# Realtime Shorts Search

> Realtime Shorts Search is a paid API for AI agents from x402.openwebninja.com, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Search for short-form vertical videos (YouTube Shorts, TikTok-style) in real-time with filtering by recency, quality, and caption availability

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402.openwebninja.com/realtime-shorts-search/search
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/realtime-shorts-search-770b9d37
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ufHAYlf1q8LZePnGcrduE

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 realtime-shorts-search-770b9d37
```

Example prompt: Find me short-form videos about sourdough bread baking posted in the last week — only high quality ones, and get me the first page of results.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to discover and retrieve short-form vertical video content (Shorts/Reels style) in real time with keyword search. Prefer this over general video search APIs when the specific goal is vertical/short-format content with recency filtering options. It is particularly useful when you need to filter by posting date range, quality tier, or closed captioning availability.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required 'query' parameter returns a validation error
- Invalid 'time' enum value (not one of: any, day, week, month, year) causes a bad request
- Invalid date format for posted_date_from or posted_date_to may return an error or empty results
- No results found for niche queries returns empty data array with success status
- Payment failure (insufficient USDC balance) blocks the request with a 402 response
- Rate limiting may occur with excessive concurrent requests

## 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

Returns a paginated array of short-form video results, each including a unique video ID, title, source platform, channel name, thumbnail image URL, video URL, aspect ratio, and ranking position, along with request metadata like the query string, page token, and a unique request ID.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {}
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/realtime-shorts-search-770b9d37/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402.openwebninja.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402.openwebninja.com/llms.txt)