YouTube Video Scraper

--- # 🎥 YouTube Video Scraper - Full Metadata + Engagement Analytics 🚀 ## 🌟 Overview Need complete YouTube data extraction? This actor scrapes: ✅ Regular Videos ✅ YouTube Shorts ✅ YouTube Kids Content ✅ Full metadata, analytics, and technical specs 📊 Perfect for content analysis, competitor research, and child-safe video monitoring across all YouTube platforms! ⚡ Average Runtime: 1-2 minutes per video 🔄 Supports bulk URL processing --- ## 🔥 Key Features ### 📺 Multi-Platform Support ✔️ Regular YouTube videos ✔️ Vertical Shorts content ✔️ YouTube Kids filtered videos ✔️ Channel/playlist compatibility ### 📈 Comprehensive Metadata ✔️ Views, likes, comments count ✔️ Upload dates & timestamps ✔️ Channel verification status ✔️ 10M+ channel follower tracking ### 🎚️ Advanced Analytics ✔️ Video chapters with timestamps ✔️ Heatmap data integration ✔️ Format technical specs (codec, resolution, FPS) ✔️ Engagement rate calculations ### 🧒 YouTube Kids Specific ✔️ Age-restricted content detection ✔️ Child-safe category filtering ✔️ Parental control metrics ### 🌐 Proxy Ready ✔️ Residential proxies supported ✔️ Bypass geo-restrictions --- ## ⚙️ Input Configuration json { "video_urls": [ { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUMe1FH4CHE", "method": "GET" } ] } 📌 Fields Explained | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | video_urls | 📹 List of YouTube URLs (Supports videos/shorts/kids content) | | method | ⚙️ Always use GET | --- ## 📤 Output Example Complete video analysis: json { "original_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUMe1FH4CHE", "title": "Learn HTML – Full Tutorial for Beginners", "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/kUMe1FH4CHE/maxresdefault.webp", "duration": "4h 7m 29s", "channel": "freeCodeCamp.org", "description": "Learn HTML in this complete course for beginners...", "description_links": { "social": [], "blog": [], "sponsor": [], "others": [ "https://www.youtube.com/davegrayteachescode", "https://github.com/gitdagray/html_course", "https://scrimba.com/freeCodeCamp-HTML", "https://www.freecodecamp.org", "https://freecodecamp.org/news" ] }, "upload_date": "08-03-2022", "automatic_captions": "", "heatmap": "", "requested_formats": "", "subtitles": "", "view_count": 3508428, "comment_count": 2100, "like_count": 65235, "chapters": [ { "start_time": 0, "title": "Intro", "end_time": 55 }, { "start_time": 55, "title": "Chapter 1 - Getting Started", "end_time": 1213 }, ... ], "channel_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8butISFwT-Wl7EV0hUK0BQ", "uploader_url": "https://www.youtube.com/@freecodecamp", "categories": ["Education"], "language": "en", "resolution": "1920x1080", "fps": 30, "aspect_ratio": 1.78, "protocol": "https+https", "format_note": "1080p+medium" } 🧾 Output Includes: - 📅 Upload dates & timestamps - 🔖 Categories & tags - 📜 Full description with detected links - 📉 Heatmap data references - 📺 Embeddability status - 🌍 Availability regions --- ## 💡 Use Cases 🔍 Researchers - Track video trends across platforms 📱 App Developers - Build video recommendation engines 👪 Parents - Monitor YouTube Kids content 📈 Marketers - Analyze competitor video performance 💾 Archivists - Preserve video metadata --- ## 🛠️ How It Works 1️⃣ Add YouTube URLs (videos/shorts/kids) 2️⃣ Actor detects content type automatically 3️⃣ Extracts 50+ data points per video 4️⃣ Returns structured JSON with: - 🎚️ Technical specifications - 📈 Engagement metrics - 🧩 Content segmentation 5️⃣ Export ready for analysis --- ## 🔐 Privacy & Security 🛡️ GDPR-compliant data handling 🌐 Proxy support for anonymous scraping 🔒 No YouTube API keys required --- ## 🔗 Related Actors (Recommended Tools) Explore our full scraping suite for enhanced YouTube and Spotify scraping: ### 🎥 YouTube Scrapers: - YouTube Video Captions Scraper - YouTube Video Transcript Scraper - YouTube Video Formats Scraper - YouTube Video Heatmap Scraper ### 🎵 Spotify Scrapers: - Spotify Artist Scraper - Spotify Playlists Scraper - Spotify Album Scraper - Spotify Tracks Scraper - Spotify Music Downloader – Fast Mode - Spotify Music Downloader – Accurate Mode --- ## 📧 Custom Solutions? Need kids content filters or special heatmap analysis? ✉️ Contact scrapearchitect@gmail.com --- ## 🚀 Launch Now! ---