What is YouTube Shorts?
Scavio's YouTube endpoint accepts a shorts_only flag that returns only short-form videos, with added fields for view velocity (views per hour since publish) and trending score. Useful for social monitoring, creator analytics, and brands that track how their topics trend on Shorts.
Example Response
JSON
{ "videos": [{ "video_id": "abc", "duration": 42, "view_velocity": 1800 }] }Use Cases
- Trend detection on Shorts
- Creator benchmarking
- Brand monitoring in short-form
- Viral-content sourcing for repurposing
Why YouTube Shorts Matters
Shorts has distinct ranking signals from long-form YouTube; separating the two is essential for accurate trend detection.
LangChain Example
Drop youtube shorts data into your LangChain agent in a few lines:
Python
tool.invoke({"query": "ai agent tutorial", "shorts_only": True})