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GET
/
v1
/
scrape
/
youtube
/
shorts
/
trending
Trending Shorts
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.sociavault.com/v1/scrape/youtube/shorts/trending \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>'
import requests

url = "https://api.sociavault.com/v1/scrape/youtube/shorts/trending"

headers = {"X-API-Key": "<api-key>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api.sociavault.com/v1/scrape/youtube/shorts/trending', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.sociavault.com/v1/scrape/youtube/shorts/trending",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"X-API-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api.sociavault.com/v1/scrape/youtube/shorts/trending"

req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.sociavault.com/v1/scrape/youtube/shorts/trending")
.header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.sociavault.com/v1/scrape/youtube/shorts/trending")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "success": true,
    "shorts": {
      "0": {
        "id": "6jpwQC97vck",
        "thumbnail": "https://img.youtube.com/vi/6jpwQC97vck/maxresdefault.jpg",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jpwQC97vck",
        "publishDate": "2026-01-28T02:55:53-08:00",
        "title": "memes da loro๐Ÿ˜…",
        "description": null,
        "commentCountText": "15",
        "commentCountInt": 15,
        "likeCountText": "3929",
        "likeCountInt": 3929,
        "viewCountText": "97,286",
        "viewCountInt": 97286,
        "publishDateText": "Jan 28, 2026",
        "collaborators": {},
        "channel": {
          "id": "UCiuI0_qxCj9OCGmoegJqCfw",
          "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@Lorokira2026",
          "handle": "Lorokira2026",
          "title": "@Jesus e Bom Oficial "
        },
        "chapters": {},
        "keywords": {},
        "genre": "People & Blogs",
        "durationMs": 14000,
        "durationFormatted": "00:00:14",
        "captionTracks": {}
      }
    }
  },
  "credits_used": 1,
  "endpoint": "youtube/shorts/trending"
}
{
"error": "Missing required parameter: handle",
"endpoint": "<string>",
"credits_required": 123
}
{
"error": "Invalid API key",
"docs": "https://docs.sociavault.com/authentication"
}
{
"error": "Insufficient credits",
"required": 1,
"available": 0
}
{
"error": "Service configuration error"
}
๐Ÿ’ณ 1 credit per request

Authorizations

X-API-Key
string
header
required

API key for authentication. Format: sk_live_xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Get your API key from the Dashboard.

Response

Successful response

Key Response Fields:

  • data.shorts[0].id: YouTube short video ID
  • data.shorts[0].url: Full YouTube URL
  • data.shorts[0].title: Short title
  • data.shorts[0].description: Short description (may be null)
  • data.shorts[0].thumbnail: Thumbnail URL
  • data.shorts[0].viewCountInt: View count as integer
  • data.shorts[0].likeCountInt: Like count as integer
  • data.shorts[0].commentCountInt: Comment count as integer
  • data.shorts[0].publishDate: ISO timestamp of publication
  • data.shorts[0].durationMs: Duration in milliseconds
  • data.shorts[0].durationFormatted: Duration as formatted string (e.g., "00:00:14")
  • data.shorts[0].channel.id: Channel ID of the creator
  • data.shorts[0].channel.handle: Creator's @handle