Engineering manualAcquisition and cost
YouTube channel Shorts page
scrapecreators · runnable · billing sc_credits
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Provider | scrapecreators |
| Module | base |
| Runnable today | Yes — a quantity-bound adapter exists |
| API path | /v1/youtube/channel/shorts |
| Billing kind | sc_credits |
| Price status | Known — a published or measured rate is recorded |
| Availability | Executable in selected plans; target and quantity bounds required |
| Query contract | Enforced — the collector reads these parameters from the contract |
| Catalogue research date | 2026-09-26 |
Billing formula
What the provider charges for one request of this item. Provider cost is not the customer price and is not an account balance movement; the three are different numbers and this is the first of them.
credits=sum(endpoint_credits_per_billable_request); USD=credits*selected_acquisition_basis
Rates
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
credits_per_request | 1 |
Minimum charge: {"uncached_billable_request_credits":1}
Provider limits: {}
Rate verification: verified_published.
Caveat: Not dollars per post. Endpoint docs override generic rate; only supported confirmed cache hits cost zero.
Runtime limits
| Limit | Value |
|---|---|
quantity | 100 |
groups | 1 |
Frozen acquisition parameters
Shorts feed read, one credit per request, cursor-paged, newest first so a depth is a defined window. The page size is frozen like every feed.
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Fixed parameters | {"sort":"newest"} |
| Server-side filters | None |
| Order by | None |
| Page window | 100 |
| Varies by target | handle, cursor |
Dated sources
https://docs.scrapecreators.com/v1/youtube/channel/shorts/(read 2026-09-26)https://docs.scrapecreators.com/caching/(read 2026-09-26)
Notes from the catalogue
- Not dollars per post. One credit per request (docs, read 2026-09-26).
- Pagination: continuationToken. Each page is another billable request; returned item yield is not guaranteed.
- publishDate is an exact ISO instant or null; Shorts are counted apart from long-form videos.