YouTube channel shorts API

Shorts a YouTube channel lists on its Shorts tab, with views per clip.

Ask your agent

“Call youtube/channel/shorts with handle nasa and summarize what comes back.”

Works in any MCP client connected to https://data.openkrill.app/mcp. Install in one line.

Path: youtube/channel/shorts
MCP tool: call_endpoint
Credits: 5
Cache: 30 min

Parameters

handlestring, required	Channel handle
limitinteger, optional	1-100, default 20

Response

data.resources[] uses the same keys as every other platform: author, engagement, metadata, with YouTube-only fields under extras. A failed upstream call is never billed.

MCP tool call

{
  "name": "call_endpoint",
  "arguments": {
    "path": "youtube/channel/shorts",
    "params": {
      "handle": "nasa"
    }
  }
}

curl

curl "https://data.openkrill.app/v1/youtube/channel/shorts?handle=nasa" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "youtube",
  "endpoint": "youtube/channel/shorts",
  "data": {
    "resources": [
      { "id": …, "title": …, "text": …, "url": …,
        "author": {…}, "engagement": {…},
        "metadata": {…}, "extras": {…} }
    ]
  },
  "credits_used": 5,
  "cached": false
}

YouTube channel shorts API

Ask your agent

Parameters

Response

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