YouTube API

YouTube Search shorts API

Search YouTube Shorts by keyword and get matching Shorts (title, views, URL) with cursor pagination as normalized JSON.

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cats - YouTube
youtube.com/results?search_query=cats&sp=EgIYAQ%253D%253D
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cats
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AllShortsVideos
Shorts

cat discovers the box is too small

6.7M views

What the API returnedshorts[0]
{
"id": "gQ4wWy0TnAr",
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gQ4wWy0TnAr",
"title": "cat discovers the box is too small",
"views": 6720000,
"viewsAvailable": true,
"contentType": "short"
}
Uptime
100.00%
30d · 2,000 calls
Requests
2,000
30d · weekly, last 12 wks
Response
1.4s
median · 30d

Pricing

YouTube Search shorts API pricing

You pay
$12.00
$1.20/1k req, only for what you use. No monthly plan.
Your first 83 requests are free with the $0.10 starting balance.

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Get YouTube search shorts in one request

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Sample response
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{
  "found": true,
  "data": {
    "nextCursor": "CBgSC2NhdHMgc2hvcnRz",
    "shorts": [
      {
        "id": "gQ4wWy0TnAr",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gQ4wWy0TnAr",
        "title": "cat discovers the box is too small",
        "views": 6720000,
        "viewsAvailable": true,
        "contentType": "short"
      },
      {
        "id": "hR5xXz1UoBs",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hR5xXz1UoBs",
        "title": "when the treat bag crinkles",
        "views": 2140000,
        "viewsAvailable": true,
        "contentType": "short"
      },
      {
        "id": "iS6yYa2VpCt",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iS6yYa2VpCt",
        "title": "my cat judging my life choices",
        "views": 0,
        "viewsAvailable": false,
        "contentType": "short"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Full parameter and response reference - every field, type, and example for this endpoint.

Reference

One request, one response shape.

Every field you send and every field you get back, each with a real example.

Last verified 2026-10-17 · uptime and latency measured over 30d

Request body

JSON, posted to this endpoint.

  • querystring

    cats

    The keyword to search Shorts for.

  • cursorstring

    Continuation token from a previous response for pagination.

  • sortByenum

    relevance

    Sort order: "relevance" (default) or "popular" (most-viewed).

  • uploadDateenum

    Filter by upload recency. Omit for any time.

You send. A small JSON body. The values shown are examples to replace with your own.

Response

JSON, one example value per field.

  • foundboolean

    true

datadata
  • nextCursorstring

    CBgSC2NhdHMgc2hvcnRz

each shortdata.shorts[]
  • idstring

    gQ4wWy0TnAr

  • urlstring

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gQ4wWy0TnAr

  • titlestring

    cat discovers the box is too small

  • viewsnumber

    6720000

  • viewsAvailableboolean

    true

  • contentTypestring

    short

You get back. Named, typed fields in the same shape whichever source answers.

FAQ

About the YouTube Search shorts API

The AnyAPI YouTube Search shorts API returns YouTube search shorts data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/youtube.search_shorts. Search YouTube Shorts by keyword and get matching Shorts (title, views, URL) with cursor pagination as normalized JSON. AnyAPI returns one normalized schema whichever source serves it. It costs from $1.20 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Over the last 30 days, 100.0% of YouTube search shorts calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 1.4 seconds across 2,000 measured calls.

It costs from $1.20 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. You fund one USD wallet and each call draws it down. Some failed wallet-funded requests incur processing charges that we pass through at cost, with no markup; the error response shows the amount charged.

Search YouTube Shorts by keyword and get matching Shorts (title, views, URL) with cursor pagination as normalized JSON. The response is normalized JSON with the same envelope every AnyAPI endpoint returns, so parsing a second endpoint is a change of URL and nothing else.

Over the last 30 days, 100.0% of YouTube search shorts calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 1.4 seconds across 2,000 measured calls. These are AnyAPI's own measurements of traffic through the gateway, recomputed continuously, not a published service-level target.

Yes. A new AnyAPI account starts with $0.10 of free balance and no card required, which covers 83 YouTube Search shorts calls at $0.0012 each.

Send a POST request to https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/youtube.search_shorts with your AnyAPI key in an "Authorization: Bearer" header and the input as a JSON body. The same key and the same wallet work on every AnyAPI endpoint.

No. You add US dollars to one prepaid AnyAPI balance and each request draws it down. There is no monthly plan and no minimum, and the same balance pays for every AnyAPI endpoint.

Yes. Install @getanyapi/sdk from npm for TypeScript or getanyapi from pip for Python. Both call every AnyAPI endpoint with the same key, and any HTTP client works too.

Yes. An agent can connect to the AnyAPI MCP server at https://api.getanyapi.com/mcp, or create its own free-trial key with one unauthenticated POST to https://api.getanyapi.com/agent/signup and call this endpoint over HTTP.
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