# YouTube Channel Shorts IDs for Detail Lookup Queues

**Use case:** 

Collect video IDs, titles and canonical Shorts links from known channels. Prepare a reviewed queue for a separate detail lookup or internal database join, preserving which channel supplied each record; no follow-on scraper is started and the page limit bounds the initial collection.

## Input

```json
{
  "inputList": [
    "NASA"
  ],
  "pagesPerInput": 1
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "input": {
    "label": "Input",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "id": {
    "label": "ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "type": {
    "label": "Type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "description": {
    "label": "Description",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "thumbnail_url": {
    "label": "Thumbnail URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "thumbnails.url": {
    "label": "Thumbnails / URL",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "thumbnails.width": {
    "label": "Thumbnails / Width",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "thumbnails.height": {
    "label": "Thumbnails / Height",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "duration_seconds": {
    "label": "Duration Seconds",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "duration_text": {
    "label": "Duration Text",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "views": {
    "label": "Views",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "views_text": {
    "label": "Views Text",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "published_text": {
    "label": "Published Text",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "badges": {
    "label": "Badges",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "is_live": {
    "label": "Is Live",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "is_upcoming": {
    "label": "Is Upcoming",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "is_premiere": {
    "label": "Is Premiere",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "is_members_only": {
    "label": "Is Members Only",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "stream_status": {
    "label": "Stream Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "scheduled_start_time": {
    "label": "Scheduled Start Time",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "accessibility_text": {
    "label": "Accessibility Text",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "author.id": {
    "label": "Author / ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "author.name": {
    "label": "Author / Name",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "author.handle": {
    "label": "Author / Handle",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "author.url": {
    "label": "Author / URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "author.avatar_url": {
    "label": "Author / Avatar URL",
    "format": "image"
  },
  "author.avatar_thumbnails.url": {
    "label": "Author / Avatar Thumbnails / URL",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "author.avatar_thumbnails.width": {
    "label": "Author / Avatar Thumbnails / Width",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "author.avatar_thumbnails.height": {
    "label": "Author / Avatar Thumbnails / Height",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "author.is_verified": {
    "label": "Author / Is Verified",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "source_channel.id": {
    "label": "Source Channel / ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "source_channel.handle": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Handle",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "source_channel.name": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Name",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "source_channel.url": {
    "label": "Source Channel / URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "source_channel.canonical_url": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Canonical URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "source_channel.vanity_url": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Vanity URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "source_channel.description": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Description",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "source_channel.avatar_url": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Avatar URL",
    "format": "image"
  },
  "source_channel.avatar_thumbnails.url": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Avatar Thumbnails / URL",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "source_channel.avatar_thumbnails.width": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Avatar Thumbnails / Width",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "source_channel.avatar_thumbnails.height": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Avatar Thumbnails / Height",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "source_channel.banner_url": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Banner URL",
    "format": "image"
  },
  "source_channel.banner_thumbnails.url": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Banner Thumbnails / URL",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "source_channel.banner_thumbnails.width": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Banner Thumbnails / Width",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "source_channel.banner_thumbnails.height": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Banner Thumbnails / Height",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "source_channel.subscribers": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Subscribers",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "source_channel.subscribers_text": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Subscribers Text",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "source_channel.videos_count": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Videos Count",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "source_channel.videos_count_text": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Videos Count Text",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "source_channel.views": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Views",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "source_channel.views_text": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Views Text",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "source_channel.country": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Country",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "source_channel.joined_date": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Joined Date",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "source_channel.keywords": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Keywords",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "source_channel.keywords_raw": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Keywords Raw",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "source_channel.external_links.title": {
    "label": "Source Channel / External Links / Title",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "source_channel.external_links.url": {
    "label": "Source Channel / External Links / URL",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "source_channel.external_links.display_url": {
    "label": "Source Channel / External Links / Display URL",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "source_channel.external_links.icon_url": {
    "label": "Source Channel / External Links / Icon URL",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "source_channel.rss_url": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Rss URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "source_channel.available_countries": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Available Countries",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "source_channel.is_verified": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Is Verified",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "source_channel.is_family_safe": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Is Family Safe",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "source_channel.is_subscriber_count_hidden": {
    "label": "Source Channel / Is Subscriber Count Hidden",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "position": {
    "label": "Position",
    "format": "integer"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

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


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/scrapingmonkey/youtube-channel-shorts-scraper.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).