How to Use Short Drama API

Complete developer guide to integrating with APIShort. Learn how to access 20+ short drama platforms with 143+ endpoints using simple REST API calls.

Table of Contents 1. Overview 2. Getting Started 3. Authentication 4. Available Platforms 5. Common Endpoints 6. Code Examples 7. Error Handling 8. Rate Limits & Plans 9. Best Practices

1 Overview

APIShort is a realtime transparent proxy that provides unified API access to 20+ short drama platforms. Instead of building separate integrations for each platform, you can access all of them through a single, consistent API.

All data is fetched directly from each platform in realtime. The API returns JSON responses and requires a free API key for authentication.

Key Features

Realtime data from 20+ platforms, 143+ endpoints, free tier with 100 requests/day, paid plans from $6/week (Rp 99.000).

2 Getting Started

Getting started with APIShort takes less than 2 minutes:

  1. Go to apishort.com/login and sign in with Google
  2. Your API key is generated instantly in the Dashboard
  3. Use the API key in your requests via the X-API-Key header

3 Authentication

Every API request requires authentication. Send your API key using one of these methods:

Option 1: Header (Recommended)

curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \ "https://apishort.com/v1/shortmax/api/v1/popular?lang=id"

Option 2: Query Parameter

curl "https://apishort.com/v1/shortmax/api/v1/popular?lang=id&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY"

4 Available Platforms (20)

APIShort supports the following short drama platforms:

ShortMaxBlinkDramaVibeShortStoryReelDramaRushDramaWaveDramaBoxNetShortFlexTVFlickReelsReelShortStardustTVDramaBiteDrakulaMeloloShortWaveCubeTVPineDramaRaptDramaGoodShort

Each platform has its own set of endpoints. Browse all platforms at /platforms.

5 Common Endpoints

The base URL pattern is: https://apishort.com/v1/{platform}/{endpoint}

Most platforms support these common endpoint types:

  • Popular - Get trending/popular dramas
  • New/Latest - Recently added dramas
  • Search - Search dramas by keyword
  • Categories - Browse by genre/category
  • Detail - Full drama information
  • Episodes - Episode list and details
  • Languages - Available language options

6 Code Examples

JavaScript (fetch)

const API_KEY = 'YOUR_API_KEY'; const BASE = 'https://apishort.com/v1'; // Get popular dramas from ShortMax const res = await fetch(`${BASE}/shortmax/api/v1/popular?lang=id&page=1`, { headers: { 'X-API-Key': API_KEY } }); const data = await res.json(); console.log(data);

Python (requests)

import requests API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY" BASE = "https://apishort.com/v1" # Search dramas on DramaBox r = requests.get( f"{BASE}/dramabox/search?kw=love", headers={"X-API-Key": API_KEY} ) print(r.json())

PHP

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY"; $url = "https://apishort.com/v1/reelshort/popular?page=1"; $ch = curl_init($url); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["X-API-Key: $apiKey"]); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); $response = json_decode(curl_exec($ch)); print_r($response);

7 Error Handling

The API returns standard HTTP status codes:

  • 200 - Success
  • 401 - Missing or invalid API key
  • 403 - Plan expired or insufficient permissions
  • 429 - Rate limit exceeded (free plan: 100/day)
  • 502 - Upstream platform temporarily unavailable
  • 504 - Upstream platform timeout
Tip

Always check the response status code before parsing. On 502/504 errors, retry after a few seconds as the upstream platform may be temporarily slow.

8 Rate Limits & Plans

APIShort offers flexible pricing:

  • Free - 100 requests/day, all endpoints, all platforms
  • Weekly - $6/week (Rp 99.000) - Unlimited requests, priority speed
  • Monthly - $15/month (Rp 249.000) - Unlimited requests, fastest speed, priority support

View full pricing details at /pricing.

9 Best Practices

  • Cache responses locally if you don't need realtime data for every request
  • Use pagination parameters (page, pageSize) to limit response size
  • Handle errors gracefully - upstream platforms can occasionally be slow
  • Store your API key securely - never expose it in client-side code
  • Use the language parameter - most endpoints support lang=id for Indonesian content
  • Try endpoints interactively on our API documentation page before coding