Google Short videos schema

The Google Search endpoint returns the cards of Google’s “Short videos” carousel (YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook reels) as result.shortVideos, on desktop and mobile, with no flag and at no extra cost. The carousel can be in the result column, in an entity’s whole-page panel, or in a “Short videos” section of an entity page, open or closed. shortVideos is omitted when the SERP has no Short videos carousel. Every card the page holds is returned, including the cards the user sees by scrolling the carousel. Google can show a video in the Videos carousel too; it is then in both result.videos and result.shortVideos.

Short videos structure

Field	Type	Description
`title`	string	Heading of the carousel as shown (“Short videos”, “Vidéos courtes”), when it has one
`expanded`	boolean	`true` if the carousel is open on the page; `false` when it sits in a closed section the user opens with a tap
`items`	array	The cards, in page order. See below

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position, title and link are always present. Every other field is included only when Google shows it on the card.

Field	Type	Description
`position`	number	Position within the carousel (1-indexed)
`title`	string	Title of the video as shown
`link`	string	URL of the video
`platform`	string	Site that hosts the video as shown (“YouTube”, “Instagram”), or the publisher’s name
`channel`	string	Account that posted the video, as shown
`duration`	string	Length of the video as shown (`"0:42"`)
`thumbnail`	string	URL of Google’s thumbnail of the video
`redirectLink`	string	Google’s `/goto` redirect for `link`. See Redirect links.

Response example

A response to how to tie a tie in the United States, on desktop:

{
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "shortVideos": {
      "title": "Short videos",
      "expanded": true,
      "items": [
        {
          "position": 1,
          "title": "How to Tie a Tie",
          "link": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ufEzBcn8yQY",
          "platform": "YouTube",
          "channel": "Parker York Smith",
          "duration": "1:23",
          "redirectLink": "https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESZwHEIkXXitBCNRz6…",
          "thumbnail": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRIuyQ0rjWyvxLXz8eG1ecnwc5kjsU94JfRcpT6HuLREH-geHtm8waxdpA&s=10"
        }
        // …
      ]
    }
  }
}

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