# Coockies.ai Real-Time Shorts Search

> Coockies.ai Real-Time Shorts Search is a paid API for AI agents from coockies-ai.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.174779/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-20).

Searches for real-time YouTube Shorts content based on a query, returning current short-form video results.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://coockies-ai.vercel.app/api/real-time-shorts-search?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.174779/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-20
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/coockies-ai-real-time-shorts-search-f76c0132
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_D7MZK9tmqMBIbvGeZpQfY

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 coockies-ai-real-time-shorts-search-f76c0132 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search YouTube Shorts right now for 'viral gym workout tips' and show me the latest results.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you specifically need real-time, live YouTube Shorts search results rather than general YouTube video search. It is best suited for discovering trending or current short-form video content by keyword or topic, especially when recency matters. Prefer this over generic search APIs when the user explicitly wants short-form or Shorts-format video content.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or missing query returns no results or error
- Rate limiting or payment failure via x402 prevents response
- Query matches no current Shorts content, returning empty result set
- Service outage on upstream YouTube data source returns error
- Malformed request body yields API validation error

## How this service works

194 production-ready API endpoints. AI, Search, Social, Finance, Crypto. Pay-per-call with x402 on Base chain.

## Output

Returns a result object containing YouTube Shorts video data matching the search query, including video listings sourced in real time from the platform.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "API response data"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "example": {
  "result": {
   "data": "example response"
  }
 },
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "API response data"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/coockies-ai-real-time-shorts-search-f76c0132/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from coockies-ai.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/coockies-ai.vercel.app/llms.txt)