YouTube Scraper by Channel

This Apify Actor scrapes videos or shorts from a specific YouTube channel, returning detailed metadata for each item.

Overview

The actor targets a single YouTube channel, fetching either standard videos or Shorts based on your configuration. It extracts comprehensive data including view counts, publish dates, and engagement metrics, outputting it in a structured JSON format.

Key Features

• Channel-Specific Scraping: Input a channel handle (e.g., @nike) to get content from that source only.
• Content Type Selection: Choose to scrape regular videos or shorts.
• Sorting & Pagination: Control the order (Latest, Popular, Oldest) and the number of items to retrieve.
• Rich Metadata Output: Returns a detailed dataset for each video, including titles, descriptions, thumbnails, stats, and channel info.

How to Use

1. Deploy the actor on the Apify platform.
2. Configure the input parameters as a JSON object (see Input section below).
3. Run the actor. Upon completion, the scraped data will be available in the actor's dataset for download.

Input

Configure the actor using a JSON object with the following properties:

{
  "channel": "@nike",
  "type": "videos",
  "size": 10,
  "sort": "Latest"
}

• channel (Required): The YouTube channel identifier (e.g., @nike, @apple).
• type (Required): The content type to scrape. Options: "videos" or "shorts".
• size (Required): The number of items to retrieve (default is 10).
• sort (Optional): The sort order. Options: "Latest", "Popular", or "Oldest".

Output

The actor outputs an array of objects. Each object contains the full details for one video or short.

{
  "id": "abc123",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123",
  "title": "Example Video Title",
  "description": "This is an example description.",
  "lengthSeconds": 300,
  "thumbnails": [...],
  "channelId": "xyz789",
  "channelName": "Example Channel",
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/xyz789",
  "viewCount": 10000,
  "publishDate": "2023-01-01",
  "likeCount": 500,
  "commentCount": 100
}

Example Use Case: To get the 5 latest videos from @nike, use this input:

{
  "channel": "@nike",
  "type": "videos",
  "size": 5,
  "sort": "Latest"
}

Notes

• The actor scrapes YouTube's public interface and is subject to its rate limits and restrictions.
• Ensure the provided channel identifier is valid for reliable results.
• Performance may vary based on YouTube's response behavior.