YouTube Trending Shorts

Fetches approximately 48 currently trending YouTube Shorts (viral/popular short-form videos) per call, returning each short's title, URL, thumbnail, view count (views), like count (likes), comment count, publish date, channel info, keywords, and duration.

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YouTube Trending Shorts
GET /v1/youtube/shorts/trending

Fetches approximately 48 currently trending YouTube Shorts (viral/popular short-form videos) per call, returning each short's title, URL, thumbnail, view count (views), like count (likes), comment count, publish date, channel info, keywords, and duration.

Authentication: x-api-key
Example URL: https://api.datawake.ai/v1/youtube/shorts/trending

Parameters:

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.

Call /v1/youtube/shorts/trending directly with an x-api-key header.

Headers

x-api-key string required

Your Wake API access key.

Example:

YOUR_API_KEY

Query Parameters

This endpoint has no query parameters.


              curl 'https://api.datawake.ai/v1/youtube/shorts/trending' \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json'


              const response = await fetch("https://api.datawake.ai/v1/youtube/shorts/trending", {
  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/shorts/trending",
    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/shorts/trending",
    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/shorts/trending", 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/shorts/trending"))
    .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,
  "shorts": [
    {
      "id": "ou0nl5ET0HA",
      "thumbnail": "https://img.youtube.com/vi/ou0nl5ET0HA/maxresdefault.jpg",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou0nl5ET0HA",
      "title": "That hooper who says their just shoes",
      "description": null,
      "commentCountText": "168",
      "commentCountInt": 168,
      "likeCountText": "151957",
      "likeCountInt": 151957,
      "viewCountText": "13,798,774",
      "viewCountInt": 13798774,
      "publishDateText": "Aug 7, 2025",
      "publishDate": "2025-08-07T13:00:22-07:00",
      "channel": {
        "id": "UC3iObCgKLKr9xquQw7fCang",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@dameuniverse",
        "handle": "dameuniverse",
        "title": "Dame Universe"
      },
      "chapters": [],
      "keywords": [
        "Kobe"
      ],
      "durationMs": 19000,
      "durationFormatted": "00:00:19"
    }
  ]
}


              {
  "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."
  }
}