# YouTube Channel Research Pack (transcripts + stats + contact) (`bizbot2026/kachang-yt-channel-pack`) Actor

Input a YouTube channel. Get one AI-ready JSON record per video: title, views, likes, publish date, duration, FULL TRANSCRIPT, plus channel stats and business email from the About page. Built for LLM/RAG/agent pipelines. By Kachang Sia (Jack Loh, Singapore).

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bizbot2026/kachang-yt-channel-pack.md
- **Developed by:** [Kachang Sia AI Automation Studio](https://apify.com/bizbot2026) (community)
- **Categories:** AI, Automation, Social media
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## Pricing

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Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Kachang YouTube Channel Research Pack

Input a YouTube channel URL/handle. Get one **AI-ready JSON record per video**: title, views, publish date, duration, **full transcript** (when captions are available to the runtime), plus channel stats and business email from the About page.

Built for **LLM / RAG / agent pipelines** — clean schema, tiny per-result cost.

> **Note:** transcript availability depends on YouTube serving captions to the run environment; if a video has no captions (or the platform blocks them), the record still includes full metadata (title/views/date/duration).

### Input

```json
{
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast",
  "maxVideos": 20,
  "includeTranscripts": true,
  "includeContact": true
}
```

### Output (one record per video + one channel record)

```json
{
  "kind": "video",
  "video_id": "lVylRtlPOIE",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVylRtlPOIE",
  "title": "...",
  "published": "2026-07-01",
  "duration_seconds": 235,
  "views": 1234567,
  "likes": 89012,
  "description": "...",
  "transcript": "full transcript text...",
  "transcript_lang": "en",
  "channel_name": "MrBeast",
  "contact_email": "business@example.com"
}
```

### Use cases

- LLM training / RAG knowledge base from a channel
- Content research: what a competitor talks about
- Creator outreach: transcripts + contact email in one pull
- AI agents that summarize or analyze channels

### About

Kachang Sia — AI Automation Studio, Singapore. AI-assisted, reviewed by a human operator. Support: sales@kachangsia.com

# Actor input Schema

## `channelUrl` (type: `string`):

e.g. https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast or @MrBeast or UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA

## `maxVideos` (type: `integer`):

Limit the number of videos scanned (transcripts are fetched per video). Default 20, max 50.

## `includeTranscripts` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch the full transcript for each video when captions exist (default true)

## `includeContact` (type: `boolean`):

Extract business email from the channel About page when public (default true)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast",
  "maxVideos": 20,
  "includeTranscripts": true,
  "includeContact": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `defaultDataset` (type: `string`):

JSON records: kind, video\_id, title, views, published, transcript, channel stats, contact\_email

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bizbot2026/kachang-yt-channel-pack").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("bizbot2026/kachang-yt-channel-pack").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast"
}' |
apify call bizbot2026/kachang-yt-channel-pack --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=bizbot2026/kachang-yt-channel-pack",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/zU83SRBh4NSqu5fab/builds/YHAVpVznDassNH3xV/openapi.json