---
title: "YouTube Channel Shorts API"
method: GET
path: "/v1/youtube/channel-shorts"
tags: ["YouTube"]
---

# YouTube Channel Shorts API

`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`

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

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required
- `limit` integer
- `cursor` string
- `cache` boolean

## Response `200`

Success. The data object for this endpoint.

- object
  - `success` unknown, required
  - `data` object, required
    - `url` string: Canonical URL of the item.
    - `totalReturned` integer: Number of items returned in this response.
    - `shorts` object[]
      - `url` string: Canonical URL of the item.
      - `title` string: Title of this shorts item.
      - `publishedAt` unknown
      - `viewCount` integer: View count.
      - `durationSeconds` unknown
      - `thumbnailUrl` unknown
      - `channelName` string: Name of the channel.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request: wrong platform URL, unknown endpoint, or an invalid parameter value. Not billed.
- `401`: Missing, invalid or revoked API key. Not billed.
- `402`: Not enough credits for this request. Not billed.
- `404`: The resource does not exist or is not public. Not billed.
- `422`: A required parameter is missing or has the wrong type. Not billed.
- `429`: Rate limit reached. Wait for Retry-After seconds. Not billed.
- `502`: The platform could not be reached or returned nothing usable. Retryable, not billed. 503 and 504 use the same envelope.

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