YouTube Shorts Scraper

YouTube

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A scraper for YouTube Shorts that discovers Shorts by keyword queries, hashtags, or channel identifiers and extracts per-Short metadata and engagement metrics. The connector crawls YouTube Shorts feeds and search results without requiring login or cookies, parses titles and descriptions for hashtags, captures creator-set tags, and extracts timestamps, duration, view/like/comment counts, channel identity, thumbnail links, declared audio/metadata language, and the source query or channel plus the Short’s rank. Results are de-duplicated across queries and channel feeds are returned newest-first; the output is structured as one record per Short containing metadata, engagement figures, tags/hashtags, language info, source attribution, and direct video links.

Verified Sep 28, 3:56 AM

$0.003

per short

Up to 100 per call. Only pay for results returned; failed calls are refunded.

What people use it for

Trend research — identify which Shorts are gaining traction for a keyword or hashtag, sortable by views or upload date
Competitor analysis — compile a channel’s Shorts catalog with engagement metrics to surface top-performing formats
Influencer discovery — find creators posting Shorts in a niche and rank them by views and engagement
Content ideation — mine titles, tags, and hashtags from top Shorts to inform content planning
Hashtag monitoring — track new Shorts posted under a campaign or brand hashtag
results building — collect large labeled sets of Shorts metadata for analysis or model training

Trust & reliability

7d uptime trend

Window	Uptime	Success rate	p50	p95
24h	—	—	—	—
7d	—	—	—	—
30d	—	—	—	—

Calling contract

Call it through Sourcelane's gateway or MCP server. We run the connector, apply your agent's spend guardrails, and bill only the results returned.

Call it via Sourcelane

curl -X POST https://api.usesourcelane.com/v1/call \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"listing":"youtube-shorts-scraper","params":{"searchQueries":["vegan cooking","#homeworkout"],"maxItemsPerQuery":5},"maxResults":10}'

Request params

Field	Type	Required	Description
`searchQueries`	array	optional	Keywords or hashtags to search Shorts for, one per line. Start an entry with # to search a hashtag (e.g. #vegancooking). Each entry is scraped up to Max Items per query.
`channels`	array	optional	YouTube channels whose Shorts tab you want to scrape, one per line. Accepts a handle (@mkbhd), a channel URL, or a UC... channel ID.
`maxItemsPerQuery`	integer	optional	Maximum number of Shorts to return for each search query, hashtag, or channel. Set 0 for as many as YouTube will return (up to 5,000 per query). Capped at 100 per call.
`sortBy`	string	optional	Ordering of search and hashtag results. Channel Shorts tabs are always returned newest first.
`uploadedWithin`	string	optional	Only return Shorts uploaded within this period. Applies to search queries and hashtags.

Each result contains

Field	Type	Description
`videoId`	string	Video Id
`url`	string	Url
`title`	string	Title
`description`	string	Description
`publishedAt`	string	Published At
`durationSeconds`	integer	Duration Seconds
`viewCount`	integer	View Count
`likeCount`	null	Like Count
`commentCount`	integer	Comment Count
`channelId`	string	Channel Id
`channelTitle`	string	Channel Title
`channelUrl`	string	Channel Url
`thumbnailUrl`	string	—
`tags`	array	—
`hashtags`	array	—
`language`	string	—
`sourceType`	string	—
`sourceQuery`	string	—
`position`	integer	—

Use YouTube Shorts Scraper from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Pick your tool and connect in under a minute. Then just ask — for example: “Get the transcript of this video and turn it into a blog outline: <url>”

Connect Claude

Web, desktop and mobile. Paste one URL.

1Copy your personal connector URL
2In Claude open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
3Paste the URL and click Add — done

Manual setup (config files, REST, Python) +

Claude Code

Adds the Sourcelane MCP server with your key as a header.

terminal

claude mcp add --transport http sourcelane https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"

Claude Desktop (config file)

Alternative to the connector URL: add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude.

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sourcelane": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp",
        "--header",
        "Authorization:${AUTH_HEADER}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AUTH_HEADER": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor & Windsurf

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or Windsurf's mcp_config.json).

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sourcelane": {
      "url": "https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Save as .vscode/mcp.json. VS Code prompts for your key once.

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "sourcelane": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${input:sourcelane-key}"
      }
    }
  },
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "sourcelane-key",
      "description": "Sourcelane agent key",
      "password": true
    }
  ]
}

ChatGPT Custom GPT (Actions)

Create a GPT → Actions → Import from URL, then Authentication: API Key, Bearer.

OpenAPI schema URL

https://usesourcelane.com/openapi.json

REST

One POST. Pass maxResults to cap cost.

curl

curl -X POST https://api.usesourcelane.com/v1/call \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"listing":"youtube-shorts-scraper","params":{"searchQueries":["vegan cooking","#homeworkout"],"maxItemsPerQuery":5},"maxResults":10}'

Python, LangChain, CrewAI, OpenAI Agents SDK…

Wrap the REST call as a tool, or point an MCP client at the endpoint.

python

import requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://api.usesourcelane.com/v1/call",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"},
    json={
        "listing": "youtube-shorts-scraper",
        "params": {"searchQueries":["vegan cooking","#homeworkout"],"maxItemsPerQuery":5},
        "maxResults": 10,
    },
    timeout=300,
)
body = res.json()
print(body["receipt"]["chargedMicros"], "micro-USD for", body["receipt"]["results"], "results")
print(body["data"])

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