Shorts

Shorts & link helpers

Normalize every common URL shape into watch, Shorts, share, and embed targets—then optionally pull duration and title from the Data API.

Shorts are standard videos with a vertical surface; duration and eligibility still follow YouTube’s rules.

Video or Shorts URL

Paste a link to generate canonical URLs.

From the blog

Related guides

Posts tagged for this tool appear first; then general articles. Open the blog for the full archive.

2026-03-30
Complete guide to YouTube playlist length, watch time, and planning your viewing
A deep, practical guide to understanding playlist duration, how APIs measure totals, playback speed, ranges, and how to interpret numbers when videos are missing or region-locked.
10 min read
2026-03-25
YouTube Data API and playlist duration: a short technical overview
How playlistItem and video resources relate to duration fields, quotas, and why some videos may be missing from a total.
6 min read
2026-03-20
Playlist watch time and playback speed: what the numbers mean
Why full duration stays the same at 2× speed, how wall-clock time is estimated, and how to plan longer courses or series.
4 min read

Answers focused on this tool. The homepage has a broader FAQ for the whole site.

What links does this normalize?: Watch, Shorts, youtu.be share, and embed base URLs derived from the same video ID so you can paste whichever shape you have.
How do I know if my URL is Shorts-style?: youtube.com/shorts/… paths are detected and labeled; the underlying ID is still a standard video for the API.
Optional API metadata failed—can I still use the links?: Yes. Canonical URLs are computed from the parsed ID. API title/duration is an extra call and may fail independently.
What aspect ratio should I assume for editing?: Shorts playback is typically 9:16 (e.g. 1080×1920). Confirm against the source file or YouTube Studio for your project.