Google Shorts API

Using Google Shorts API you can scrape Google Shorts results without worrying about proxy rotation and data parsing. Our API is fast and reliable.

You have to send a GET request to http://api.scrapingdog.com/google_shorts with the below-given parameters.

Google Shorts API pricing is available here.

Parameters

Scrapingdog Parameters

Parameter	Description
api_key required	Your personal API key. Available on your dashboard Type: String
html	This will return the full HTML of the Google page. Default Value - false Type - Boolean

Search Query

Parameter	Description
query required	This is a Google query. Example1 - query=shoes

Geographic Location and Localization

Parameter	Description
domain	To obtain local results from a specific country, for example, for India, it will be "google.co.in," and for the UK, it will be "google.co.uk". For a complete list of supported domains, visit the Google domains page. Default: "google.com" Type: String
country	This parameter specifies the country for the Google search using a two-letter country code (e.g., US for the United States, UK for the United Kingdom, or FR for France). For a complete list of supported countries, visit the Google countries page. Default Value - us Type - String
uule	It is a parameter that specifies the geographic location or locale for which the search results should be tailored. Possible Value could be w+CAIQIFJlbGF5IFN0YXRlcw== Type - String
language	Language of the results. Possible Values - en, es, fr, de, etc. Visit Google's languages page for a complete list of supported countries. Default Value - en Type - String
lr	Limit the search to one or multiple languages. It is used as lang_{language code}. Visit Google's lr languages page for a complete list of supported countries. Type - String

Advanced Filters

Parameter	Description
tbs	to be searched - An advanced parameter to filter search results. Type: String
safe	To filter the adult content set safe to active or to disable it set off. Type: String [active/off] Default: off
nfpr	It excludes the result from an auto-corrected query that is spelled wrong. It can be set to 1 to exclude these results or 0 to include them. Type: Boolean Default: 0

Pagination

Parameter	Description
start	This parameter is used for skipping a particular number of results. For example - start=12 will skip the first 12 results, start=24 will skip the first 24 results and so on.

API Example

cURL

curl "https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_shorts/?api_key=5eaa61a6e562fc52fe763tr516e4653&query=football&country=us"

Python

import requests

api_key = "5eaa61a6e562fc52fe763tr516e4653"
url = "https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_shorts"

params = {
    "api_key": api_key,
    "query": "football",
    "country": "us"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=params)

if response.status_code == 200:
    data = response.json()
    print(data)
else:
    print(f"Request failed with status code: {response.status_code}")

Node JS

const axios = require('axios');

const api_key = '5eaa61a6e562fc52fe763tr516e4653';
const url = 'https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_shorts';

const params = {
  api_key: api_key,
  query: 'football',
  country: 'us'
};

axios
  .get(url, { params: params })
  .then(function (response) {
    if (response.status === 200) {
      const data = response.data;
      console.log(data)
    } else {
      console.log('Request failed with status code: ' + response.status);
    }
  })
  .catch(function (error) {
    console.error('Error making the request: ' + error.message);
  });

PHP

<?php

// Set the API key and request parameters
$api_key = '5eaa61a6e562fc52fe763tr516e4653';
$query = 'football';
$country = 'us';

// Set the API endpoint
$url = 'https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_shorts/?api_key=' . $api_key . '&query=' . $query . '&country=' . $country;

// Initialize cURL session
$ch = curl_init($url);

// Set cURL options
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

// Execute the cURL request
$response = curl_exec($ch);

// Check if the request was successful
if ($response === false) {
    echo 'cURL error: ' . curl_error($ch);
} else {
    // Process the response data as needed
    echo $response;
}

// Close the cURL session
curl_close($ch);

Ruby

require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

# Set the API key and request parameters
api_key = '5eaa61a6e562fc52fe763tr516e4653'
query = 'football'
country = 'us'

# Construct the API endpoint URL
url = URI.parse("https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_shorts/?api_key=#{api_key}&query=#{query}&country=#{country}")

# Create an HTTP GET request
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

# Create an HTTP client
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true # Enable SSL (https)

# Send the request and get the response
response = http.request(request)

# Check if the request was successful
if response.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
  puts response.body # Process the response data as needed
else
  puts "HTTP request failed with code: #{response.code}, message: #{response.message}"
end

Java

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            // Set the API key and request parameters
            String apiKey = "5eaa61a6e562fc52fe763tr516e4653";
            String query = "football";
            String country = "us";

            // Construct the API endpoint URL
            String apiUrl = "https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_shorts/?api_key=" + apiKey
                    + "&query=" + query
                    + "&country=" + country

            // Create a URL object from the API URL string
            URL url = new URL(apiUrl);

            // Open a connection to the URL
            HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();

            // Set the request method to GET
            connection.setRequestMethod("GET");

            // Get the response code
            int responseCode = connection.getResponseCode();

            if (responseCode == 200) {
                // Read the response from the connection
                BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
                String inputLine;
                StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder();

                while ((inputLine = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                    response.append(inputLine);
                }
                reader.close();

                // Process the response data as needed
                System.out.println(response.toString());
            } else {
                System.out.println("HTTP request failed with response code: " + responseCode);
            }

            // Close the connection
            connection.disconnect();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Response

{
    "short_videos_results": [
        {
            "title": "Our 2025 record will be ______ #Washington #Commanders ...",
            "source": "YouTube",
            "source_logo": "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAYAAAAf8/9hAAAAcElEQVR4AWP4//8/RZh6BgCZAkDsAMUNWDFCXgDFACCV8J/B+D8pGKwHRAKRAUyQDEMMQAYEUGBAAsiABpwKHjz4/9/BAZ8BDXgNgIMNGyg04MABkg1AeCEgAK8XKA5EiqORooSELykXEJuUBz43AgAIA1ZhBoG9vwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==",
            "thumbnail": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTYebecEz54tjPFKszjsetcI3L8yOjhK9Q3SzpISgEzICp0hKEk1yLjmqZFolETRQVLxywaTSiRZneC&s=10",
            "gif_url": "https://encrypted-vtbn0.gstatic.com/video?q=tbn:ANd9GcRLUuBp__DXx_QPbH-FUmu9BBB19xpTnpjMNw",
            "account_name": "Washington Commanders",
            "date": "May 15, 2025"
        },
     .....
}