YouTube Channel Shorts Scraper

Collect Shorts published on a channel you identify by channel id or username. Choose sort order (newest, oldest, or popular), optionally bias with region and language hints, and optionally ask for more localized channel metadata. The actor follows continuation paging so you can gather more than one page—up to the limit you set.

Who it’s for

• Creators auditing their own Shorts feed or a competitor’s.
• Analysts who need structured rows for reporting or exports.
• Automation that runs on a schedule per channel.

What you can do with it

• Target a channel with its id or a legacy username (only one lookup path is used: id wins if both are filled).
• Sort Shorts by recency or popularity.
• Optional region and language hints.
• Optional localized channel block when combined with a region.
• Cap how many Short rows to collect.

How it works (in plain terms)

You provide a channel id or username and options. The actor loads the first page of Shorts, saves rows until your cap, then automatically requests additional pages using the continuation value returned by the service, pausing briefly between requests. You do not paste tokens yourself.

Input

Field	Required	What it means
Channel ID (channelId)	One of id / username	The channel’s UC… identifier.
Channel username (channelUsername)	One of id / username	Legacy username if you do not use the id.
Sort order (sortBy)	No	Newest first (default), oldest first, or popular.
Region (region)	No	Country or region code to bias results (e.g. US, GB).
Language hint (language)	No	Locale or language preference (e.g. en).
Prefer localized channel data (preferLocalized)	No	Request richer localized channel metadata; use with a region when possible.
Maximum results (maxResults)	No	Upper bound on Short rows to collect (default 100).

You must supply either channelId or channelUsername. If both are provided, the id is used.

Output

• One row per Short (until your cap). Duplicates across pages are skipped when the same videoId appears again.
• Short fields typically include type, videoId, title, channelTitle, channelId, thumbnails, view or time hints, lengthText, and similar—depending on what the feed returns.
• Feed context: sortOrder; inputChannelId or inputUsername (what you asked for); feedChannelId, feedChannelTitle, feedChannelHandle when the response header includes them; optional region; scrapedAt.

Sample output (one row, illustrative)

{
	"type": "shorts",
	"videoId": "2LnyHsov8X0",
	"title": "The Heartbreaking Truth Behind Brooks – The Shawshank Redemption Explained #shorts",
	"viewCountText": "2.9K views",
	"thumbnail": [
		{
			"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2LnyHsov8X0/frame0.jpg",
			"width": 1080,
			"height": 1920
		}
	],
	"isOriginalAspectRatio": true,
	"params": "CDMwAroBGFVDTWhlOGptYWMtdFdLVTBWal9PWER2QQ%3D%3D",
	"playerParams": "8AEByAMkuAQ0ogYVATtgMiK_V8xmfmgWkbcI9sKM29Z5kAcC",
	"sequenceParams": "Gt0IIAFC2AgIABAjGsIIoge-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%3D",
	"sortOrder": "newest",
	"inputChannelId": "UCMhe8jmac-tWKU0Vj_OXDvA",
	"feedChannelId": "UCMhe8jmac-tWKU0Vj_OXDvA",
	"feedChannelTitle": "enes Luciano",
	"feedChannelHandle": "@enesLuciano7i",
	"scrapedAt": "2026-03-27T01:52:04.125Z"
}