POST/v1/youtube/shorts

YouTube Shorts Feed API

YouTube Shorts feed API — browse the Shorts feed with pagination. Discover trending short-form content for aggregation and analysis from $0.01/call.

Fetch a sequence of YouTube Shorts from the Shorts feed. Returns video metadata and a continuation token for paginating through the feed.

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Try it live

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POST /v1/youtube/shorts$0.01/call

Live testing

API Key

Continuation Token*

Pass a continuation token to paginate through the Shorts feed.

Response

Example response — hit "Run" to see a live result

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {
    "data": [
      {
        "videoId": "...",
        "title": "...",
        "viewCountText": "1.2M views"
      }
    ],
    "continuation": "..."
  }
}

Features

✓Shorts feed with full metadata

✓Pagination with continuation tokens

✓View count and engagement data

✓Mirrors the YouTube Shorts experience

Use cases

Shorts Discovery

Surface trending YouTube Shorts in your app or content feed.

Content Aggregation

Aggregate Shorts content for a short-form video hub or widget.

Trend Analysis

Analyze Shorts feed data to identify trending formats and topics in short-form content.

Quick start

Copy this snippet and start making calls.

const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/youtube/shorts', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "params": "..."
  }),
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

Why YepAPI is cheaper

No monthly minimums. No enterprise plans. Just pay per call.

Provider	Cost / call	Catch
YepAPI	$0.01	No minimum. Pay as you go.
YouTube Data API v3	$0.00	No direct equivalent

Frequently asked questions

Fetch a sequence of YouTube Shorts from the Shorts feed. Returns video metadata and a continuation token for paginating through the feed.

Each API call costs $0.01. No monthly minimums or subscriptions — you only pay for what you use.

Sign up for a free API key, then send a POST request to /v1/youtube/shorts. Check the code example above for a ready-to-use snippet in JavaScript, cURL, or Python.

YepAPI bundles SEO, AI, and web scraping APIs under one key with no monthly minimums. You get lower per-call pricing, a unified dashboard, and one billing account instead of managing multiple providers.

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