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OpenWeb Ninja — Realtime YouTube Shorts Search API
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OpenWeb Ninja — Realtime YouTube Shorts Search API is a paid API for AI agents from x402.openwebninja.com, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).
Returns real-time YouTube Shorts search results for a given query via a pay-per-call x402 API, no API key required.
Price / call$0.003
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
40+ public web-data, SERP, e-commerce, real-estate, finance and AI-search APIs, payable per call over x402 (USDC on Base, Polygon, Arbitrum). No account or API key required. Most endpoints $0.003; AI-model endpoints $0.005.
Output
A JSON object containing real-time YouTube Shorts search results for the given query, including video titles, URLs, channel names, view counts, thumbnails, and other SERP metadata scraped live from YouTube.
Example use cases
Trending Shorts topic research
“Search YouTube Shorts for 'AI tools 2025' and give me the top results — I want to see what's trending on the topic right now.”
Competitor content discovery
“Look up YouTube Shorts for 'handmade jewelry tutorial' and tell me which channels are showing up, what their videos are about, and how many views they're getting.”
Content gap analysis for creators
“Search YouTube Shorts for 'sourdough bread beginners' and show me the current results so I can see what content already exists before I start filming.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://x402.openwebninja.com/realtime-serp-data/shorts/searchWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need real-time, live YouTube Shorts SERP data without signing up for a YouTube Data API key or managing OAuth credentials. It's ideal for lightweight, pay-per-call scenarios where you want current Shorts results for a keyword without a subscription commitment. Prefer this over the official YouTube API when you want zero setup, micro-payment billing per call, and don't want to worry about quota limits tied to an account.
Side effects
- Missing or malformed query parameter returns an error
- Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance blocks the call
- YouTube changes its Shorts page structure causing parsing errors
- Rate limiting or quota issues on the provider side
- Empty results if the query returns no Shorts on YouTube
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| required | string | |
| properties | string |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {}
}Tags
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