    const path = '/api/v1/search/video-playlists/'
+
+    const query = {
+      search: 'coucou'
+    }
+
+    it('Should fail with a bad start pagination', async function () {
+      await checkBadStartPagination(server.url, path, null, query)
+    })
+
+    it('Should fail with a bad count pagination', async function () {
+      await checkBadCountPagination(server.url, path, null, query)
+    })
+
+    it('Should fail with an incorrect sort', async function () {
+      await checkBadSortPagination(server.url, path, null, query)
+    })
+
+    it('Should success with the correct parameters', async function () {
+      await makeGetRequest({ url: server.url, path, query, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200 })
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('When searching video channels', function () {
     const path = '/api/v1/search/video-channels/'
 
@@ -171,6 +195,7 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
 
       const query = { search: 'coucou' }
       const paths = [
+        '/api/v1/search/video-playlists/',
         '/api/v1/search/video-channels/',
         '/api/v1/search/videos/'
       ]
diff --git a/server/tests/api/search/index.ts b/server/tests/api/search/index.ts
index 232c1f2a4..a976d210d 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/search/index.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/search/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+import './search-activitypub-video-playlists'
 import './search-activitypub-video-channels'
 import './search-activitypub-videos'
-import './search-index'
-import './search-videos'
 import './search-channels'
+import './search-index'
+import './search-playlists'
+import './search-videos'
diff --git a/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-video-channels.ts b/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-video-channels.ts
index d7e3ed5be..e83eb7171 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-video-channels.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-video-channels.ts
@@ -106,9 +106,25 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub video channels search', function () {
     }
   })
 
+  it('Should search a local video channel with an alternative URL', async function () {
+    const search = 'http://localhost:' + servers[0].port + '/c/channel1_server1'
+
+    for (const token of [ undefined, servers[0].accessToken ]) {
+      const res = await searchVideoChannel(servers[0].url, search, token)
+
+      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('channel1_server1')
+      expect(res.body.data[0].displayName).to.equal('Channel 1 server 1')
+    }
+  })
+
   it('Should search a remote video channel with URL or handle', async function () {
     const searches = [
       'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/video-channels/channel1_server2',
+      'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/c/channel1_server2',
+      'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/c/channel1_server2/videos',
       'channel1_server2@localhost:' + servers[1].port
     ]
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-video-playlists.ts b/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-video-playlists.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c08e9548
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-video-playlists.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
+
+import 'mocha'
+import * as chai from 'chai'
+import {
+  addVideoInPlaylist,
+  cleanupTests,
+  createVideoPlaylist,
+  deleteVideoPlaylist,
+  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  getVideoPlaylistsList,
+  searchVideoPlaylists,
+  ServerInfo,
+  setAccessTokensToServers,
+  setDefaultVideoChannel,
+  uploadVideoAndGetId,
+  wait
+} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
+import { waitJobs } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/jobs'
+import { VideoPlaylist, VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
+
+const expect = chai.expect
+
+describe('Test ActivityPub playlists search', function () {
+  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let playlistServer1UUID: string
+  let playlistServer2UUID: string
+  let video2Server2: string
+
+  before(async function () {
+    this.timeout(120000)
+
+    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+
+    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
+    await setDefaultVideoChannel(servers)
+
+    {
+      const video1 = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[0], videoName: 'video 1' })).uuid
+      const video2 = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[0], videoName: 'video 2' })).uuid
+
+      const attributes = {
+        displayName: 'playlist 1 on server 1',
+        privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC,
+        videoChannelId: servers[0].videoChannel.id
+      }
+      const res = await createVideoPlaylist({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken, playlistAttrs: attributes })
+      playlistServer1UUID = res.body.videoPlaylist.uuid
+
+      for (const videoId of [ video1, video2 ]) {
+        await addVideoInPlaylist({
+          url: servers[0].url,
+          token: servers[0].accessToken,
+          playlistId: playlistServer1UUID,
+          elementAttrs: { videoId }
+        })
+      }
+    }
+
+    {
+      const videoId = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[1], videoName: 'video 1' })).uuid
+      video2Server2 = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: servers[1], videoName: 'video 2' })).uuid
+
+      const attributes = {
+        displayName: 'playlist 1 on server 2',
+        privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC,
+        videoChannelId: servers[1].videoChannel.id
+      }
+      const res = await createVideoPlaylist({ url: servers[1].url, token: servers[1].accessToken, playlistAttrs: attributes })
+      playlistServer2UUID = res.body.videoPlaylist.uuid
+
+      await addVideoInPlaylist({
+        url: servers[1].url,
+        token: servers[1].accessToken,
+        playlistId: playlistServer2UUID,
+        elementAttrs: { videoId }
+      })
+    }
+
+    await waitJobs(servers)
+  })
+
+  it('Should not find a remote playlist', async function () {
+    {
+      const search = 'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/video-playlists/43'
+      const res = await searchVideoPlaylists(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
+
+      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+    }
+
+    {
+      // Without token
+      const search = 'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/video-playlists/' + playlistServer2UUID
+      const res = await searchVideoPlaylists(servers[0].url, search)
+
+      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('Should search a local playlist', async function () {
+    const search = 'http://localhost:' + servers[0].port + '/video-playlists/' + playlistServer1UUID
+    const res = await searchVideoPlaylists(servers[0].url, search)
+
+    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+    expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
+    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+    expect(res.body.data[0].displayName).to.equal('playlist 1 on server 1')
+    expect(res.body.data[0].videosLength).to.equal(2)
+  })
+
+  it('Should search a local playlist with an alternative URL', async function () {
+    const searches = [
+      'http://localhost:' + servers[0].port + '/videos/watch/playlist/' + playlistServer1UUID,
+      'http://localhost:' + servers[0].port + '/w/p/' + playlistServer1UUID
+    ]
+
+    for (const search of searches) {
+      for (const token of [ undefined, servers[0].accessToken ]) {
+        const res = await searchVideoPlaylists(servers[0].url, search, token)
+
+        expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+        expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
+        expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        expect(res.body.data[0].displayName).to.equal('playlist 1 on server 1')
+        expect(res.body.data[0].videosLength).to.equal(2)
+      }
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('Should search a remote playlist', async function () {
+    const searches = [
+      'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/video-playlists/' + playlistServer2UUID,
+      'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/videos/watch/playlist/' + playlistServer2UUID,
+      'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/w/p/' + playlistServer2UUID
+    ]
+
+    for (const search of searches) {
+      const res = await searchVideoPlaylists(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
+
+      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(res.body.data[0].displayName).to.equal('playlist 1 on server 2')
+      expect(res.body.data[0].videosLength).to.equal(1)
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('Should not list this remote playlist', async function () {
+    const res = await getVideoPlaylistsList(servers[0].url, 0, 10)
+    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+    expect(res.body.data[0].displayName).to.equal('playlist 1 on server 1')
+  })
+
+  it('Should update the playlist of server 2, and refresh it on server 1', async function () {
+    this.timeout(60000)
+
+    await addVideoInPlaylist({
+      url: servers[1].url,
+      token: servers[1].accessToken,
+      playlistId: playlistServer2UUID,
+      elementAttrs: { videoId: video2Server2 }
+    })
+
+    await waitJobs(servers)
+    // Expire playlist
+    await wait(10000)
+
+    // Will run refresh async
+    const search = 'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/video-playlists/' + playlistServer2UUID
+    await searchVideoPlaylists(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
+
+    // Wait refresh
+    await wait(5000)
+
+    const res = await searchVideoPlaylists(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
+    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+
+    const playlist: VideoPlaylist = res.body.data[0]
+    expect(playlist.videosLength).to.equal(2)
+  })
+
+  it('Should delete playlist of server 2, and delete it on server 1', async function () {
+    this.timeout(60000)
+
+    await deleteVideoPlaylist(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, playlistServer2UUID)
+
+    await waitJobs(servers)
+    // Expiration
+    await wait(10000)
+
+    // Will run refresh async
+    const search = 'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/video-playlists/' + playlistServer2UUID
+    await searchVideoPlaylists(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
+
+    // Wait refresh
+    await wait(5000)
+
+    const res = await searchVideoPlaylists(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
+    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
+    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+  })
+
+  after(async function () {
+    await cleanupTests(servers)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-videos.ts b/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-videos.ts
index c62dfca0d..e9b4978da 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-videos.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-videos.ts
@@ -77,14 +77,33 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub videos search', function () {
     expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('video 1 on server 1')
   })
 
-  it('Should search a remote video', async function () {
-    const search = 'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/videos/watch/' + videoServer2UUID
-    const res = await searchVideoWithToken(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
+  it('Should search a local video with an alternative URL', async function () {
+    const search = 'http://localhost:' + servers[0].port + '/w/' + videoServer1UUID
+    const res1 = await searchVideo(servers[0].url, search)
+    const res2 = await searchVideoWithToken(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
 
-    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
-    expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
-    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
-    expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('video 1 on server 2')
+    for (const res of [ res1, res2 ]) {
+      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('video 1 on server 1')
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('Should search a remote video', async function () {
+    const searches = [
+      'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/w/' + videoServer2UUID,
+      'http://localhost:' + servers[1].port + '/videos/watch/' + videoServer2UUID
+    ]
+
+    for (const search of searches) {
+      const res = await searchVideoWithToken(servers[0].url, search, servers[0].accessToken)
+
+      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
+      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+      expect(res.body.data[0].name).to.equal('video 1 on server 2')
+    }
   })
 
   it('Should not list this remote video', async function () {
@@ -95,7 +114,7 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub videos search', function () {
   })
 
   it('Should update video of server 2, and refresh it on server 1', async function () {
-    this.timeout(60000)
+    this.timeout(120000)
 
     const channelAttributes = {
       name: 'super_channel',
@@ -134,7 +153,7 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub videos search', function () {
   })
 
   it('Should delete video of server 2, and delete it on server 1', async function () {
-    this.timeout(60000)
+    this.timeout(120000)
 
     await removeVideo(servers[1].url, servers[1].accessToken, videoServer2UUID)
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/search/search-index.ts b/server/tests/api/search/search-index.ts
index 849a8a893..00f79232a 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/search/search-index.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/search/search-index.ts
@@ -2,19 +2,21 @@
 
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
+import { advancedVideoChannelSearch, searchVideoChannel } from '@shared/extra-utils/search/video-channels'
+import { Video, VideoChannel, VideoPlaylist, VideoPlaylistPrivacy, VideoPlaylistType, VideosSearchQuery } from '@shared/models'
 import {
+  advancedVideoPlaylistSearch,
+  advancedVideosSearch,
   cleanupTests,
   flushAndRunServer,
+  immutableAssign,
   searchVideo,
+  searchVideoPlaylists,
   ServerInfo,
   setAccessTokensToServers,
   updateCustomSubConfig,
-  uploadVideo,
-  advancedVideosSearch,
-  immutableAssign
+  uploadVideo
 } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { searchVideoChannel, advancedVideoChannelSearch } from '@shared/extra-utils/search/video-channels'
-import { VideosSearchQuery, Video, VideoChannel } from '@shared/models'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
@@ -277,6 +279,56 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
     })
   })
 
+  describe('Playlists search', async function () {
+
+    it('Should make a simple search and not have results', async function () {
+      const res = await searchVideoPlaylists(server.url, 'a'.repeat(500))
+
+      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
+      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+    })
+
+    it('Should make a search and have results', async function () {
+      const res = await advancedVideoPlaylistSearch(server.url, { search: 'E2E playlist', sort: '-match' })
+
+      expect(res.body.total).to.be.greaterThan(0)
+      expect(res.body.data).to.have.length.greaterThan(0)
+
+      const videoPlaylist: VideoPlaylist = res.body.data[0]
+
+      expect(videoPlaylist.url).to.equal('https://peertube2.cpy.re/videos/watch/playlist/73804a40-da9a-40c2-b1eb-2c6d9eec8f0a')
+      expect(videoPlaylist.thumbnailUrl).to.exist
+      expect(videoPlaylist.embedUrl).to.equal('https://peertube2.cpy.re/video-playlists/embed/73804a40-da9a-40c2-b1eb-2c6d9eec8f0a')
+
+      expect(videoPlaylist.type.id).to.equal(VideoPlaylistType.REGULAR)
+      expect(videoPlaylist.privacy.id).to.equal(VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC)
+      expect(videoPlaylist.videosLength).to.exist
+
+      expect(videoPlaylist.createdAt).to.exist
+      expect(videoPlaylist.updatedAt).to.exist
+
+      expect(videoPlaylist.uuid).to.equal('73804a40-da9a-40c2-b1eb-2c6d9eec8f0a')
+      expect(videoPlaylist.displayName).to.exist
+
+      expect(videoPlaylist.ownerAccount.url).to.equal('https://peertube2.cpy.re/accounts/chocobozzz')
+      expect(videoPlaylist.ownerAccount.name).to.equal('chocobozzz')
+      expect(videoPlaylist.ownerAccount.host).to.equal('peertube2.cpy.re')
+      expect(videoPlaylist.ownerAccount.avatar).to.exist
+
+      expect(videoPlaylist.videoChannel.url).to.equal('https://peertube2.cpy.re/video-channels/chocobozzz_channel')
+      expect(videoPlaylist.videoChannel.name).to.equal('chocobozzz_channel')
+      expect(videoPlaylist.videoChannel.host).to.equal('peertube2.cpy.re')
+      expect(videoPlaylist.videoChannel.avatar).to.exist
+    })
+
+    it('Should have a correct pagination', async function () {
+      const res = await advancedVideoChannelSearch(server.url, { search: 'root', start: 0, count: 2 })
+
+      expect(res.body.total).to.be.greaterThan(2)
+      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(2)
+    })
+  })
+
   after(async function () {
     await cleanupTests([ server ])
   })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/search/search-playlists.ts b/server/tests/api/search/search-playlists.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab17d55e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/tests/api/search/search-playlists.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
+
+import 'mocha'
+import * as chai from 'chai'
+import { VideoPlaylist, VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
+import {
+  addVideoInPlaylist,
+  advancedVideoPlaylistSearch,
+  cleanupTests,
+  createVideoPlaylist,
+  flushAndRunServer,
+  searchVideoPlaylists,
+  ServerInfo,
+  setAccessTokensToServers,
+  setDefaultVideoChannel,
+  uploadVideoAndGetId
+} from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
+
+const expect = chai.expect
+
+describe('Test playlists search', function () {
+  let server: ServerInfo = null
+
+  before(async function () {
+    this.timeout(30000)
+
+    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+
+    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
+    await setDefaultVideoChannel([ server ])
+
+    const videoId = (await uploadVideoAndGetId({ server: server, videoName: 'video' })).uuid
+
+    {
+      const attributes = {
+        displayName: 'Dr. Kenzo Tenma hospital videos',
+        privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC,
+        videoChannelId: server.videoChannel.id
+      }
+      const res = await createVideoPlaylist({ url: server.url, token: server.accessToken, playlistAttrs: attributes })
+
+      await addVideoInPlaylist({
+        url: server.url,
+        token: server.accessToken,
+        playlistId: res.body.videoPlaylist.id,
+        elementAttrs: { videoId }
+      })
+    }
+
+    {
+      const attributes = {
+        displayName: 'Johan & Anna Libert musics',
+        privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC,
+        videoChannelId: server.videoChannel.id
+      }
+      const res = await createVideoPlaylist({ url: server.url, token: server.accessToken, playlistAttrs: attributes })
+
+      await addVideoInPlaylist({
+        url: server.url,
+        token: server.accessToken,
+        playlistId: res.body.videoPlaylist.id,
+        elementAttrs: { videoId }
+      })
+    }
+
+    {
+      const attributes = {
+        displayName: 'Inspector Lunge playlist',
+        privacy: VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC,
+        videoChannelId: server.videoChannel.id
+      }
+      await createVideoPlaylist({ url: server.url, token: server.accessToken, playlistAttrs: attributes })
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('Should make a simple search and not have results', async function () {
+    const res = await searchVideoPlaylists(server.url, 'abc')
+
+    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
+    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+  })
+
+  it('Should make a search and have results', async function () {
+    {
+      const search = {
+        search: 'tenma',
+        start: 0,
+        count: 1
+      }
+      const res = await advancedVideoPlaylistSearch(server.url, search)
+      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+
+      const playlist: VideoPlaylist = res.body.data[0]
+      expect(playlist.displayName).to.equal('Dr. Kenzo Tenma hospital videos')
+      expect(playlist.url).to.equal(server.url + '/video-playlists/' + playlist.uuid)
+    }
+
+    {
+      const search = {
+        search: 'Anna Livert',
+        start: 0,
+        count: 1
+      }
+      const res = await advancedVideoPlaylistSearch(server.url, search)
+      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+      expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+
+      const playlist: VideoPlaylist = res.body.data[0]
+      expect(playlist.displayName).to.equal('Johan & Anna Libert musics')
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('Should not display playlists without videos', async function () {
+    const search = {
+      search: 'Lunge',
+      start: 0,
+      count: 1
+    }
+    const res = await advancedVideoPlaylistSearch(server.url, search)
+    expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
+    expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+  })
+
+  after(async function () {
+    await cleanupTests([ server ])
+  })
+})
diff --git a/server/tests/fixtures/peertube-plugin-test-two/languages/fr.json b/server/tests/fixtures/peertube-plugin-test-filter-translations/languages/fr.json
similarity index 100%
rename from server/tests/fixtures/peertube-plugin-test-two/languages/fr.json
rename to server/tests/fixtures/peertube-plugin-test-filter-translations/languages/fr.json
diff --git a/server/tests/fixtures/peertube-plugin-test-two/languages/it.json b/server/tests/fixtures/peertube-plugin-test-filter-translations/languages/it.json
similarity index 100%
rename from server/tests/fixtures/peertube-plugin-test-two/languages/it.json
rename to server/tests/fixtures/peertube-plugin-test-filter-translations/languages/it.json
diff --git a/server/tests/fixtures/peertube-plugin-test-two/main.js b/server/tests/fixtures/peertube-plugin-test-filter-translations/main.js
similarity index 100%
rename from server/tests/fixtures/peertube-plugin-test-two/main.js
rename to server/tests/fixtures/peertube-plugin-test-filter-translations/main.js
diff --git a/server/tests/fixtures/peertube-plugin-test-two/package.json b/server/tests/fixtures/peertube-plugin-test-filter-translations/package.json
similarity index 79%
rename from server/tests/fixtures/peertube-plugin-test-two/package.json
rename to server/tests/fixtures/peertube-plugin-test-filter-translations/package.json
index 926f2d69b..2adce4743 100644
--- a/server/tests/fixtures/peertube-plugin-test-two/package.json
+++ b/server/tests/fixtures/peertube-plugin-test-filter-translations/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "name": "peertube-plugin-test-two",
+  "name": "peertube-plugin-test-filter-translations",
   "version": "0.0.1",
-  "description": "Plugin test 2",
+  "description": "Plugin test filter and translations",
   "engine": {
     "peertube": ">=1.3.0"
   },
diff --git a/server/tests/fixtures/peertube-plugin-test/main.js b/server/tests/fixtures/peertube-plugin-test/main.js
index ee0bc39f3..5e922ad1f 100644
--- a/server/tests/fixtures/peertube-plugin-test/main.js
+++ b/server/tests/fixtures/peertube-plugin-test/main.js
@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@ async function register ({ registerHook, registerSetting, settingsManager, stora
       'filter:api.search.video-channels.local.list.result',
       'filter:api.search.video-channels.index.list.params',
       'filter:api.search.video-channels.index.list.result',
+      'filter:api.search.video-playlists.local.list.params',
+      'filter:api.search.video-playlists.local.list.result',
+      'filter:api.search.video-playlists.index.list.params',
+      'filter:api.search.video-playlists.index.list.result'
     ]
 
     for (const h of searchHooks) {
diff --git a/server/tests/plugins/filter-hooks.ts b/server/tests/plugins/filter-hooks.ts
index a947283c2..644b41dea 100644
--- a/server/tests/plugins/filter-hooks.ts
+++ b/server/tests/plugins/filter-hooks.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-code
 import {
   addVideoCommentReply,
   addVideoCommentThread,
+  advancedVideoPlaylistSearch,
   advancedVideosSearch,
   createLive,
   createVideoPlaylist,
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ describe('Test plugin filter hooks', function () {
     await installPlugin({
       url: servers[0].url,
       accessToken: servers[0].accessToken,
-      path: getPluginTestPath('-two')
+      path: getPluginTestPath('-filter-translations')
     })
 
     for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
@@ -525,6 +526,27 @@ describe('Test plugin filter hooks', function () {
       await waitUntilLog(servers[0], 'Run hook filter:api.search.video-channels.index.list.params', 1)
       await waitUntilLog(servers[0], 'Run hook filter:api.search.video-channels.index.list.result', 1)
     })
+
+    it('Should run filter:api.search.video-playlists.local.list.{params,result}', async function () {
+      await advancedVideoPlaylistSearch(servers[0].url, {
+        search: 'Sun Jian'
+      })
+
+      await waitUntilLog(servers[0], 'Run hook filter:api.search.video-playlists.local.list.params', 1)
+      await waitUntilLog(servers[0], 'Run hook filter:api.search.video-playlists.local.list.result', 1)
+    })
+
+    it('Should run filter:api.search.video-playlists.index.list.{params,result}', async function () {
+      await advancedVideoPlaylistSearch(servers[0].url, {
+        search: 'Sun Jian',
+        searchTarget: 'search-index'
+      })
+
+      await waitUntilLog(servers[0], 'Run hook filter:api.search.video-playlists.local.list.params', 1)
+      await waitUntilLog(servers[0], 'Run hook filter:api.search.video-playlists.local.list.result', 1)
+      await waitUntilLog(servers[0], 'Run hook filter:api.search.video-playlists.index.list.params', 1)
+      await waitUntilLog(servers[0], 'Run hook filter:api.search.video-playlists.index.list.result', 1)
+    })
   })
 
   after(async function () {
diff --git a/server/tests/plugins/translations.ts b/server/tests/plugins/translations.ts
index 8dc2043b8..9fd2ba1c5 100644
--- a/server/tests/plugins/translations.ts
+++ b/server/tests/plugins/translations.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ describe('Test plugin translations', function () {
     await installPlugin({
       url: server.url,
       accessToken: server.accessToken,
-      path: getPluginTestPath('-two')
+      path: getPluginTestPath('-filter-translations')
     })
   })
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ describe('Test plugin translations', function () {
       'peertube-plugin-test': {
         Hi: 'Coucou'
       },
-      'peertube-plugin-test-two': {
+      'peertube-plugin-test-filter-translations': {
         'Hello world': 'Bonjour le monde'
       }
     })
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ describe('Test plugin translations', function () {
     const res = await getPluginTranslations({ url: server.url, locale: 'it-IT' })
 
     expect(res.body).to.deep.equal({
-      'peertube-plugin-test-two': {
+      'peertube-plugin-test-filter-translations': {
         'Hello world': 'Ciao, mondo!'
       }
     })
   })
 
   it('Should remove the plugin and remove the locales', async function () {
-    await uninstallPlugin({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, npmName: 'peertube-plugin-test-two' })
+    await uninstallPlugin({ url: server.url, accessToken: server.accessToken, npmName: 'peertube-plugin-test-filter-translations' })
 
     {
       const res = await getPluginTranslations({ url: server.url, locale: 'fr-FR' })
diff --git a/server/types/models/video/video-playlist.ts b/server/types/models/video/video-playlist.ts
index 79e2daebf..2f9537cf5 100644
--- a/server/types/models/video/video-playlist.ts
+++ b/server/types/models/video/video-playlist.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export type MVideoPlaylistAccountChannelDefault =
 // With all associations
 
 export type MVideoPlaylistFull =
-  MVideoPlaylist &
+  MVideoPlaylistVideosLength &
   Use<'OwnerAccount', MAccountDefault> &
   Use<'VideoChannel', MChannelDefault> &
   Use<'Thumbnail', MThumbnail>
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export type MVideoPlaylistAccountChannelSummary =
   Use<'VideoChannel', MChannelSummary>
 
 export type MVideoPlaylistFullSummary =
-  MVideoPlaylist &
+  MVideoPlaylistVideosLength &
   Use<'Thumbnail', MThumbnail> &
   Use<'OwnerAccount', MAccountSummary> &
   Use<'VideoChannel', MChannelSummary>
diff --git a/shared/extra-utils/index.ts b/shared/extra-utils/index.ts
index 3bc09ead5..87ee8abba 100644
--- a/shared/extra-utils/index.ts
+++ b/shared/extra-utils/index.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ export * from './plugins/mock-blocklist'
 export * from './requests/check-api-params'
 export * from './requests/requests'
 
+export * from './search/video-channels'
+export * from './search/video-playlists'
 export * from './search/videos'
 
 export * from './server/activitypub'
diff --git a/shared/extra-utils/search/video-playlists.ts b/shared/extra-utils/search/video-playlists.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c22831df7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/extra-utils/search/video-playlists.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { VideoPlaylistsSearchQuery } from '@shared/models'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+import { makeGetRequest } from '../requests/requests'
+
+function searchVideoPlaylists (url: string, search: string, token?: string, statusCodeExpected = HttpStatusCode.OK_200) {
+  const path = '/api/v1/search/video-playlists'
+
+  return makeGetRequest({
+    url,
+    path,
+    query: {
+      sort: '-createdAt',
+      search
+    },
+    token,
+    statusCodeExpected
+  })
+}
+
+function advancedVideoPlaylistSearch (url: string, search: VideoPlaylistsSearchQuery) {
+  const path = '/api/v1/search/video-playlists'
+
+  return makeGetRequest({
+    url,
+    path,
+    query: search,
+    statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode.OK_200
+  })
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export {
+  searchVideoPlaylists,
+  advancedVideoPlaylistSearch
+}
diff --git a/shared/models/plugins/client/client-hook.model.ts b/shared/models/plugins/client/client-hook.model.ts
index 546866845..cedd1be61 100644
--- a/shared/models/plugins/client/client-hook.model.ts
+++ b/shared/models/plugins/client/client-hook.model.ts
@@ -37,9 +37,12 @@ export const clientFilterHookObject = {
   // Filter params/result of the function that fetch videos according to the user search
   'filter:api.search.videos.list.params': true,
   'filter:api.search.videos.list.result': true,
-  // Filter params/result of the function that fetch video-channels according to the user search
+  // Filter params/result of the function that fetch video channels according to the user search
   'filter:api.search.video-channels.list.params': true,
   'filter:api.search.video-channels.list.result': true,
+  // Filter params/result of the function that fetch video playlists according to the user search
+  'filter:api.search.video-playlists.list.params': true,
+  'filter:api.search.video-playlists.list.result': true,
 
   // Filter form
   'filter:api.signup.registration.create.params': true,
diff --git a/shared/models/plugins/server/server-hook.model.ts b/shared/models/plugins/server/server-hook.model.ts
index 88277af5a..dae243dbf 100644
--- a/shared/models/plugins/server/server-hook.model.ts
+++ b/shared/models/plugins/server/server-hook.model.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ export const serverFilterHookObject = {
   'filter:api.search.video-channels.local.list.result': true,
   'filter:api.search.video-channels.index.list.params': true,
   'filter:api.search.video-channels.index.list.result': true,
+  'filter:api.search.video-playlists.local.list.params': true,
+  'filter:api.search.video-playlists.local.list.result': true,
+  'filter:api.search.video-playlists.index.list.params': true,
+  'filter:api.search.video-playlists.index.list.result': true,
 
   // Filter the result of the get function
   // Used to get detailed video information (video watch page for example)
diff --git a/shared/models/search/index.ts b/shared/models/search/index.ts
index 697ceccb1..50aeeddc8 100644
--- a/shared/models/search/index.ts
+++ b/shared/models/search/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export * from './boolean-both-query.model'
 export * from './search-target-query.model'
 export * from './videos-common-query.model'
-export * from './videos-search-query.model'
 export * from './video-channels-search-query.model'
+export * from './video-playlists-search-query.model'
+export * from './videos-search-query.model'
diff --git a/shared/models/search/video-channels-search-query.model.ts b/shared/models/search/video-channels-search-query.model.ts
index c96aa8c1d..8f93c4bd5 100644
--- a/shared/models/search/video-channels-search-query.model.ts
+++ b/shared/models/search/video-channels-search-query.model.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { SearchTargetQuery } from "./search-target-query.model"
+import { SearchTargetQuery } from './search-target-query.model'
 
 export interface VideoChannelsSearchQuery extends SearchTargetQuery {
   search: string
diff --git a/shared/models/search/video-playlists-search-query.model.ts b/shared/models/search/video-playlists-search-query.model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31f05218e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/models/search/video-playlists-search-query.model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { SearchTargetQuery } from './search-target-query.model'
+
+export interface VideoPlaylistsSearchQuery extends SearchTargetQuery {
+  search: string
+
+  start?: number
+  count?: number
+  sort?: string
+}
diff --git a/shared/models/server/job.model.ts b/shared/models/server/job.model.ts
index e4acfee8d..4ab249e0b 100644
--- a/shared/models/server/job.model.ts
+++ b/shared/models/server/job.model.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ export type ActivitypubHttpFetcherPayload = {
   uri: string
   type: FetchType
   videoId?: number
-  accountId?: number
 }
 
 export type ActivitypubHttpUnicastPayload = {
diff --git a/shared/models/server/peertube-problem-document.model.ts b/shared/models/server/peertube-problem-document.model.ts
index 5e1c320f3..e391d5aad 100644
--- a/shared/models/server/peertube-problem-document.model.ts
+++ b/shared/models/server/peertube-problem-document.model.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../core-utils'
 import { OAuth2ErrorCode, ServerErrorCode } from './server-error-code.enum'
 
 export interface PeerTubeProblemDocumentData {
diff --git a/shared/models/videos/playlist/video-playlist.model.ts b/shared/models/videos/playlist/video-playlist.model.ts
index f45d0ff88..ab4171ad1 100644
--- a/shared/models/videos/playlist/video-playlist.model.ts
+++ b/shared/models/videos/playlist/video-playlist.model.ts
@@ -8,17 +8,21 @@ export interface VideoPlaylist {
   uuid: string
   isLocal: boolean
 
+  url: string
+
   displayName: string
   description: string
   privacy: VideoConstant<VideoPlaylistPrivacy>
 
   thumbnailPath: string
+  thumbnailUrl?: string
 
   videosLength: number
 
   type: VideoConstant<VideoPlaylistType>
 
   embedPath: string
+  embedUrl?: string
 
   createdAt: Date | string
   updatedAt: Date | string
diff --git a/support/doc/api/openapi.yaml b/support/doc/api/openapi.yaml
index b43b6bfa0..ada4f1b7b 100644
--- a/support/doc/api/openapi.yaml
+++ b/support/doc/api/openapi.yaml
@@ -3584,6 +3584,47 @@ paths:
         '500':
           description: search index unavailable
 
+  /search/video-playlists:
+    get:
+      tags:
+        - Search
+      summary: Search playlists
+      operationId: searchPlaylists
+      parameters:
+        - name: search
+          in: query
+          required: true
+          description: >
+            String to search. If the user can make a remote URI search, and the string is an URI then the
+            PeerTube instance will fetch the remote object and add it to its database. Then,
+            you can use the REST API to fetch the complete playlist information and interact with it.
+          schema:
+            type: string
+        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/start'
+        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/count'
+        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/searchTarget'
+        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/sort'
+      callbacks:
+        'searchTarget === search-index':
+          $ref: '#/components/callbacks/searchIndex'
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: successful operation
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                type: object
+                properties:
+                  total:
+                    type: integer
+                    example: 1
+                  data:
+                    type: array
+                    items:
+                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/VideoPlaylist'
+        '500':
+          description: search index unavailable
+
   /server/blocklist/accounts:
     get:
       tags: