🎯 YouTube Scraper — Channel Videos ## 📺 What does YouTube Scraper do? This Actor scrapes public data from a YouTube channel's /videos page. It focuses on parsing the channel videos page and returning a dataset of video items with basic metadata. - 🔎 Extracts core video fields from the channel's videos page: video id, title, thumbnail URL, duration, published time, channel id/name/url/thumbnail (when available), and view counts. - ⚡ Designed for quick retrieval of videos for a specific channelId. - 💾 Outputs results to the Apify Dataset so you can download JSON/CSV/Excel from the Storage tab. --- ## 💡 How to use scraped YouTube data You can use the scraped data to: - 📈 Monitor channel uploads and trends - 🧾 Collect public video metadata for analysis or aggregation - 🔗 Feed video metadata to dashboards or analytics pipelines --- ## 🔎 What data can you scrape? This Actor returns (from the channel's /videos page): - Video id, title, thumbnail URL - Duration (text) and duration in seconds - publishedAt (ISO) and publishedText - Channel id, name, URL and thumbnail/handle when available - viewCountText (raw) and views (parsed integer when possible) The Actor follows continuation tokens when present to fetch more items, up to an internal limit. --- ## 🚀 Quick start — How to run 1. Edit INPUT_SCHEMA.json or provide JSON input in Apify Console. 2. Provide channelId (required) and optional limit. 3. Start the Actor and download results from the Storage (Dataset) tab. ⬆️ Input example json { "channelId": "UC_x5XG1OV2P6uZZ5FSM9Ttw", "limit": 24 } ## ⬇️ Output example (simplified) Dataset items include full objects. Example video item: json [ { "id": "CW7gfrTlr0Y", "title": "Example video title", "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CW7gfrTlr0Y/maxresdefault.jpg", "duration": "00:03:17", "duration_seconds": 197, "publishedAt": "2021-12-21T00:00:00.000Z", "publishedText": "4 years ago", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW7gfrTlr0Y", "channel": { "id": "UC...", "name": "Channel Name", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC...", "thumbnail": "https://...", "handle": "@example" }, "viewCountText": "35,582,192 views", "views": 35582192 } ] Returned wrapper includes videos (array), max when available, and requested (number returned). --- ## 🔧 Notes & limitations - The Actor scrapes public HTML. Results depend on YouTube's page structure and may change. - Very large limit values may not return all requested items (continuation loop capped internally). - The Actor does not fetch subtitles, comments, or video files. --- ## 🧰 Specialized scrapers and related tools - 💬 Fast YouTube Videos Scraper - 🏎 Fast YouTube Channel Scraper - ▶️ Fast YouTube Channel Videos Scraper - 📽️ Fast YouTube Channel Videos Scraper Fallback You can combine results with other social media scrapers (TikTok, Instagram, Facebook) or feed data to AI agents (e.g., sentiment analysis, influencer discovery). --- ## ❓FAQ - Q: Can I get subtitles or comments? - A: No — this Actor does not extract subtitles or comments. Use the related tools above for those features. - Q: Is scraping YouTube legal? - A: Scraping public data is subject to local laws and platform terms. Consult legal counsel if unsure. --- ## 🐞 Feedback Found a bug or want an enhancement? Open an issue in this repository. --- License: ISC (see package.json).