YouTube Channel Shorts

Retrieves a paginated list of short-form videos (Shorts) from a YouTube channel, including each short's title, URL, view count (views), likes, comments, and description.

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YouTube Channel Shorts
GET /v1/youtube/channel/shorts

Retrieves a paginated list of short-form videos (Shorts) from a YouTube channel, including each short's title, URL, view count (views), likes, comments, and description.

Authentication: x-api-key
Example URL: https://api.datawake.ai/v1/youtube/channel/shorts?handle=starterstory&channelId=UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ&sort=newest&continuationToken=4qmFsgKrCBIYVUNkRkpXVWE0M3NtUm00SXBIQnB

Parameters:
- handle (query · string · optional) = starterstory
- channelId (query · string · optional) = UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ
- sort (query · string · optional) = newest
- continuationToken (query · string · optional) = 4qmFsgKrCBIYVUNkRkpXVWE0M3NtUm00SXBIQnB

Overview

WakeScrap exposes this YouTube endpoint as a live-data API. The platform keeps the documented request and response shape stable while unifying auth, request tracking, and credits billing.

Retrieves a paginated list of short-form videos (Shorts) from a YouTube channel, including each short's title, URL, view count (views), likes, comments, and description. Supports sorting by newest or popular, and use the continuationToken to page through all results. Returns data in the shorts array.

Optional query parameters can be combined in a single request.

Headers

x-api-key string required

Your Wake API access key.

Example:

YOUR_API_KEY

Query Parameters

handle string

Can pass channelId or handle

Example:

starterstory

channelId string

Can pass channelId or handle

Example:

UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ

sort string

Sort by newest or popular

Example:

newest

enum: newest, popular

continuationToken string

Continuation token to get more videos. Get 'continuationToken' from previous response.

Example:

4qmFsgKrCBIYVUNkRkpXVWE0M3NtUm00SXBIQnB


              curl 'https://api.datawake.ai/v1/youtube/channel/shorts?handle=starterstory&channelId=UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ&sort=newest&continuationToken=4qmFsgKrCBIYVUNkRkpXVWE0M3NtUm00SXBIQnB' \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json'


              const response = await fetch("https://api.datawake.ai/v1/youtube/channel/shorts?handle=starterstory&channelId=UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ&sort=newest&continuationToken=4qmFsgKrCBIYVUNkRkpXVWE0M3NtUm00SXBIQnB", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Accept': 'application/json',
  },
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);


              import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://api.datawake.ai/v1/youtube/channel/shorts?handle=starterstory&channelId=UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ&sort=newest&continuationToken=4qmFsgKrCBIYVUNkRkpXVWE0M3NtUm00SXBIQnB",
    headers={
        "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Accept": "application/json",
    },
)

print(response.json())


              $ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.datawake.ai/v1/youtube/channel/shorts?handle=starterstory&channelId=UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ&sort=newest&continuationToken=4qmFsgKrCBIYVUNkRkpXVWE0M3NtUm00SXBIQnB",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY',
        'Accept: application/json',
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo $response;


              client := &http.Client{}
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.datawake.ai/v1/youtube/channel/shorts?handle=starterstory&channelId=UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ&sort=newest&continuationToken=4qmFsgKrCBIYVUNkRkpXVWE0M3NtUm00SXBIQnB", nil)
if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}

req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")

resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()

body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))


              HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://api.datawake.ai/v1/youtube/channel/shorts?handle=starterstory&channelId=UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ&sort=newest&continuationToken=4qmFsgKrCBIYVUNkRkpXVWE0M3NtUm00SXBIQnB"))
    .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
    .header("Accept", "application/json")
    .method("GET", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
    .build();

HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
    .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

System.out.println(response.body());


              {
  "success": true,
  "credits_remaining": 9998708,
  "videos": [],
  "channels": [],
  "playlists": [],
  "shorts": [
    {
      "type": "short",
      "id": "Rdr8357wIRA",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdr8357wIRA",
      "title": "My app failed, then I changed one thing, and made $80K",
      "viewCountText": "8,035",
      "viewCountInt": 8035,
      "description": "Praneeth quit his $250K/year job to build an app that failed. Then, he changed one thing and made $80K",
      "commentCountText": "12",
      "commentCountInt": 12,
      "likeCountInt": 253,
      "likeCountText": "253"
    }
  ],
  "shelves": [],
  "lives": [],
  "continuationToken": "4qmFsgK9DBIYVUNoaHc2RGxLS1....."
}


              {
  "error": {
    "code": "invalid_request",
    "message": "One or more required parameters are missing or invalid."
  }
}


              {
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthorized",
    "message": "Invalid or missing x-api-key header."
  }
}


              {
  "error": {
    "code": "insufficient_credits",
    "message": "This request requires available credits before execution."
  }
}