# youtube-fetch-shorts

> Fetch the latest Shorts from a YouTube channel by ID.

## Overview

- **Endpoint**: `POST https://api.muapi.ai/api/v1/youtube-fetch-shorts`
- **Model ID**: `youtube-fetch-shorts`
- **Category**: other
- **Variant**: YouTube Shorts Scraper
- **Family**: social-scraper
- **Cost**: 0.01 credits per call (some models compute cost dynamically based on params)

## API Usage

MuApi uses a **submit-then-poll** pattern: submit a job, get a `request_id`, then poll the predictions endpoint until `status` is `completed`. Optionally pass `?webhook=YOUR_URL` on the submit call to receive a POST callback when the job finishes (skip polling).

**Authentication**: send your MuApi key in the `x-api-key` header. Get one at https://muapi.ai/access-keys.

### 1. Submit a job

```http
POST https://api.muapi.ai/api/v1/youtube-fetch-shorts
Content-Type: application/json
x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY
```

**Full example (all params):**

```json
{
  "channel_id": "<channel_id>",
  "count": 10,
  "query": null,
  "next": null,
  "hl": "English",
  "gl": "US",
  "upload_date": null,
  "type": "Video",
  "duration": "Short (< 4 minutes)",
  "features": null,
  "sort": "View Count",
  "min_likes": "Any",
  "min_views": "Any",
  "min_shares": "Any",
  "min_comments": "Any",
  "min_duration": "Any",
  "max_duration": "Any",
  "hashtags": null,
  "published_after": null,
  "published_before": null
}
```

**Response:**

```json
{
  "request_id": "abc123",
  "status": "processing"
}
```

### 2. Poll for the result

```http
GET https://api.muapi.ai/api/v1/predictions/{request_id}/result
x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY
```

Possible `status` values: `queued`, `pending`, `processing`, `completed`, `failed`, `cancelled`. Poll every 2-5 seconds until terminal. When `completed`, the result URLs are in the `outputs` array.

**Example response when `completed`:**

```json
{
  "id": "abc123",
  "status": "completed",
  "outputs": [
    "https://cdn.muapi.ai/.../output.png"
  ],
  "urls": {
    "get": "https://api.muapi.ai/api/v1/predictions/abc123/result"
  },
  "created_at": "2026-05-08T12:34:56Z",
  "has_nsfw_contents": []
}
```

### cURL

```bash
# 1. Submit
REQUEST_ID=$(curl -s -X POST https://api.muapi.ai/api/v1/youtube-fetch-shorts \
  -H "x-api-key: $MUAPI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"channel_id":"<channel_id>","count":10,"query":null,"next":null,"hl":"English","gl":"US","upload_date":null,"type":"Video","duration":"Short (< 4 minutes)","features":null,"sort":"View Count","min_likes":"Any","min_views":"Any","min_shares":"Any","min_comments":"Any","min_duration":"Any","max_duration":"Any","hashtags":null,"published_after":null,"published_before":null}' | jq -r .request_id)

# 2. Poll until completed
while :; do
  RESP=$(curl -s https://api.muapi.ai/api/v1/predictions/$REQUEST_ID/result -H "x-api-key: $MUAPI_API_KEY")
  STATUS=$(echo "$RESP" | jq -r .status)
  [ "$STATUS" = "completed" ] && echo "$RESP" | jq .outputs && break
  [ "$STATUS" = "failed" ] && echo "$RESP" && exit 1
  sleep 3
done
```

### Python

```python
import os, time, requests

API = "https://api.muapi.ai/api/v1"
headers = {"x-api-key": os.environ["MUAPI_API_KEY"]}

r = requests.post(f"{API}/youtube-fetch-shorts", headers=headers, json={"channel_id":"<channel_id>","count":10,"query":null,"next":null,"hl":"English","gl":"US","upload_date":null,"type":"Video","duration":"Short (< 4 minutes)","features":null,"sort":"View Count","min_likes":"Any","min_views":"Any","min_shares":"Any","min_comments":"Any","min_duration":"Any","max_duration":"Any","hashtags":null,"published_after":null,"published_before":null})
request_id = r.json()["request_id"]

while True:
    res = requests.get(f"{API}/predictions/{request_id}/result", headers=headers).json()
    if res["status"] == "completed":
        print(res["outputs"]); break
    if res["status"] == "failed":
        raise RuntimeError(res.get("error")); 
    time.sleep(3)
```

## Input Schema

The API accepts the following input parameters:

- **`channel_id`** (`text`, _optional_):
  YouTube channel ID (e.g. UCxxxxxxxxx).

- **`count`** (`int`, _optional_):
  Number of Shorts to fetch (1 to 30).
  - Default: `10`

- **`query`** (`text`, _optional_):
  YouTube search keywords.
  - Default: `null`

- **`next`** (`text`, _optional_):
  Pagination cursor token to fetch the next page of results.
  - Default: `null`

- **`hl`** (`string`, _optional_):
  Search language.
  - Default: `"English"`
  - Options: `"English"`, `"Spanish"`, `"French"`, `"German"`, `"Japanese"`, `"Chinese"`, `"Hindi"`, `"Portuguese"`, `"Russian"`, `"Italian"`

- **`gl`** (`text`, _optional_):
  Search location country code (e.g. US).
  - Default: `"US"`

- **`upload_date`** (`string`, _optional_):
  Filter by upload date.
  - Default: `null`
  - Options: `"Last Hour"`, `"Today"`, `"This Week"`, `"This Month"`, `"This Year"`

- **`type`** (`string`, _optional_):
  Type of resource to search.
  - Default: `"Video"`
  - Options: `"Video"`, `"Channel"`, `"Playlist"`

- **`duration`** (`string`, _optional_):
  Filter videos by duration.
  - Default: `"Short (< 4 minutes)"`
  - Options: `"Short (< 4 minutes)"`, `"Long (> 20 minutes)"`

- **`features`** (`text`, _optional_):
  Video features separated by ';' (e.g. hd;subtitles).
  - Default: `null`

- **`sort`** (`string`, _optional_):
  Sorting criteria.
  - Default: `"View Count"`
  - Options: `"Relevance"`, `"Rating"`, `"Upload Date"`, `"View Count"`

- **`min_likes`** (`string`, _optional_):
  Filter: Minimum number of likes.
  - Default: `"Any"`
  - Options: `"Any"`, `"100+"`, `"1k+"`, `"5k+"`, `"10k+"`, `"50k+"`, `"100k+"`, `"500k+"`, `"1M+"`, `"5M+"`, `"10M+"`

- **`min_views`** (`string`, _optional_):
  Filter: Minimum number of views/plays.
  - Default: `"Any"`
  - Options: `"Any"`, `"100+"`, `"1k+"`, `"5k+"`, `"10k+"`, `"50k+"`, `"100k+"`, `"500k+"`, `"1M+"`, `"5M+"`, `"10M+"`

- **`min_shares`** (`string`, _optional_):
  Filter: Minimum number of shares.
  - Default: `"Any"`
  - Options: `"Any"`, `"100+"`, `"1k+"`, `"5k+"`, `"10k+"`, `"50k+"`, `"100k+"`, `"500k+"`, `"1M+"`, `"5M+"`, `"10M+"`

- **`min_comments`** (`string`, _optional_):
  Filter: Minimum number of comments.
  - Default: `"Any"`
  - Options: `"Any"`, `"100+"`, `"1k+"`, `"5k+"`, `"10k+"`, `"50k+"`, `"100k+"`, `"500k+"`, `"1M+"`, `"5M+"`, `"10M+"`

- **`min_duration`** (`string`, _optional_):
  Filter: Minimum video duration.
  - Default: `"Any"`
  - Options: `"Any"`, `"15s"`, `"30s"`, `"45s"`, `"1m"`, `"2m"`, `"3m"`, `"5m"`, `"10m"`

- **`max_duration`** (`string`, _optional_):
  Filter: Maximum video duration.
  - Default: `"Any"`
  - Options: `"Any"`, `"15s"`, `"30s"`, `"45s"`, `"1m"`, `"2m"`, `"3m"`, `"5m"`, `"10m"`

- **`hashtags`** (`text`, _optional_):
  Filter: Comma-separated hashtags (e.g. startup,tech).
  - Default: `null`

- **`published_after`** (`text`, _optional_):
  Filter: Fetch posts published after this date/time (ISO 8601).
  - Default: `null`

- **`published_before`** (`text`, _optional_):
  Filter: Fetch posts published before this date/time (ISO 8601).
  - Default: `null`

## Output Schema

The polling endpoint returns the following fields:

- **`id`** (`string`): The request ID.
- **`status`** (`string`): One of `queued`, `pending`, `processing`, `completed`, `failed`, `cancelled`.
- **`outputs`** (`array`): URLs to generated images/videos/audio. Empty until `status` is `completed`.
- **`urls.get`** (`string`): Self-link to re-fetch this prediction.
- **`error`** (`string` | `null`): Error message if `status` is `failed`.
- **`created_at`** (`string`): ISO-8601 timestamp of when the request was created.
- **`has_nsfw_contents`** (`array of boolean`): Per-output NSFW detection flags.

## Webhooks (optional)

Append `?webhook=https://your-server/path` to the submit URL. When the job reaches a terminal state, MuApi will POST the same shape as the polling response to your URL — no polling needed.

## Agent Integration

MuApi ships an MCP server and CLI so agents (Claude Code, Cursor, custom) can call this endpoint without writing HTTP code:

```bash
# Install the CLI
npm install -g muapi-cli

# Authenticate once
muapi auth login

# Expose all MuApi models as MCP tools to your agent
muapi mcp serve
```

The MCP server exposes tools that wrap submit + poll for every model, including `youtube-fetch-shorts`. See `muapi --help` for category-specific shortcuts (`muapi image generate`, `muapi video from-image`, etc.).

## Related Models
- [Twitter / X Posts Scraper](https://muapi.ai/playground/twitter-fetch-posts)
- [TikTok Profile Scraper](https://muapi.ai/playground/tiktok-fetch-profile)
- [TikTok Videos Scraper](https://muapi.ai/playground/tiktok-fetch-videos)
- [Instagram Reels Scraper](https://muapi.ai/playground/instagram-fetch-reels)
- [YouTube Shorts Scraper](https://muapi.ai/playground/youtube-fetch-shorts)
- [Facebook Reels Scraper](https://muapi.ai/playground/facebook-fetch-reels)

## Resources
- [Playground Page](https://muapi.ai/playground/youtube-fetch-shorts)
- [API Reference](https://muapi.ai/playground/youtube-fetch-shorts?tab=2)
- [Global llms.txt](https://muapi.ai/llms.txt)