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$2.65 / 1,000 shorts

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Youtube Shorts Downloader

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Download known public YouTube Shorts from URLs or video IDs. Get video and audio files saved in Apify storage, source media links, quality and format details, thumbnails, channel data, and view, like, and comment counts when available.

Pricing

$2.65 / 1,000 shorts

Rating

0.0

(0)

Developer

Maxime Dupré

Actor stats

Bookmarked

344

Total users

Monthly active users

12 days ago

Last modified

Categories

Videos

Social media

Developer tools

Features

You can access the Youtube Shorts Downloader programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "shortUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8Zk5XzLJSAw"],
10    "maxFileSizeMb": 3,
11}
12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
14run = client.actor("maximedupre/youtube-shorts-downloader").call(run_input=run_input)
15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
17print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
18for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
19    print(item)
20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

YouTube Shorts Video Downloader & Metadata API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Youtube Shorts Downloader API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

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