YouTube channel shorts

Fetch shorts from a YouTube channel shorts tab using the public web client sort chips and continuations.

POST /v1/youtube/channel/shorts

Request Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
channel_id	body	string	No	YouTube channel ID (for example UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA).
channel_url	body	string	No	YouTube channel URL or tab URL. Handles like https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast and channel IDs are normalized to the requested tab.
handle	body	string	No	YouTube channel handle, with or without the leading @.
pages	body	number	No	Number of pages to fetch (1-20).
sort	body	string	No	Shorts ordering: latest, popular, or oldest.

Response Structure

Async kickoff response

Polled run result response

Sync response

Declared output schema

Code Examples

Async + polling

RUN=$(curl -s -X POST "https://api.browsable.app/v1/youtube/channel/shorts" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"channel_id":"id-1","channel_url":"https://example.com/item-1","handle":"sample","pages":1,"sort":"latest"}')

RUN_ID=$(echo "$RUN" | jq -r '.run_id')
POLL_DELAY=3

while true; do
  RESULT=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" "https://api.browsable.app/v1/runs/$RUN_ID")
  STATUS=$(echo "$RESULT" | jq -r '.run_status')
  if [[ "$STATUS" =~ ^(succeeded|failed|errored|cancelled|canceled|expired)$ ]]; then
    echo "$RESULT"
    break
  fi
  sleep "$(awk "BEGIN { print $POLL_DELAY * (0.9 + ($RANDOM % 21) / 100) }")"
  POLL_DELAY=$((POLL_DELAY < 30 ? POLL_DELAY * 2 : 30))
  [ "$POLL_DELAY" -gt 30 ] && POLL_DELAY=30
done

Sync

curl -X POST "https://api.browsable.app/v1/youtube/channel/shorts" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"channel_id":"id-1","channel_url":"https://example.com/item-1","handle":"sample","pages":1,"sort":"latest","_run":{"async":false}}'