Get shorts search api youtube web v2

Run job:api.youtube.web-v2.get-shorts-search through the looot API: 1 provider, from $0.001 per call. Inputs, prices, output shape and code for curl, JavaScript and Python.

Get shorts search api youtube web v2.

Job id api.youtube.web-v2.get-shorts-search, in Social data (YouTube). As of 2026-10-01, 1 provider serve it through 1 tool. Run job:api.youtube.web-v2.get-shorts-search and looot picks one of them; with fallback on, a miss moves on to the next. See Jobs.

Inputs

This job has one tool, so it takes that tool’s fields. Any key you send passes through unchanged.

Name	Type	Required	Description
`continuation_token`	string	no	Pagination token
`country_code`	string	no	Country code
`filter_mixed_content`	boolean	no	Filter mixed content (long videos), default True
`language_code`	string	no	Language code
`search_query`	string	yes	Search keyword
`sort_by`	string	no	Sort by for Shorts
`time_zone`	string	no	Time zone
`upload_time`	string	no	Upload time filter for Shorts

Providers and prices

Provider	Tool	Price
TikHub	`tikhub-api-youtube-web-v2-get-shorts-search`	$0.001 per call

A call that fails at the provider costs $0. See What’s free.

Output

Shape of the run’s result, the expected shape, not yet checked against real answers:

{ code, data: { header: {}, topbar: {}, contents: {}, targetId, trackingParams, isShortsContext, responseContext: { responseId, visitorData }, estimatedResults }, docs, time, params: { time_zone, country_code, search_query, language_code, filter_mixed_content }, router, message, support, cache_url, time_zone, message_zh, request_id, time_stamp, cache_message, cache_message_zh }

Run it

Every call needs your API token in LOOOT_TOKEN; Sign in shows how to get one. Each run also needs a new idempotency key, so a retry never pays twice. With wait: 30 the answer comes back inline when the run ends within 30 seconds. Otherwise you get the running run back: poll GET /v1/runs/<runId>.

Example input with placeholder values:

curl -X POST "https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOOOT_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{"endpointId":"job:api.youtube.web-v2.get-shorts-search","input":{"search_query":"<search_query>"},"wait":30}'

const response = await fetch("https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.LOOOT_TOKEN}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key": crypto.randomUUID(),
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    endpointId: "job:api.youtube.web-v2.get-shorts-search",
    input: {
      search_query: "<search_query>",
    },
    wait: 30,
  }),
});
const run = await response.json();
console.log(run.status, run.result);

import os
import uuid

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['LOOOT_TOKEN']}",
        "Idempotency-Key": str(uuid.uuid4()),
    },
    json={
        "endpointId": "job:api.youtube.web-v2.get-shorts-search",
        "input": {
            "search_query": "<search_query>",
        },
        "wait": 30,
    },
    timeout=90,
)
run = response.json()
print(run["status"], run.get("result"))

To pin one provider, send its tool id as endpointId instead of job:api.youtube.web-v2.get-shorts-search.