How to Scrape YouTube Shorts with Java

# HttpClient is built into Java 11+

// Shorts search takes search (not query). channel.name is often empty on Shorts rows -
// resolve it with POST /api/v1/youtube/video when you need it.
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.*;

var apiKey = "sk_live_your_key";
var search = "ai coding agent shorts";
var body = "{\"search\":\"" + search + "\"}";

var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/youtube/shorts"))
    .header("Authorization", "Bearer " + apiKey)
    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(body))
    .build();

var client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
var response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(response.body());

{
  "data": {
    "results": [
      {
        "video_id": "_P63NrBN49U",
        "title": "My go to Full Body Workout. No equipment. Anywhere",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_P63NrBN49U",
        "duration_text": null,
        "view_count": 64000000,
        "published_time": "1 year ago",
        "channel": { "id": null, "name": "", "url": null }
      }
    ],
    "next_cursor": "GhkKF...",
    "has_more": true
  },
  "response_time": 2290,
  "credits_used": 2,
  "credits_remaining": 4809
}

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.*;

/**
 * Search YouTube Shorts data with the Scavio API.
 * POST /api/v1/youtube/shorts - rows come back under data.results. Requires Java 11+.
 */
// Shorts search takes search (not query). channel.name is often empty on Shorts rows -
// resolve it with POST /api/v1/youtube/video when you need it.
public class YouTubeShortsExample {

    private static final String API_URL = "https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/youtube/shorts";
    private static final String API_KEY = System.getenv("SCAVIO_API_KEY");

    public static String searchYouTubeShorts(String search) throws Exception {
        var body = "{\"search\":\"" + search + "\"}";

        var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create(API_URL))
            .header("Authorization", "Bearer " + API_KEY)
            .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
            .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(body))
            .build();

        var response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

        if (response.statusCode() != 200) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Scavio API error: " + response.statusCode());
        }

        return response.body();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        System.out.println(searchYouTubeShorts("ai coding agent shorts"));
    }
}