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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{
"ok": true,
"data": {
"data": [
{
"videoId": "...",
"title": "...",
"viewCountText": "1.2M views"
}
],
"continuation": "..."
}
}Features
Call /v1/youtube/shorts to fetch a sequence of Shorts from the feed, each entry carrying videoId, title, and viewCountText (e.g. '1.2M views').
The endpoint takes a continuation token via the params field and returns a new one, so you can walk the Shorts feed batch by batch.
Every Short in the feed includes its view count and engagement signals, ready to rank or analyze short-form performance.
Returns Shorts in feed order, the same vertical sequence a user swipes through in the YouTube app.
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);The YouTube Shorts Feed API — browse the short-form feed
The YouTube Shorts Feed API returns a sequence of Shorts from YouTube's short-form feed. Call /v1/youtube/shorts with a continuation token in the params field and get a data array of Shorts — each with videoId, title, and viewCountText like '1.2M views' — plus a fresh continuation token to fetch the next batch. It mirrors the swipe-through Shorts experience as paginated data.
At $0.01 per page it's the discovery endpoint for short-form content: aggregate trending Shorts, build a short-video hub, or analyze the feed for the formats and topics that are catching on.
What is a YouTube Shorts Feed API?
A YouTube Shorts Feed API returns the stream of vertical short-form videos from YouTube's Shorts feed as structured, paginated data. You drive it with a continuation token (passed in the params field) and receive a data array of Shorts — each with videoId, title, and a viewCountText like '1.2M views' — plus the next continuation token. It reproduces the endless swipe feed of the Shorts experience in JSON form. This is a discovery endpoint, not a detail one: it surfaces Shorts you didn't already know about, in feed order, for aggregation and trend analysis.
Build your own Shorts discovery hub
Page through the Shorts feed to populate a short-form video hub or a vertical-swipe widget in your own app, rendering each Short from its videoId and view count. For trend research, sample the feed repeatedly and analyze recurring formats, hooks, and topics among the highest-view Shorts to learn what's resonating in short-form right now. Hand the videoIds you collect to the Shorts Info endpoint for deeper per-Short metadata, or to the Transcript endpoint to read what's said — turning a raw feed into an analyzable dataset.
YouTube Shorts Feed API pricing — $0.01/call
Each page of the Shorts feed costs $0.01 and returns a batch of Shorts plus the continuation token for the next page. There's no daily quota, so walking deep into the feed for aggregation or trend sampling stays cheap. The official Data API has no Shorts-feed equivalent, so this is the practical way to programmatically browse short-form content the way the app presents it — paginated and in feed order, on your YepAPI key.
Shorts Feed vs. Channel Shorts vs. Shorts Info
Three endpoints cover short-form at three scopes. Shorts Feed browses the general algorithmic Shorts stream for discovery. Channel Shorts lists the Shorts from one specific creator, sortable by newest, oldest, or popular. Shorts Info returns full metadata for a single Short by ID. Use the Feed to discover broadly, Channel Shorts to focus on a creator, and Shorts Info to drill into any individual Short — all composable on one key alongside the wider YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram endpoints.
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Sign up for $5 in free credit, no card required — 500 feed pages. Page through the Shorts feed and inspect the videoIds and view counts to plan your aggregation before you build.
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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.
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