Upload YouTube Shorts Automatically From a URL
Point it at a vertical MP4 and it publishes as a public Short with #shorts, your title, tags and category. Uses the official YouTube Data API.
What this run is set to
The settings saved on this example. Every one of them is editable once you open it on Apify — these are a starting point, not a limit.
| Setting | Value | What it does |
|---|---|---|
Upload method | api | api = official Data API with OAuth (default, reliable; needs clientId/secret/refreshToken). |
Video URL | https://my-cdn.example.com/shorts/cat-fail-vertical.mp4 | Public direct URL to the video file to upload (.mp4/.mov). |
Video title | When the cat misjudges the jump | YouTube title (max 100 chars). |
Description | Caught the exact moment it went wrong. | Video description (hashtags appended automatically). |
Hashtags | shorts, cats, funny | Hashtags appended to the end of the description (e.g. shorts, reddit). |
Tags | shorts, cat, fail | Up to 30 video tags (used by the API method). |
Privacy / visibility | public | public, unlisted, or private. |
Category ID (API method) | 24 | YouTube category ID. |
Pricing
$0.05 per video uploaded = $50 per 1,000
| You are charged for | When | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Video uploaded | Charged once per video YouTube confirms was published. Runs that upload nothing — missing credentials, a rejected session, or any failure — are never charged. | $0.05 |
Pay-per-event pricing: you are billed per result, not per subscription. Billing is handled by Apify on your own account. These are the live Apify store prices, in effect since 2026-09-15, and they are what you are actually charged.
What you get
A structured dataset — each result includes fields like:
_demo_noticemethodprivacyStatusscheduledForstudioUrlthumbnailSettitleuploadSecondsvideoIdvisibilitywatchUrlokExport every run as JSON, CSV or Excel, or send it to your app, a database, Google Sheets, or an AI agent.
More use cases for YouTube Video Uploader
Built on YouTube Video Uploader — every input, output field, price and the full how-to are on the tool page.
Where this tool sits
- Categories
- YouTube & Creator Tools Social Publishing & Uploaders
- Platforms
- YouTube