# fetcher.sh YouTube Channel Shorts

> fetcher.sh YouTube Channel Shorts is a paid API for AI agents from fetcher.sh, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Retrieves the list of YouTube Shorts videos published by a specific YouTube channel

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://fetcher.sh/api/youtube/channel/%7Bid%7D/shorts
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/fetcher-sh-youtube-channel-shorts-ef29faa8
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_8FLFoboAWcIpOqaxM_6cC

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 fetcher-sh-youtube-channel-shorts-ef29faa8
```

Example prompt: Can you pull all the YouTube Shorts from the channel with ID UCxxxxxx and list them with their titles and view counts?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need YouTube Shorts specifically (vertical short-form video content) from a known channel ID, without setting up YouTube Data API credentials or OAuth. Ideal for AI agents that need frictionless, pay-per-call access to YouTube Shorts metadata without account setup or subscription commitments.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent channel ID returns empty result or error
- Channel with no Shorts returns empty list
- Rate limiting or payment failure returns 402 status
- YouTube anti-scraping measures may cause intermittent failures
- Private or restricted channels may return no results

## How this service works

fetcher.sh is an x402 web-data and scraping API: 111 endpoints for Twitter/X, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, Google, App Store, and Yelp — paid per call in USDC on Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Monad or Solana, or with prepaid credits. Built for AI agents: no accounts, no OAuth, no subscriptions.

## Output

A list of YouTube Shorts videos associated with the given channel ID, typically including video titles, video IDs, URLs, view counts, like counts, and publication dates for each Short.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/fetcher-sh-youtube-channel-shorts-ef29faa8/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from fetcher.sh](https://www.zero.xyz/host/fetcher.sh/llms.txt)