Advanced Youtube Scraper

by stefanie-rink

Need to scrape YouTube data without dealing with official API limits or complex setups? This Advanced YouTube Scraper is what I use. It taps directly ...

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About Advanced Youtube Scraper

Need to scrape YouTube data without dealing with official API limits or complex setups? This Advanced YouTube Scraper is what I use. It taps directly into YouTube's internal API, so you don't need a developer key or face those annoying quotas. Just tell it what to find—whether that's videos by keyword, entire channels, or specific video details—and it pulls everything down fast. You get full control over the data. Sort and filter results by views, comment count, upload date, or video title. For channels, it grabs subscriber counts and profile info. I typically use it for market research, tracking video performance trends, or building datasets for content analysis. It’s straightforward: configure your search, run the actor, and get structured JSON or CSV output ready for your project. The setup is minimal, which is the best part. If you've ever been blocked by YouTube's public API restrictions, this approach is a game-changer. It handles the data extraction so you can focus on the insights. For anyone needing reliable, customizable YouTube data at scale, this scraper just works.

What does this actor do?

Advanced Youtube Scraper is a web scraping and automation tool available on the Apify platform. It's designed to help you extract data and automate tasks efficiently in the cloud.

Key Features

Cloud-based execution - no local setup required
Scalable infrastructure for large-scale operations
API access for integration with your applications
Built-in proxy rotation and anti-blocking measures
Scheduled runs and webhooks for automation

How to Use

Click "Try This Actor" to open it on Apify
Create a free Apify account if you don't have one
Configure the input parameters as needed
Run the actor and download your results

Documentation

## Contact For any inquiries or issues, please contact tnot2652@gmail.com. # Advanced Youtube API Scraper The Advanced Youtube Scraper is a powerful actor that scrapes Youtube search query result information, including title, views, subscribers, publication date, link to video and channel, with sorting options. This actor is perfect for researchers, content creators, and marketers looking to get insights into popular video content and channels on YouTube. ## Input The input to this actor is a JSON object with the following properties: - queries: An array of search queries, video links or channel links to be used for scraping YouTube. - sort_by: The criteria for sorting the search results. It is an enum that can take the following values: relevance, view, date, rating. Default is relevance. - max_results: The maximum number of search results to be scraped. Default is 10. - clean: Whether to scrape all the videos again at each run. Default is true. - num_comments: The maximum number of comments to be scraped per video. Default is 0. - related_videos: Whether to scrape related videos. Default is false. ## Output The output of this actor is a JSON object in the form of following example: json { "title": "Morbius Collection (Improved version)", "views": 137570, "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CmY47ywm8M", "publication_date": "2014-12-26", "subscribers": 605, "channel_link": "https://www.youtube.com/@amandapike2477", "channel_name": "Amanda Pike", "comments": ["This is amazing!", "Wish I could have done this.",], "related_videos": [ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CmY47ywm8M", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WOnDzGGXUU", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqP0KSTC5Y0", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TA-d8eGrS4", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKhVNLGXw2I", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aem7LFj8qA", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9H2aliqkq8", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JhRaormlro", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NoauN_TUgo", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvqrL2vlRn0", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4ObCmeuW9c", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NWUI0K98t8", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7oqz2_XM7Q", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1q7SkxbIyw", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1UREKcxXuk" ], "data_date": "2023-05-18T21:05:33" } ## Machine Specs If you are not scraping for too many comments, 256MB machine configuration should be okay, although slow.