# AnyAPI YouTube Trending Shorts

> AnyAPI YouTube Trending Shorts is a paid API for AI agents from api.getanyapi.com, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Fetches the current list of trending YouTube Shorts videos with metadata

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/youtube.trending_shorts
- Price: $0.002/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-trending-shorts-0dc4c4eb
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_h_RRzgSgACrJPAViM0r2N

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-trending-shorts-0dc4c4eb -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What YouTube Shorts are trending right now? Pull me the current trending Shorts list so I can see which videos and creators are blowing up today.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need real-time trending YouTube Shorts data without building your own scraper or managing a YouTube Data API quota. Ideal for content creators researching trends, marketers analyzing viral short-form video, or agents monitoring what's popular on YouTube Shorts right now. Prefer this over the official YouTube Data API when you want pay-per-use pricing with no subscription or quota management.

## Known failure modes

- YouTube anti-scraping measures may cause intermittent failures or empty results
- Region-specific trending data may not be available for all locales
- Rate limits may apply if called too frequently
- YouTube page structure changes may temporarily break the scraper
- Payment failure if USDC balance is insufficient

## How this service works

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## Output

A JSON array of currently trending YouTube Shorts, including video titles, channel names, view counts, like counts, video URLs, and other engagement metadata scraped from YouTube's trending Shorts feed.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

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

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/anyapi-youtube-trending-shorts-0dc4c4eb/health.json
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