# AnyAPI YouTube Shorts Scraper

> AnyAPI YouTube Shorts Scraper is a paid API for AI agents from api.getanyapi.com, paid per call via x402, $0.052/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Scrapes metadata and content data from a YouTube Shorts video by URL or video ID

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/youtube.shorts
- Price: $0.052/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/anyapi-youtube-shorts-scraper-e03821c0
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ggKCSqoiwmihk-nTfwecv

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability anyapi-youtube-shorts-scraper-e03821c0 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull all the details from this YouTube Short — https://www.youtube.com/shorts/abc123 — like the title, view count, likes, and creator info?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured data from a specific YouTube Shorts video without a YouTube Data API key or quota constraints, and want pay-per-request pricing with no subscription. Ideal for one-off lookups or agent workflows that occasionally need Shorts data.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent video ID returns an error response
- Private or deleted Shorts may return no data or an error
- Rate limiting or upstream YouTube blocking may cause failures
- Malformed URL input may result in a parsing error
- Temporary scraping infrastructure issues may return 5xx errors

## How this service works

1,200+ scraping and data APIs behind one key. Pay per request in real dollars. No subscriptions, nothing monthly, nothing to cancel.

## Output

A JSON object containing structured metadata about the specified YouTube Shorts video, including title, description, view count, like count, comment count, channel/creator details, and other available engagement metrics.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "title": "Yelp search input",
 "example": {
  "limit": 5,
  "query": "pizza",
  "location": "Chicago, IL"
 },
 "required": [
  "query",
  "location"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "limit": {
   "type": "integer",
   "maximum": 20,
   "minimum": 1,
   "description": "Maximum number of results to return (1 to 20, default 20)."
  },
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Search term or category to look for (e.g. sushi)."
  },
  "location": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "City and state defining the search area (e.g. San Francisco, CA)."
  }
 },
 "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json"
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/anyapi-youtube-shorts-scraper-e03821c0/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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