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YouTube Scraper $2/1K — Videos, Channels, Comments, Transcripts

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Scrape YouTube videos, channels, comments, and transcripts in one tool — by keyword or by video, channel, and playlist URL. Get rich per-video metadata, comments with replies, and translated transcripts. Incremental mode and RAG-ready output included.

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Trending Topic

trendingCategory

Optional

Optional extra topic to rank when Scrape Trending is on, e.g. "music", "gaming", or "movies". Added alongside your search queries as a topic to find the most-viewed recent videos for. Applies to Trending mode. Default: blank (rank only your search queries).

Type:string

🔀 Sort By

sortBy

Optional

Order of search results. Applies to Search mode. Options: Relevance (YouTube's default ranking); Upload date (newest first); View count (most-viewed first); Rating (highest-rated first). Default: "relevance".

Type:string

Default:relevance

Options:

relevancedateviewCountrating

Upload Date Filter

uploadDate

Optional

Restrict search results to videos uploaded within this window. Applies to Search mode. Options: Last hour; Today (last 24 hours); This week (last 7 days); This month (last 30 days); This year (last 365 days). Default: no restriction (any date).

Type:string

Options:

hourtodayweekmonthyear

Video Duration

videoDuration

Optional

Filter search results by video length. Applies to Search mode. Options: Short (under 4 minutes); Medium (4–20 minutes); Long (over 20 minutes). Default: no restriction (any length).

Type:string

Options:

shortmediumlong

Result Type

resultType

Optional

Which kind of YouTube results a search should return. Applies to Search mode. Options: Videos only; Channels only (use together with Scrape Channels to find channels by keyword); Any (mixed results). To scrape a playlist, paste its playlist URL into Start URLs instead. Default: "video".

Type:string

Default:video

Options:

videochannelany

HD Only

filterHd

Optional

Only return videos available in high definition. Applies to Search mode. Default: false.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Has Subtitles/CC

filterSubtitles

Optional

Only return videos that have subtitles or closed captions. Useful as a pre-filter before transcript scraping. Applies to Search mode. Default: false.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Creative Commons

filterCreativeCommons

Optional

Only return videos published under a Creative Commons license. Applies to Search mode. Default: false.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Live Only

filterLive

Optional

Only return videos that are currently live. Applies to Search mode. Default: false.

Type:boolean

Default:false

4K Only

filter4k

Optional

Only return videos available in 4K resolution. Applies to Search mode. Default: false.

Type:boolean

Default:false

360° Only

filter360

Optional

Only return 360-degree videos. Applies to Search mode. Default: false.

Type:boolean

Default:false

HDR Only

filterHdr

Optional

Only return videos available in HDR. Applies to Search mode. Default: false.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Include Keywords

includeKeywords

Optional

Post-fetch filter: keep only results whose title or description contains at least one of these keywords (case-insensitive), e.g. ["react", "vue"]. Applies to all modes. The filters run on the results the limit already selected, so with a small Max results a matching video further down the list is not reached - raise the limit when you filter narrowly. Default: empty (no filtering).

Type:string[]

Default:

[]

Exclude Keywords

excludeKeywords

Optional

Post-fetch filter: drop results whose title or description contains any of these keywords (case-insensitive), e.g. ["shorts", "reaction"]. Applies to all modes. The filters run on the results the limit already selected, so with a small Max results a matching video further down the list is not reached - raise the limit when you filter narrowly. Default: empty (no filtering).

Type:string[]

Default:

[]

From Date

fromDate

Optional

Post-fetch filter: only include videos published on or after this date. Accepts an absolute ISO 8601 date (e.g. "2024-01-01") or a relative offset into the past (e.g. "7d", "2 weeks", "3 months", "1 year"). Applies to video records (search, channel, playlist, trending); comments and transcripts are not filtered by date. Default: no lower bound.

Type:string

To Date

toDate

Optional

Post-fetch filter: only include videos published on or before this date. Accepts an absolute ISO 8601 date (e.g. "2024-12-31") or a relative offset into the past (e.g. "1d"). Applies to video records (search, channel, playlist, trending); comments and transcripts are not filtered by date. Default: no upper bound.

Type:string

Max age (days)

maxAgeDays

Optional

Post-fetch filter: only include videos published within the last N days (e.g. 30). When combined with From Date, the more restrictive cutoff wins. Applies to video records (search, channel, playlist, trending); comments and transcripts are not filtered by date. Default: blank (no age limit).

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Custom Filters

customFilters

Optional

Advanced post-fetch filter expression (DSL) evaluated against each output item, e.g. "viewCount > 100000 AND durationSec < 600". For power users; leave blank for no custom filtering. Applies to all modes. Note: enrichment-derived fields (category, keywords, hashtags, description) are only populated at detailLevel "standard" and above — filtering on one of these at detailLevel "basic" leaves it null and excludes every record. The filters run on the results the limit already selected, so with a small Max results a matching video further down the list is not reached - raise the limit when you filter narrowly. Default: blank.

Type:string

Channel Video Type

channelVideoType

Optional

Which tab to scrape when visiting a channel. Applies to Channel URLs in Video mode. Options: Regular videos (the Videos tab, long-form uploads); Shorts (the Shorts tab); Live streams (past and upcoming live broadcasts). Default: "videos".

Type:string

Default:videos

Options:

videosshortslive

Channel Sort Order

channelSortOrder

Optional

Order of videos listed on a channel page. Applies to the Videos tab of Channel URLs in Video mode (sort is not available on the Shorts or Live tabs and is ignored there). Options: Newest first; Oldest first; Most popular (by view count). Default: "newest".

Type:string

Default:newest

Options:

newestoldestpopular

Fetch Channel About Info

fetchAbout

Optional

Fetch the channel About panel to fill in join date, country, total view count, and external links on channel items. Disable to skip the extra request for faster channel runs. Applies to Channel mode. Default: true.

Type:boolean

Default:true

Transcript Format

transcriptFormat

Optional

Output format for transcript data. Applies to Transcripts mode. Options: Timed segments (JSON array of { text, startMs, durationMs }); Plain text (one continuous string in fullText); SRT subtitles (numbered, timestamped subtitle blocks); WebVTT subtitles (web-standard caption format); Raw XML (the unprocessed caption document). All variants also include the plain fullText. Default: "segments".

Type:string

Default:segments

Options:

segmentsplaintextsrtvttxml

Transcript Language

transcriptLanguage

Optional

BCP-47 language code for the desired transcript track, e.g. "en" or "de". Applies to Transcripts mode. Default: blank, which requests the English track — not the video's own default. Set this explicitly for non-English videos.

Type:string

Translate Transcript To

translateTo

Optional

BCP-47 language code to auto-translate the transcript into, e.g. "en" or "es". Applies to Transcripts mode. Default: blank (no translation).

Type:string

Prefer Auto-Generated Transcripts

preferAutoGenerated

Optional

When both a manual and an auto-generated transcript exist for a video, prefer the auto-generated one. Applies to Transcripts mode. Default: false (prefer the manual transcript).

Type:boolean

Default:false

Transcript Fields to Include

transcriptFields

Optional

Emit only this subset of transcript output fields, e.g. ["fullText", "srt"]. Applies to Transcripts mode. Default: empty (include all transcript fields).

Type:string[]

Default:

[]

Comments (per video)

commentsPerVideo

Optional

Maximum number of comments to fetch per video. 0 means "no limit of our own"; the walk still stops after 200 continuation pages (roughly 4,000 comments) so a single video cannot run forever. Applies to Comments mode. Default: 100.

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Default:100

Comments Sort Order

commentsSort

Optional

Comment retrieval order. Applies to Comments mode. Options: Top comments (YouTube's most-relevant ranking, usually most-liked first); Newest first (most recently posted). Default: "top".

Type:string

Default:top

Options:

topnew

Include Replies

includeReplies

Optional

Also fetch replies to your top-level comments (nested under the comment's replies field). Replies are fetched for up to 200 comments per video, and up to the first 20 replies on each of those. Increases run time and result volume. Applies to Comments mode. Default: false.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Max results (per run)

maxResults

Optional

Maximum number of videos and channels to collect across all tasks. Comments and transcripts are extra per-video records, not counted against this limit (set their volume with Comments per video / Scrape transcripts). Values above 1,000 are treated as 1,000. 0 means "no limit of our own" (in incremental mode it scans up to 500 videos), but YouTube's own paging still bounds a run: a search contributes at most 200 videos per query, a playlist at most 100, and a channel its latest page of uploads. On a repeated run with Incremental mode on, the videos it scans rotate: each run starts with the ones it has gone longest without visiting, so a limit smaller than the channel or search behind it still works through all of them over time. Default: 50. Aliases: limit, max, maxItems, maxVideos.

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Default:50

💯 Max results (per query)

maxResultsPerQuery

Optional

Cap on the number of videos and channels each individual search query or target (channel / playlist) may contribute, applied independently of Max Results (per run). Like Max Results, this caps videos and channels only — comments and transcripts are additional per-video records (controlled by Comments per video and Scrape transcripts) and are not counted against it. Useful for spreading a budget evenly across several queries. Default: blank (no per-query cap).

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Max Shorts

maxShorts

Optional

Maximum number of Shorts (vertical, short-form clips) to include, applied independently of Max Results. Extra Shorts are dropped while regular videos are kept. Set 0 to exclude Shorts entirely. Applies to Video and Trending modes. Default: blank (no separate Shorts cap).

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Max run time (seconds)

maxRunSeconds

Optional

Optional soft cap on how long the run may spend fetching, e.g. 300 for five minutes. When the run nears this limit it stops collecting new items and saves whatever it has gathered so far. Applies to all modes. Default: blank (no soft cap).

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Include Shorts

includeShorts

Optional

Include YouTube Shorts (vertical, short-form clips) in video results. Turn off to keep only regular long-form videos. Applies to Video and Trending modes. Default: true.

Type:boolean

Default:true

Shorts Only

shortsOnly

Optional

Return only YouTube Shorts and drop regular videos. Takes precedence over Include Shorts. Applies to Video and Trending modes. Default: false.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Detail Level

detailLevel

Optional

How much metadata to fetch per video. Higher levels return more fields but may require an extra request per item (slower, higher cost). Applies to Video and Trending modes. Options: Basic (only the fields available from the listing — title, channel, view count, duration; no per-video request); Standard (adds video-page fields such as likes, full description, category, keywords); Detailed (adds extra metadata such as chapters, available captions, hashtags); Complete (every field the actor can extract). Default: "standard".

Type:string

Default:standard

Options:

basicstandarddetailedcomplete

Description Format

descriptionFormat

Optional

Output format for video and channel description text. Applies to Video and Channel modes. Options: Plain text (raw text in descriptionText); HTML (escaped, with
for newlines and for links, in descriptionHtml); Markdown (line breaks preserved, URLs linkified, in descriptionMarkdown); All formats (every variant alongside the plain text). Default: "text".

Type:string

Default:text

Options:

texthtmlmarkdownall

Exclude Empty Fields

excludeEmptyFields

Optional

Strip null and empty fields from output items to reduce dataset size and make records easier to read. Applies to all modes. Default: false.

Type:boolean

Default:false

📣 Include Run Metadata

includeRunMetadata

Optional

Append a _meta block (run id, actor id, start/finish time, a non-sensitive input summary, and per-mode counts) to every output item, useful for auditing which run produced a record. Applies to all modes. Default: false.

Type:boolean

Default:false

RAG Output (embedding-ready)

ragOutput

Optional

Output embedding-ready documents ({id, text, metadata}) instead of raw records — ready for RAG pipelines and vector databases. Applies to all modes. Default: false.

Type:boolean

Default:false

RAG Chunk Size (characters)

ragChunkSize

Optional

Split long text into chunks of about this many characters (0 = one document per item). Useful for embedding long transcripts. Applies when RAG Output is on. Each chunk is a separate dataset record and is charged one result event, so chunking multiplies what a long transcript costs. Default: 0.

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Maximum:10000

Default:0

RAG Chunk Overlap (characters)

ragChunkOverlap

Optional

Character overlap between consecutive chunks. Applies when RAG Output is on and a chunk size is set. Default: 0.

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Maximum:2000

Default:0

🌍 Country (2-letter code)

country

Optional

Two-letter ISO country code used to localize YouTube results, e.g. "US", "DE", or "GB". Affects which results and trending content are returned. Applies to all modes. Default: "US". Also accepts the aliases gl, geo, and region.

Type:string

Default:US

UI Language

Optional

BCP-47 language code for the YouTube interface language, e.g. "en" or "de". Affects the label text in responses (such as category names). Applies where YouTube honours it; comment and single-video requests are always made in English, so it does not change those. Default: "en". Also accepts the aliases lang and language.

Type:string

Default:en

Translate Title/Description To

translateMetadataTo

Optional

Language code (e.g. "es" or "ja") to also fetch each video's title and description in. Uses YouTube's own localization (creator-supplied or auto-translated; coverage varies per video and language) and adds translatedTitle / translatedDescription alongside the originals. Adds an extra request per video. Applies to Video mode. Default: blank (no translation).

Type:string

Proxy Configuration

proxyConfiguration

Optional

Route requests through a proxy or your own proxy URLs. ⚠️ Transcripts, direct video-URL detail, and engagement counts (likes/comments/subscribers) need US residential IPs — choose the RESIDENTIAL group with country US here, or supply your own US residential-IP proxy URLs. Comments automatically use US residential IPs when needed (requires residential access on your Apify account; billed as platform usage). Search, Channel, and Trending modes work on the default proxy. Recommended for larger runs to spread requests across IP addresses. Applies to all modes. Default: proxy enabled. Also accepts the alias proxy.

Type:object

Default:

{
  "useApifyProxy": true
}

Incremental Mode

incrementalMode

Optional

Track which items have been seen before. On subsequent runs with the same inputs, output only new and changed items (the rest are skipped). Applies to all modes. Default: false.

Type:boolean

Default:false

State Key

stateKey

Optional

Optional stable key identifying the incremental state to load and update, e.g. "my-tech-feed". Use the same key across runs to continue the same incremental feed. Applies when Incremental Mode is on. Default: blank (a key derived from the search inputs is used).

Type:string

♻️ Emit Unchanged Items

emitUnchanged

Optional

When Incremental Mode is on, also output records whose tracked content has not changed since the last run (marked changeType: "UNCHANGED"). By default unchanged items are skipped so each run returns only new and changed items. Tracked content is title, description, channel, category, and the Short flag for videos (counts such as views/likes do not count as a change). Default: false.

Type:boolean

Default:false

⚰️ Emit Expired Items

emitExpired

Optional

When Incremental Mode is on, output a small stub record (id plus changeType: "EXPIRED") for items that have disappeared since the last run. Only applies to fully-covered single-channel or single-playlist scrapes, where a missing item is a reliable signal it was removed; broad searches and capped runs never emit EXPIRED. Expired stubs carry no scraped fields, but they are written to the dataset like any other record and are charged one result event each. Default: false.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Telegram Bot Token

telegramToken

Optional

Telegram bot token from @BotFather. Required to send Telegram notifications when a run finishes. Default: blank (Telegram notifications off).

Type:string

💬 Telegram Chat ID

telegramChatId

Optional

Telegram chat or channel ID to send notifications to, e.g. "-100123456789". Required when Telegram Bot Token is set. Default: blank.

Type:string

Discord Webhook URL

discordWebhookUrl

Optional

Discord incoming webhook URL to post a run-summary message to. Default: blank (Discord notifications off).

Type:string

Slack Webhook URL

slackWebhookUrl

Optional

Slack incoming webhook URL to post a run-summary message to. Default: blank (Slack notifications off).

Type:string

WhatsApp Access Token

whatsappAccessToken

Optional

WhatsApp Cloud API permanent access token (a System User token from Meta Business). Required to send WhatsApp notifications. Default: blank (WhatsApp notifications off).

Type:string

WhatsApp Phone Number ID

whatsappPhoneNumberId

Optional

Your WhatsApp Business phone-number ID (numeric, from the Meta dashboard). Required when WhatsApp Access Token is set. Default: blank.

Type:string

WhatsApp Recipient

whatsappTo

Optional

Recipient phone number in E.164 format without the leading +, e.g. "14155552671". Required when WhatsApp Access Token is set. Default: blank.

Type:string

Webhook URL

webhookUrl

Optional

URL that receives a JSON POST with { metadata, items } after each run. Works with n8n, Make, Zapier, or any custom backend. Default: blank (no webhook).

Type:string

Webhook Headers

webhookHeaders

Optional

Optional JSON object of custom HTTP headers sent with the webhook, e.g. {"Authorization": "Bearer token"}. Applies when Webhook URL is set. Default: none.

Type:object

Max Items Per Notification

notificationLimit

Optional

Maximum number of items included in each notification message. Range 1–20. Applies when any notification channel is configured. Default: 5.

Type:integer

Minimum:1

Maximum:20

Default:5

Notify Only New/Updated

notifyOnlyChanges

Optional

When Incremental Mode is on, only send notifications for NEW and UPDATED items (skip unchanged ones). Applies when a notification channel is configured. Default: false.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Send results to Notion (or another connected app)

appConnector

Optional

Optional. Pick a connected app under Settings → API & Integrations to receive your results. Notion is supported today (a run-summary page); other MCP connectors are best-effort as Apify expands its catalog.

Type:string

Issue tracker team

mcpIssueTeam

Optional

Only when the connected app is an issue tracker: the team (name or ID) the summary issue is created under, if that app requires one.

Type:string

📦 Compact Output (for AI / MCP)

compact

Optional

Return only core fields. Reduces payload size for LLM pipelines and agent tools.

Type:boolean

Default:false

🔍 Search Term(s)

query

Optional

Listing search keywords. Enter a single term or a JSON array for multi-query runs.

Type:string

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