YouTube Channel shorts API
List a YouTube channel's Shorts by handle or channel ID with cursor pagination, views, and publish timestamps.
$1.20/1k req, pay per request, no subscription.
{"id":Â "wF3xR9pL2qT","url":Â "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wF3xR9pL2qT","title":Â "The vanishing suitcase trick","views":Â 24800000,"viewsAvailable":Â true,"likes":Â 1920000,"duration":Â "0:14","createdUtc":Â 1758758400,... 2 more fields}
Pricing and providers
YouTube Channel shorts API pricing: one API, 2 interchangeable providers
The cheapest provider serves first. If it fails, the next one takes over in the same call.
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Get YouTube channel shorts in one request
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{
"found": true,
"data": {
"nextCursor": "Eg0SC1phY2hraW5nMUKAAQE",
"shorts": [
{
"id": "wF3xR9pL2qT",
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wF3xR9pL2qT",
"title": "The vanishing suitcase trick",
"views": 24800000,
"viewsAvailable": true,
"likes": 1920000,
"duration": "0:14",
"createdUtc": 1758758400,
"contentType": "short",
"image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wF3xR9pL2qT/hqdefault.jpg"
},
{
"id": "xG4yS0qM3rU",
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xG4yS0qM3rU",
"title": "Teleporting through a mirror",
"views": 18300000,
"viewsAvailable": true,
"likes": 1410000,
"duration": "0:19",
"createdUtc": 1758585600,
"contentType": "short",
"image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xG4yS0qM3rU/hqdefault.jpg"
},
{
"id": "yH5zT1rN4sV",
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yH5zT1rN4sV",
"title": "Turning a skateboard into a magic carpet",
"views": 9600000,
"viewsAvailable": true,
"likes": 742000,
"duration": "0:22",
"createdUtc": 1758412800,
"contentType": "short",
"image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yH5zT1rN4sV/hqdefault.jpg"
}
]
}
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Every field you send and every field you get back, each with a real example.
Last verified 2026-10-31 · uptime and latency measured over 30d
Request body
JSON, posted to this endpoint.
- channelIdstring
YouTube channel ID beginning with UC.
- cursorstring
Continuation token from a previous response.
- handlestring
@warpstitchmagic
YouTube channel handle, including or omitting the leading @.
- sortenum
latest
Sort order for the Shorts feed. latest and newest are equivalent.
Response
JSON, one example value per field.
The normalized Shorts page, or null when the channel was not found.
- nextCursorstring
Eg0SC1phY2hraW5nMUKAAQE
Opaque cursor for the next Shorts page, or null when no next page is available.
Short-form videos returned by the provider's dedicated YouTube Shorts endpoint. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- contentType"short"
short
Explicit normalized provenance that this item came from a dedicated Shorts feed.
- createdUtcnumber
1758758400
UTC epoch timestamp in seconds when supplied by the upstream response.
- durationstring
0:14
Published duration when supplied by the upstream response.
- idstring
wF3xR9pL2qT
Unique YouTube video identifier. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- imagestring
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wF3xR9pL2qT/hqdefault.jpg
URL of the short thumbnail image, tracking query parameters stripped.
- likesinteger
1920000
Public like count, or null when the serving source does not report it.
- titlestring
The vanishing suitcase trick
Public title or caption for the Short. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- urlstring
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wF3xR9pL2qT
Public YouTube URL for the Short. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- viewsinteger
24800000
Public view count when supplied by the upstream response.
- viewsAvailableboolean
true
Whether views is backed by a public count in the upstream response.
- foundboolean
true
Whether the channel Shorts feed was found.
- reason"not_found"
Present only when `found` is false, and says why there is no result. `not_found`: the source states the target does not exist, or returned nothing for it. A `found: false` answer is a successful call, not an error, and `costUsd` is what it actually cost.
FAQ
About the YouTube Channel shorts API
The AnyAPI YouTube Channel shorts API returns YouTube channel shorts data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/youtube.channel_shorts. List a YouTube channel's Shorts by handle or channel ID with cursor pagination, views, and publish timestamps. AnyAPI routes each request across 2 sources and falls back automatically when one fails. It costs from $1.20 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Over the last 30 days, 99.6% of YouTube channel shorts calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 6.7 seconds across 6,450 measured calls.