# YouTube live event monitor workflow

**Use case:** 

Monitor recurring YouTube livestream topics and feed structured stream and channel records into alerts, sheets, or dashboards.

## Input

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/live"
    }
  ],
  "searchQueries": [
    "space launch live",
    "technology conference live",
    "earnings call live"
  ],
  "maxItems": 200,
  "liveOnly": false,
  "language": "en-US"
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "videoId": {
    "label": "Video ID"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Stream",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title"
  },
  "channelName": {
    "label": "Channel"
  },
  "channelUrl": {
    "label": "Channel URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "thumbnail": {
    "label": "Thumbnail",
    "format": "image"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status"
  },
  "isLive": {
    "label": "Live"
  },
  "isUpcoming": {
    "label": "Upcoming"
  },
  "scheduledStart": {
    "label": "Scheduled start",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "viewCountText": {
    "label": "View signal"
  },
  "viewCount": {
    "label": "Views"
  },
  "badges": {
    "label": "Badges"
  },
  "sourceUrl": {
    "label": "Source",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "scrapedAt": {
    "label": "Scraped at",
    "format": "date"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [YouTube Live Stream Scraper](https://apify.com/automation-lab/youtube-live-stream-scraper) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/automation-lab/youtube-live-stream-scraper) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.