YouTube Shorts Downloader 📱

Download YouTube Shorts videos in multiple formats and qualities. Extract video metadata and direct download links with ease! 🚀

Features ✨

• 🎯 Download YouTube Shorts videos in multiple resolutions (144p to 1080p)
• 🎵 Extract both video and audio streams separately
• 📊 Get comprehensive video metadata (title, author, duration, etc.)
• 🔗 Support for batch processing multiple Shorts URLs
• 💾 Download options in MP4 and WebM formats
• 🎨 Access video thumbnails and preview images
• ⚡ Fast and efficient processing
• 🔒 No authentication required

Use Cases 💡

• Content creators looking to repurpose Shorts content
• Social media managers collecting viral Shorts
• Researchers archiving YouTube Shorts content
• Developers building applications around Shorts content
• Digital marketers analyzing trending Shorts

Input Parameters 📝

The actor accepts the following input:

• links: Array of YouTube Shorts URLs to process (required)
  • Format: https://youtube.com/shorts/VIDEOID
  • Example: https://youtube.com/shorts/SJ0Ha3Xp464

Output 📤

The actor provides detailed output for each processed URL including:

• Video metadata (title, author, duration, etc.)
• Available video qualities and formats
• Direct download URLs for all quality variants
• Audio stream options
• Thumbnail images
• Error status and messages

Tips 💪

• Process multiple URLs in a single run for better efficiency
• Use dataset storage for large batch operations
• Check the error field in results to handle failed downloads

Input Example

A full explanation of an input example in JSON.

1{
2    "links": [
3		"https://youtube.com/shorts/SJ0Ha3Xp464"
4	] 
5}

Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the Storage tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get if you apply the input parameters above:

And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

1[
2	{
3		"url": "https://youtube.com/shorts/SJ0Ha3Xp464",
4		"source": "youtube",
5		"author": "Chandan Facts",
6		"title": "Blind love care #dance #bollywood #dancer #love #song #youtubevideo #automobile #myfirstdance",
7		"thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SJ0Ha3Xp464/2.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCHgQWvKriqkDHBgA8AEB-AG2CIACgA-KAgwIABABGGUgVyhOMA8=&rs=AOn4CLA1gY_DlSpnKEta6Tf2j1UzuDP34w",
8		"duration": 17,
9		"medias": [
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93				"type": "audio",
94				"extension": "mp3"
95			}
96		],
97		"type": "multiple",
98		"error": false
99	},
100    ...
101]