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YouTube channel Shorts

Beta GET /v1/youtube/channel/shorts

GET /v1/youtube/channel/shorts

A channel's Shorts, newest first or most popular: id, title and view count. YouTube's Shorts tab shows no length or date; include_extras adds them with likes and the description.

  • Cost: 1 credit
  • Status: Beta. Built and tested against recorded responses; the shape may still gain fields.
  • Cache: Results are kept up to 30 days; send max_age_days to reuse them for free.
  • Timeout: A request still running after about 25 seconds answers 202 with a job to poll (Batch and jobs).

Parameters#

NameTypeRequiredDescription
handlestringone ofChannel handle, with or without @. Also accepted as username.
idstringone ofChannel id (UC...). Also accepted as channelId, channel_id.
urlURLone ofAny channel URL (/@handle, /channel/UC..., /c/name). Accepted hosts: youtube.com, youtu.be.
sortstringnoOrder of results. Changing it restarts the cursor chain. One of latest, popular. Default latest. Also accepted as sort_by, sortBy, order. Also accepted values: newest for latest.
include_extrasbooleannoAlso fetch length, publish date, likes and description per Short (slower, more errors). Default false. Also accepted as includeExtras.

Send at least one of handle, id, url. If you send several, the first listed is used and the rest are ignored.

Every request also accepts:

  • cursor: the cursor from the previous page (Pagination).
  • trim: true for a smaller response without null fields and extra.
  • raw: true to also get the platform's original object as raw.
  • max_age_days: accept a cached result up to this many days old, for 0 credits (Caching).

Example request#

Set your key in the environment first (see Authentication).

curl
curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/youtube/channel/shorts" \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "handle=NASA"
Python
import os
import requests

params = {
    "handle": "NASA",
}
res = requests.get(
    "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/youtube/channel/shorts",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},
    params=params,
)
body = res.json()

if body["ok"]:
    print(body["data"])
else:
    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])
TypeScript
const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/youtube/channel/shorts");
url.search = new URLSearchParams({
  "handle": "NASA"
}).toString();
const res = await fetch(url, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },
});
const body = await res.json();

if (body.ok) {
  console.log(body.data);
} else {
  console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);
}
n8n
{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "SocialScrape YouTube channel Shorts",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4.2,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "method": "GET",
        "url": "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/youtube/channel/shorts",
        "sendQuery": true,
        "queryParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "handle",
              "value": "NASA"
            }
          ]
        },
        "sendHeaders": true,
        "headerParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "x-api-key",
              "value": "={{ $env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY }}"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {}
}

Example response#

This is a sample from a recorded response, lists and long text are shortened. Status 200.

{
  "ok": true,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 4999,
  "cached": false,
  "cached_at": null,
  "request_id": "req_f8732e2d53fce6b21728fefe",
  "data": {
    "object": "list",
    "items": [
      {
        "object": "post",
        "platform": "youtube",
        "id": "-62C9R_41Sc",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-62C9R_41Sc",
        "type": "short",
        "author": {
          "id": "UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ",
          "handle": "NASA",
          "name": "NASA",
          "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@NASA",
          "avatar_url": null,
          "verified": null
        },
        "title": "From the Moon to the 50-Yard Line",
        "text": null,
        "published_at": null,
        "duration_seconds": null,
        "language": null,
        "hashtags": null,
        "mentions": null,
        "stats": {
          "views": 51000,
          "likes": null,
          "comments": null,
          "shares": null,
          "saves": null,
          "dislikes": null
        },
        "media": {
          "thumbnail_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-62C9R_41Sc/mqdefault.jpg",
          "video_url": null,
          "audio_url": null,
          "image_urls": null,
          "width": null,
          "height": null
        },
        "song": null,
        "location": null,
        "is_pinned": null,
        "is_sponsored": null,
        "extra": null
      },
      {
        "object": "post",
        "platform": "youtube",
        "id": "myZ9kn9MIWQ",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/myZ9kn9MIWQ",
        "type": "short",
        "author": {
          "id": "UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ",
          "handle": "NASA",
          "name": "NASA",
          "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@NASA",
          "avatar_url": null,
          "verified": null
        },
        "title": "2026 Solar Eclipse @ 50,000 Feet",
        "text": null,
        "published_at": null,
        "duration_seconds": null,
        "language": null,
        "hashtags": null,
        "mentions": null,
        "stats": {
          "views": 276000,
          "likes": null,
          "comments": null,
          "shares": null,
          "saves": null,
          "dislikes": null
        },
        "media": {
          "thumbnail_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/myZ9kn9MIWQ/mqdefault.jpg",
          "video_url": null,
          "audio_url": null,
          "image_urls": null,
          "width": null,
          "height": null
        },
        "song": null,
        "location": null,
        "is_pinned": null,
        "is_sponsored": null,
        "extra": null
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "o30",
    "has_more": true,
    "parent": null
  },
  "cursor": "o30",
  "has_more": true
}

Response#

A list of Post objects in data.items, with data.cursor and data.has_more.

See Data models for every field. The envelope around data is described in Responses.

Errors#

Failures are free: credits_charged is 0. Branch on error.code, never on the message.

CodeHTTPRetryMeaning
invalid_params400noA parameter is missing, unknown or has the wrong type.
unsupported_url400noThe URL is not one this endpoint accepts (wrong platform or form).
not_found404noThe platform says this profile, post or item does not exist.

Every request can also fail with the account and platform errors listed on the Errors page.