YouTube Live Stream Scraper

Overview

This actor scrapes live streams and upcoming scheduled events from YouTube channels. It returns structured data about each stream, including real-time viewer stats, channel details, and video metadata. Use it to monitor streaming activity, track engagement, or archive stream information.

Key Features

• Scrapes both active live streams and upcoming scheduled events from specified YouTube channels.
• Captures real-time viewer counts and stream status (live, upcoming, ended).
• Extracts comprehensive channel information: name, URL, verification status, and avatar.
• Retrieves video details: ID, URL, title, description, and high-quality thumbnail URLs.
• Outputs a timestamp for each scraping run.

How to Use

Configure the actor with your target YouTube channel details. The actor will fetch all relevant live and upcoming streams, delivering the data in a structured JSON format available for download in the Apify platform's Storage tab.

Input

The primary input is the configuration for the target YouTube channels. The proxyConfiguration setting is optional but can be used for enhanced scraping capability.

Input Example (JSON):

{
  "channelUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/@examplechannel"]
}

Output

The dataset contains an array of items, each representing a scraped stream. Data is saved as JSON and can be downloaded in multiple formats (JSON, JSONL, CSV, Excel, etc.).

Output Sample (JSON):

[
  {
    "scrapedAt": "2025-02-05T01:03:39.704Z",
    "content": {
      "videoId": "jTIuwc4uW30",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTIuwc4uW30",
      "title": "EN VIVO | COLOMBIA vs. PARAGUAY",
      "description": "Live match coverage...",
      "thumbnailUrl": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jTIuwc4uW30/hqdefault.jpg",
      "channelInfo": {
        "name": "CONMEBOL",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@conmebol",
        "isVerified": true,
        "avatar": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/...avatar.jpg"
      },
      "stats": {
        "viewCount": "2,165",
        "status": "live",
        "scheduledStartTime": "",
        "waitingCount": "2,165"
      }
    }
  }
]

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