# BaseBuilder Search Real-Time Shorts Search

> BaseBuilder Search Real-Time Shorts Search is a paid API for AI agents from bb-search.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.195024/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-23).

Searches for real-time YouTube Shorts content using the BaseBuilder Search API hub

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://bb-search.vercel.app/api/real-time-shorts-search?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.195024/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-23
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/basebuilder-search-real-time-shorts-search-c249c72a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_YMA_jRCHFSLkM1u0a7NKT

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 basebuilder-search-real-time-shorts-search-c249c72a -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search for real-time YouTube Shorts about 'AI productivity tips' and show me the latest results.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need live, up-to-date YouTube Shorts results for a given topic or keyword and require real-time data rather than cached or historical results. Prefer this over general web search when the user specifically wants short-form video content from YouTube.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or invalid search query returns an error
- Payment not processed correctly via x402 results in 402 response
- Rate limit exceeded returns a throttling error
- No results found for an obscure or niche query
- Network timeout from upstream YouTube data source

## How this service works

BaseBuilder Search API hub - 18 paid endpoints

## Output

A list of real-time YouTube Shorts matching the query, likely including video titles, URLs, thumbnails, channel names, and metadata such as view counts or publish dates.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/basebuilder-search-real-time-shorts-search-c249c72a/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from bb-search.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/bb-search.vercel.app/llms.txt)