---
title: "YouTube Shorts Stats API"
method: GET
path: "/v1/youtube/shorts/video-details"
tags: ["YouTube"]
---

# YouTube Shorts Stats API

`GET /v1/youtube/shorts/video-details`

## Request

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

YouTube Short metadata — same schema as Video Details, with isShort:true; long-form videos get HTTP 422.

Same field schema as YouTube Video Details (title, channel, duration, view/like/comment counts, tags, timings.path, …) but scoped to Shorts: response always includes platform, isShort:true, durationSeconds + durationFormatted, and a youtube.com/shorts/{id} URL. Uses reel_item_watch for publishDate / description / @handle (ANDROID player often omits Shorts microformat). Thumbnails prefer vertical / channel covers over landscape frame-2 stills. commentCountIsApproximate is true when YouTube only exposes a compact total (e.g. 11K→11000). defaultLanguage / defaultAudioLanguage are present (null when YouTube omits them). genre / categoryId / isFamilySafe are omitted when unavailable. Videos longer than 3 minutes — even if pasted as /shorts/{id} — return HTTP 422; use Video Details for those. Flat 1 credit.

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

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required
- `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.
    - `id` string: Stable platform ID for the item.
    - `title` string: Title of the item.
    - `description` string: Description text.
    - `channelName` string: Name of the channel.
    - `channelId` string: Stable channel id (YouTube UC… when applicable).
    - `channelUrl` string: URL of the channel.
    - `publishedAt` string: Publish date (ISO 8601) when the platform exposes an absolute timestamp.
    - `durationSeconds` integer: Length in seconds for this item (full media length, or a segment span when the endpoint documents a start/end).
    - `durationFormatted` string: Human-readable duration.
    - `viewCount` integer: View count.
    - `likeCount` integer: Like count as an integer. Compact UI labels ("727K") are expanded here; see likeCountText for the original string.
    - `commentCount` integer: Comment count.
    - `thumbnailUrl` string: Thumbnail image URL.
    - `genre` string: Music genre.
    - `tags` unknown[]: Tags attached to the item.
      - unknown
    - `isShort` boolean: Is short. Example: true.
    - `contentType` string: Content type. Example: "short".

## 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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