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apify.youtube-shorts

Scrape YouTube Shorts: $0.0023 / result, no Apify account

Use Apify from Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, and other agents through one Cralo balance.

Fetch public YouTube Shorts by channel or keyword using Apify.

Price and execution

Price
$0.0023 / result
Pricing model
Per result, billed on success
Execution class
queued

Limits

No additional limits are published for this tool.

Parameters

Fields apify.youtube-shorts accepts as JSON input.

  • limitintegerOptional

    Maximum number of records to return (1 to 1000, default 10). Quoted price scales with this limit.

  • querystringOptional

    Search keyword or phrase.

  • channel_idstringOptional

    YouTube channel ID.

Raw input JSON Schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 10,
      "maximum": 1000,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Maximum number of records to return (1 to 1000, default 10). Quoted price scales with this limit."
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 300,
      "description": "Search keyword or phrase."
    },
    "channel_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 100,
      "description": "YouTube channel ID."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Returns

Fields a successful apify.youtube-shorts call returns.

  • countintegerRequired
  • resultsarrayRequired
  • retrieved_atstring (date-time)Required
  • provider_request_idstring | nullRequired
Raw output JSON Schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "results",
    "count",
    "provider_request_id",
    "retrieved_at"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "maxItems": 1000
    },
    "retrieved_at": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "provider_request_id": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Run this tool

Copy this instruction to your agent to set up Cralo and call this tool with the example input.

Set up Cralo by following https://cralo.ai/SKILL.md, then call the apify.youtube-shorts tool with this input: {"channel_id":"UCXuqSBlHAE6Xw-yeJA0Tunw","limit":1}
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Safety notes

Side Effect
read_only
Public Sources Only
Yes
Authenticated Content
No

How this compares to using Apify directly

You do not need a separate Apify account or subscription for this call. Cralo uses one prepaid balance across all tools and shows the per-call price before you run the command.

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