You can access the Youtube Scraper - Video & 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 Integrations settings 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    "video_urls": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/T8I165Qxeo8",
10    "proxyConfiguration": {
11        "useApifyProxy": True,
12        "apifyProxyGroups": [],
13    },
14}
15
16# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
17run = client.actor("saswave/youtube-scraper-video-downloader").call(run_input=run_input)
18
19# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
20print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
21for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
22    print(item)
23
24# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Youtube Scraper - Video & Shorts Downloader API in Python

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

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Youtube Scraper - Video & Shorts Downloader API in JavaScript

Youtube Scraper - Video & Shorts Downloader API through CLI

Youtube Scraper - Video & Shorts Downloader OpenAPI definition

Youtube Scraper - Video & Shorts Downloader API

Youtube Shorts Downloader

easyapi/youtube-shorts-downloader

Extract and download YouTube Shorts videos in multiple formats and qualities. Get direct download links, video metadata, and audio streams. Perfect for content creators, researchers, and developers working with YouTube Shorts content. 🎥✨

EasyApi

YouTube Channel Shorts Scraper 📱

easyapi/youtube-channel-shorts-scraper

Scrape YouTube Shorts from any channel - Get video details including titles, views, URLs, and more. Perfect for content analysis, competitor research, and tracking short-form video performance.

EasyApi

Youtube Shorts Scraper

newbs/Youtube-Shorts

Unlock valuable insights with our YouTube video data extraction tool. Effortlessly gather crucial information like video title, social links, description, and more youtube information ..... Enhance your analysis and decision-making with comprehensive data from this youtube scraper actor.

Newbs

224

5.0

YouTube Shorts Scraper

streamers/youtube-shorts-scraper

Extract YouTube Shorts data from one or multiple YouTube channels. Get video URL, caption, timestamp, likes, dislikes, views and comments count, basic channel info, and more. This alternative YouTube API has no limits or quotas. Download the data in JSON, CSV, and Excel.

Streamers

8.7k

4.4

YouTube Hashtag Video & Shorts Scraper 🎥

easyapi/youtube-hashtag-video-shorts-scraper

Scrape YouTube videos and Shorts by hashtag - Extract comprehensive video data including titles, views, channel info, and more. Perfect for content analysis and market research.

EasyApi

YouTube Shorts Actor

topaz_sharingan/YouTube-Shorts-Actor

Scrap YouTube_Shorts with ease. Just provide the YouTube shorts channel link or YouTube Channel name or link and we'll take it from there.

Moses Bilal

138

Youtube Shorts Scraper

runtime/youtube-shorts-scraper

YouTube Shorts Scraper is an Apify Actor that scrapes video data and comments from the Shorts section of a YouTube channel. It extracts key details such as video title, URL, view count, streaming time (in days), hashtags, description, comments count, and individual comments with user IDs.

Runtime

5.0

Youtube Shorts Scraper

pratikdani/youtube-shorts-scraper

Extract YouTube channel data, including subscriber counts, video uploads, descriptions, and associated links. Get a comprehensive view of channel activity and profile information directly from YouTube.

Pratik Dani

⚡️ YouTube Shorts Downloader 🎥

scrapearchitect/youtube-shorts-downloader

🚀 YouTube Shorts Downloader 🎥⚡️ Instantly download YouTube Shorts in 360p to 2k 🎬! Grab video🎥, audio🎧, or merged files 🔗. Bypass geo-blocks 🌐 & process bulk URLs 📦. Fast⚡, simple✅, no login🔒!" ✨ Perfect for creators, 🤖 bots, 📊 researchers, or anyone craving instant Shorts access!

Scrape Architect

Youtube Video, Shorts & MP3 Downloader

scraper-mind/youtube-video-shorts-mp3-downloader

[𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲] YouTube Video, Shorts & MP3 Downloader effortlessly extracts download links from YouTube videos in multiple resolutions: 8K to 360p. It provides separate video, audio & a merged Video link along with detailed metadata. Bulk Processing (Support 1000+ URLs & TXT file)