# Trending shorts

Anonymous region-based Shorts recommendation feed; each call returns a fresh, non-deterministic sample (not a ranked or complete list).

- Platform: [YouTube](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/youtube)
- Capability ID: `youtube.feed.trending`
- Cost: 1 credit per request
- Maximum runtime: 60 seconds
- Execute endpoint: `POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute`

## Request

Use the exact public capability ID in the shared execute envelope.

```bash
curl --request POST \
  --url https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $UPSCRAPE_API_KEY" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --header "Prefer: wait=30" \
  --data '{
  "input": {
    "count": 5
  },
  "capability": "youtube.feed.trending"
}'
```

## Input


| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `count` | `integer` | No | Requested number of Shorts in the sample. The source is a non-deterministic feed, so fewer may be returned. From 1 to 35. Default: `10`. |

### Example input

```json
{
  "count": 5
}
```

## Response

Successful output is returned in `results[0].data`.

Raw platform output is intentionally open-ended and may evolve with the upstream source.

### Illustrative sample output

This example shows one response. Values and optional fields vary with the data available.

```json
{
  "count": 1,
  "shorts": [
    {
      "channel": "@HoopsEmpire_Official",
      "channel_id": "UC1nubW_LylhVtQN6gSfrRug",
      "like_count": 431000,
      "like_count_approximate": true,
      "like_count_text": "431K",
      "published": "3 weeks ago",
      "thumbnails": [
        {
          "height": 1920,
          "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hitjAtT7Ij4/frame0.jpg",
          "width": 1080
        }
      ],
      "title": "1 in a trillion #basketball #shorts",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hitjAtT7Ij4",
      "video_id": "hitjAtT7Ij4"
    }
  ]
}
```
### Illustrative output fields

Derived from the sample above for orientation only. These fields are not a fixed response schema.

| Path | Observed type | Example |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `count` | `integer` | 1 |
| `shorts` | `array` | 1 items |
| `shorts` | `array` | 1 items |

## Execution behavior

A `200` response completed inline. A `202` response was queued; poll `GET /jobs/{id}` until the job reaches `completed` or `failed`. Use an `Idempotency-Key` when retrying must not create a duplicate logical job.

## Related documentation

- [Authentication](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/authentication)
- [Jobs and results](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/jobs)
- [Errors and retries](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/errors)
- [Idempotency](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/idempotency)