# Watch a channel for new Shorts

**Use case:** 

Run this on a schedule and get only the Shorts that were not returned to you before. It remembers what it has already delivered, so a run where the channel posted nothing returns no rows at all instead of charging you for the same Shorts again. The first run returns what it reads, which is what makes the later runs meaningful.

## Input

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "@MrBeast"
  ],
  "searchQueries": [],
  "shortUrls": [],
  "maxShortsPerSource": 20,
  "maxRecords": 20,
  "exactNumbers": false,
  "minViews": 0,
  "maxLengthSeconds": 0,
  "keywords": [],
  "keywordMatch": "any",
  "excludeKeywords": [],
  "monitoringMode": true,
  "resetMonitoringState": true,
  "maxRequests": 60,
  "useProxy": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "viewCountText": {
    "label": "View Count Text",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "viewCount": {
    "label": "View Count",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "viewCountIsExact": {
    "label": "View Count Is Exact",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "publishedAt": {
    "label": "Published At",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "publishedDateText": {
    "label": "Published Date Text",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "channelName": {
    "label": "Channel Name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Url",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "source": {
    "label": "Source",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "channelInput": {
    "label": "Channel Input",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "query": {
    "label": "Query",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "page": {
    "label": "Page",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "rank": {
    "label": "Rank",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "shortId": {
    "label": "Short Id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "viewCountApprox": {
    "label": "View Count Approx",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "lengthSeconds": {
    "label": "Length Seconds",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "channelId": {
    "label": "Channel Id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "channelUrl": {
    "label": "Channel Url",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "channelHandle": {
    "label": "Channel Handle",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "thumbnailUrl": {
    "label": "Thumbnail Url",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "accessibilityText": {
    "label": "Accessibility Text",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "scrapedAt": {
    "label": "Scraped At",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "note": {
    "label": "Note",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [YouTube Shorts Scraper - Exact Views, Dates & Channels](https://apify.com/neverempty/youtube-shorts-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/neverempty/youtube-shorts-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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