YouTube Comments Scraper Scrape comments from YouTube videos with support for pagination and different sorting options. ## Use Cases - Sentiment Analysis: Analyze user feedback and opinions - Community Engagement: Track comment patterns and responses - Content Moderation: Monitor comment quality and flags - Audience Research: Understand viewer demographics and interests - Trend Detection: Identify popular topics in discussions ## Input Parameters | Field | Type | Required | Description | Example | Default | | ------------- | ------ | -------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------- | ------- | | type | string | Yes | Scraper type | video_comments | - | | videoIds | array | Yes | Array of YouTube video IDs | ["arj7oStGLkU"] | - | | sortBy | string | No | Sort order: top or newest | top | top | | maxItem | number | No | Max comments per video | 100 | 100 | | resumeToken | string | No | Continue from previous fetch | - | - | | geo | string | No | ISO 3166-2 country code | US | US | | lang | string | No | Language code | en | en | ### Example Input json { "type": "video_comments", "videoIds": ["arj7oStGLkU"], "sortBy": "top", "maxItem": 50, "geo": "US", "lang": "en" } ## Output Schema ### Comment Object json { "commentId": "Ugw2mz3...", "text": "This is an amazing video!", "author": { "name": "John Doe", "channelId": "UCxxx...", "thumbnails": [...] }, "likeCount": 1245, "replyCount": 23, "publishedTimeText": "3 weeks ago", "publishedAt": "2024-11-20T10:30:00Z", "isPinned": false, "isHeartedByUploader": false, "hasReplies": true, "continuation": "Eg0SC..." } ## Data Fields ### Comment Information - commentId: Unique comment identifier - text: Comment text content - likeCount: Number of likes - replyCount: Number of replies - publishedTimeText: Human-readable time (e.g., "3 weeks ago") - publishedAt: ISO timestamp ### Author Information - author.name: Commenter's display name - author.channelId: Commenter's channel ID - author.thumbnails: Profile picture URLs ### Status Flags - isPinned: Whether comment is pinned by creator - isHeartedByUploader: Whether creator hearted the comment - hasReplies: Whether comment has replies ### Pagination - continuation: Token for fetching more comments ## Sorting Options - top (default): Most liked/popular comments first - newest: Most recent comments first ## Notes - Free tier limited to 100 comments per run - Pagination automatically continues until maxItem is reached - State is saved for resuming interrupted scrapes - Some videos may have comments disabled - Reply threads can be fetched separately