YouTube

YouTube Channel Shorts API

Channel Shorts with cursor pagination — same row shape as channel-videos (exact publishedAt).

Lists a channel's Shorts tab with nextCursor + hasMore (same cursor as channel-videos). Each row is player-enriched via reel_item_watch + ANDROID: exact publishedAt, publishedTimeText when the shelf exposes a relative label, viewCount + viewCountIsApproximate, durationSeconds/durationFormatted, genre, badges, commentCount trio, thumbnailUrl (prefers cover over frame-2 stills), and nested channel{}. Flat 2 credits on the native path. Not an alias of Video Details.

Docs: https://captapi.com/apis/youtube-channel-shorts

get/v1/youtube/channel-shorts

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.captapi.com
  • URL: https://api.captapi.com/v1/youtube/channel-shorts
  • Auth: one of:
    • HTTP bearer
    • API key in header X-API-Key

Query parameters

urlstring required

YouTube channel URL, @handle, bare handle, or UC... channel ID, e.g. https://youtube.com/@handle or @mkbhd. The URL platform must match this endpoint's platform. Do not pass cross-platform URLs, e.g. YouTube to TikTok, Instagram to Facebook, LinkedIn to X/Twitter, or Pinterest to Rumble.

limitinteger

Max items to return (default 20, max 200). Flat 2 credits per call.

cursorstring

Pagination cursor. Leave empty for the first page; then pass the nextCursor value returned in the previous response.

cacheboolean

Set true to serve from the 24h response cache (0 credits on hit). Default false — always fetch fresh.

Response

Success. The data object for this endpoint.

successunknown required

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 3 revisions of this API.