how do I get youtube shorts from youtube api data v3

Question

I want a way to get YouTube shorts for a specific channel from YouTube API. I looked every where and I couldn't find anything.

Currently I can get a playlist ID for all channel videos with this endpoint:

request = youtube.channels().list(
    part="contentDetails",
    id=id
)

I also tried these parameters:

request = youtube.channels().list(
    part="snippet,contentDetails,statistics,brandingSettings",
    id=id
)

So is there a way to get YouTube shorts from a specific channel from YouTube API or any other source if it's available.

Answer 1

Looking at the playlist IDs that can be retrieved from the API's contentDetails.relatedPlaylists.uploads, we can see that the "UC" at the beginning of the channel ID is replaced with "UU".

The same format can be used by replacing "UC" at the beginning of the channel ID with "UUSH" to get a playlist of only short videos.

For example, a channel ID of "UCutJqz56653xV2wwSvut_hQ" will result in a playlist ID of "UUSHutJqz56653xV2wwSvut_hQ".

Also, other prefixes exist:

prefix	contents
UULF	Videos
UULP	Popular videos
UULV	Live streams
UUMF	Members-only videos
UUMO	Members-only contents (videos, short videos and live streams)
UUMS	Members-only short videos
UUMV	Members-only live streams
UUPS	Popular short videos
UUPV	Popular live streams
UUSH	Short videos

However, this pattern was found by me by acquiring all playlists from "UUAA" to "UUZZ" and is not officially announced by YouTube.

This is a demo code using TypeScript to get the prefix. (Demo code)