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🚀 Youtube Shorts Scraper lite 🌟

Extract rich, structured metadata from YouTube Shorts videos using simple input URLs. This actor is designed to help creators, marketers, researchers, and analysts quickly collect valuable Shorts data in a clean and ready-to-use format 🚀

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✨ Overview

The YouTube Shorts Scraper allows you to collect detailed public information from one or multiple YouTube Shorts video links. It produces both raw values and human-readable metrics, making it ideal for analytics, reporting, and automation workflows.

All results are stored securely and can be exported or processed further with ease.

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📊 What Data This Actor Provides

For each YouTube Shorts video, the actor extracts a wide range of metadata, including:

• 📌 Video identification details
• 📈 Engagement metrics
• 👤 Channel information
• 🏷️ Tags and hashtags
• 🎞️ Video properties
• 🌍 Subtitle availability
• 🔗 Links found in descriptions

This ensures you get both high-level insights and detailed attributes in one run.

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📦 Output Data Structure

Each input URL generates one output object with the following fields:

🎬 Video Information

Field	Description
title	Title of the Shorts video
video_id	Unique YouTube video ID
url	Canonical YouTube video URL
thumbnail_url	High-quality thumbnail image
description	Full video description
upload_date	Video upload date (YYYY-MM-DD)
duration	Video length in MM:SS format
category	Video category (if available)

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📈 Engagement Metrics

Field	Description
view_count	Total number of views
like_count	Total likes
comment_count	Total comments
view_count_formatted	Views in readable format (e.g. 1.2M)
like_count_formatted	Likes in readable format
comment_count_formatted	Comments in readable format
engagement_rate	Engagement percentage based on views

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👤 Channel Information

Field	Description
channel_name	Channel display name
channel_url	Channel homepage URL
channel_id	Channel identifier
channel_subscribers	Subscriber count
channel_subscribers_formatted	Readable subscriber count

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🏷️ Tags & Hashtags

Field	Description
video_tags	List of tags related to the video
hashtags	Extracted hashtags

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🎞️ Video Quality & Availability

Field	Description
availableResolutions	All available video resolutions
video_resolution_quality	SD or HD classification
available_subtitles	Supported subtitle languages

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🔗 Additional Metadata

Field	Description
descriptionLinks	External links found in description
privacy_settings	Video availability status
shares_count	Share count (if available)
music	Music information (if available)
pinned_comments	Pinned comments (if available)
top_comments	Highlighted comments (if available)

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📥 Input Format

You only need to provide one or more YouTube Shorts URLs.

✅ Supported Input

• Full Shorts URLs
• Shared Shorts links
• Multiple URLs in one run

📌 Input Example

{
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9JsL7wexSgI",
            "method": "GET"
        },
        {
            "url": "https://youtube.com/shorts/c_nYJEkbfm4?si=J8AaY61bI-TJCmwr",
            "method": "GET"
        }
    ]
}

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📤 Output Example

[
  {
    "title": "Exposing The Most Viral Clip Of The Year 🙈 #Shorts",
    "video_id": "9JsL7wexSgI",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JsL7wexSgI",
    "thumbnail_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9JsL7wexSgI/sd2.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEoCIAFEOAD8quKqQMcGADwAQH4Ae4QgAKAHooCDAgAEAEYYCBlKB4wDw==&rs=AOn4CLB6ncbqJR0L2qv2jQfijFDlEJJ4Wg",
    "view_count": 52598249,
    "like_count": 1626432,
    "comment_count": 4400,
    "view_count_formatted": "52.60M",
    "like_count_formatted": "1.63M",
    "comment_count_formatted": "4.40K",
    "upload_date": "2021-08-27",
    "channel_name": "Brandon B",
    "channel_url": "https://www.youtube.com/@heyBrandonB",
    "channel_id": "@heyBrandonB",
    "channel_subscribers": 16200000,
    "channel_subscribers_formatted": "16.20M",
    "description": "Most Viral Video I had filmed into 2020! \n\nThis was the first 'viral' video I ever uploaded, and was my most viral clip for the year! Across platforms it hit over 100 million views!!\n\nYou can click on the links below for my other social media channels for more fun videos.\n\n👉 Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brandon_baum\n👉 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brandon_baum/\n👉 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brandnbaum\n👉 Twitter: https://twitter.com/_brandonbaum\n\n#BrandonBaum #BrandonBaumTutorials #funnytiktok #memes​​​ #BrandonBaumTikTok #tiktoktrending #funnyvideos #CGI #amazingvideos #viralvideos",
    "video_tags": [
      "#Magic",
      "#VFX",
      "#Trick",
      "#Zach King",
      "#Premiere Pro",
      "#After Effects",
      "#How To",
      "#Tutorial",
      "#Magic Revealed",
      "#Magic tutorial",
      "#Premiere Pro Magic",
      "#After Effects Tutorial",
      "#CGI",
      "#Tik Tok",
      "#CGI Fans",
      "#Mind Blowing",
      "#funnyvideos",
      "#Entertainment"
    ],
    "hashtags": [
      "#Magic",
      "#VFX",
      "#Trick",
      "#Zach King",
      "#Premiere Pro",
      "#After Effects",
      "#How To",
      "#Tutorial",
      "#Magic Revealed",
      "#Magic tutorial",
      "#Premiere Pro Magic",
      "#After Effects Tutorial",
      "#CGI",
      "#Tik Tok",
      "#CGI Fans",
      "#Mind Blowing",
      "#funnyvideos",
      "#Entertainment"
    ],
    "duration": "00:11",
    "availableResolutions": [
      "640p",
      "27p"
    ],
    "video_resolution_quality": "SD",
    "engagement_rate": "3.10%",
    "shares_count": null,
    "music": null,
    "available_subtitles": [],
    "category": [
      "Entertainment"
    ],
    "descriptionLinks": [
      "https://www.tiktok.com/@brandon_baum",
      "https://www.instagram.com/brandon_baum/",
      "https://www.facebook.com/brandnbaum",
      "https://twitter.com/_brandonbaum"
    ],
    "privacy_settings": "public",
    "pinned_comments": [],
    "top_comments": []
  },
  {
    "title": "POWER OF ALLAH ☝️#allah #powerofallah #islam #islamicstatus #islamicquotes",
    "video_id": "c_nYJEkbfm4",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_nYJEkbfm4",
    "thumbnail_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/c_nYJEkbfm4/maxresdefault.jpg",
    "view_count": 10201823,
    "like_count": 99388,
    "comment_count": 501,
    "view_count_formatted": "10.20M",
    "like_count_formatted": "99.39K",
    "comment_count_formatted": "501",
    "upload_date": "2025-12-15",
    "channel_name": "POOR MANE ",
    "channel_url": "https://www.youtube.com/@POORMANE-u4m",
    "channel_id": "@POORMANE-u4m",
    "channel_subscribers": 227000,
    "channel_subscribers_formatted": "227.00K",
    "description": "POWER OF ALLAH ☝️#allah #powerofallah #islam #islamicstatus #islamicquotes #allahsplan #faith #sabr",
    "video_tags": [
      "#PowerOfAllah",
      "#AllahIsGreat",
      "#IslamicQuotes",
      "#Faith",
      "#MuslimMotivation",
      "#AllahKnowsBest",
      "#TrustInAllah",
      "#IslamicStatus",
      "#IslamicVideo",
      "#Deen",
      "#Sabr",
      "#TawakkulIslamicStatus",
      "#SpiritualPower",
      "#AllahsPlan"
    ],
    "hashtags": [
      "#PowerOfAllah",
      "#AllahIsGreat",
      "#IslamicQuotes",
      "#Faith",
      "#MuslimMotivation",
      "#AllahKnowsBest",
      "#TrustInAllah",
      "#IslamicStatus",
      "#IslamicVideo",
      "#Deen",
      "#Sabr",
      "#TawakkulIslamicStatus",
      "#SpiritualPower",
      "#AllahsPlan"
    ],
    "duration": "00:16",
    "availableResolutions": [
      "640p",
      "180p",
      "90p",
      "45p",
      "27p"
    ],
    "video_resolution_quality": "SD",
    "engagement_rate": "0.98%",
    "shares_count": null,
    "music": null,
    "available_subtitles": [
      "aa",
      "ab",
      "af",
      "ak",
      "am",
      "ar",
      "as",
      "ay",
      "az",
      "ba",
      "be",
      "bg",
      "bho",
      "bn",
      "bo",
      "br",
      "bs",
      "ca",
      "ceb",
      "co",
      "crs",
      "cs",
      "cy",
      "da",
      "de",
      "dv",
      "dz",
      "ee",
      "el",
      "en",
      "eo",
      "es",
      "et",
      "eu",
      "fa",
      "fi",
      "fil",
      "fj",
      "fo",
      "fr",
      "fy",
      "ga",
      "gaa",
      "gd",
      "gl",
      "gn",
      "gu",
      "gv",
      "ha",
      "haw",
      "hi",
      "hmn",
      "hr",
      "ht",
      "hu",
      "hy",
      "id",
      "ig",
      "is",
      "it",
      "iu",
      "iw",
      "ja",
      "jv",
      "ka",
      "kha",
      "kk",
      "kl",
      "km",
      "kn",
      "ko",
      "kri",
      "ku",
      "ky",
      "la",
      "lb",
      "lg",
      "ln",
      "lo",
      "lt",
      "lua",
      "luo",
      "lv",
      "mfe",
      "mg",
      "mi",
      "mk",
      "ml",
      "mn",
      "mr",
      "ms",
      "mt",
      "my",
      "ne",
      "new",
      "nl",
      "no",
      "nso",
      "ny",
      "oc",
      "om",
      "or",
      "os",
      "pa",
      "pam",
      "pl",
      "ps",
      "pt",
      "pt-PT",
      "pt-orig",
      "qu",
      "rn",
      "ro",
      "ru",
      "rw",
      "sa",
      "sd",
      "sg",
      "si",
      "sk",
      "sl",
      "sm",
      "sn",
      "so",
      "sq",
      "sr",
      "ss",
      "st",
      "su",
      "sv",
      "sw",
      "ta",
      "te",
      "tg",
      "th",
      "ti",
      "tk",
      "tn",
      "to",
      "tr",
      "ts",
      "tt",
      "tum",
      "ug",
      "uk",
      "ur",
      "uz",
      "ve",
      "vi",
      "war",
      "wo",
      "xh",
      "yi",
      "yo",
      "zh-Hans",
      "zh-Hant",
      "zu"
    ],
    "category": [
      "Entertainment"
    ],
    "descriptionLinks": [],
    "privacy_settings": "public",
    "pinned_comments": [],
    "top_comments": []
  }
]

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⭐ Benefits & Advantages

• ✔️ Simple input, powerful output
• ✔️ Clean and well-structured JSON
• ✔️ Human-readable metrics included
• ✔️ Supports multiple URLs at once
• ✔️ Ideal for analytics & automation
• ✔️ No manual processing required

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🛠️ Best Practices

• 🔹 Always use valid YouTube Shorts links
• 🔹 Run multiple URLs together for efficiency
• 🔹 Use formatted fields for dashboards & reports
• 🔹 Store outputs for historical trend analysis
• 🔹 Combine with other YouTube actors for deeper insights

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⚠️ Possible Errors & How to Avoid Them

❌ Invalid or broken URLs

✔️ Ensure each URL opens correctly in a browser

❌ Private or unavailable videos

✔️ Only public Shorts can return full data

❌ Missing optional fields

✔️ Some fields depend on video availability and settings

❌ Empty output

✔️ Make sure at least one valid URL is provided

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📌 Use Cases

• 📊 Shorts performance analysis
• 📈 Viral content research
• 🎯 Influencer discovery
• 📣 Marketing insights
• 🧠 Content strategy planning

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📬 Support & Contact

If you need help, feature requests, or custom actors:

📧 Email: alphascraper69@gmail.com 🚀 Always happy to help!

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