Dailymotion Scraper & Channel Monitor

Scrape Dailymotion via the official public API — no key, no login, no proxies needed. Video search, channel profiles, full video metadata, and new-upload monitoring in one actor.

Dailymotion is the world's second-largest video platform — 300M+ users, strong in news/media (Le Parisien, BeIN Sports, Vice). Existing store actors only download single videos; this one does structured data extraction and monitoring.

What it does

Mode	Output
search	Videos by keyword — sort by recent/visited/trending/rated, filter by language, country, min views, date
user	Channel profiles (videos, followers, views totals) + latest uploads
video	Full metadata for specific videos — duration, views, likes, comments, tags, thumbnails
watch	New-upload monitoring across keywords and/or channels, with sinceTimestamp resumption

Input examples

Keyword search, most-viewed first:

{ "mode": "search", "query": "crypto", "sort": "visited", "minViews": 1000, "maxResults": 100 }

Channel profiles + latest uploads:

{ "mode": "user", "usernames": ["leparisien", "espn"], "includeVideos": true }

Bulk video metadata:

{ "mode": "video", "videoIds": ["x2hqb43", "dailymotion.com/video/x1z3x87"] }

Monitor channels + keywords (schedule hourly via Apify Schedules):

{
  "mode": "watch",
  "queries": ["breaking news"],
  "usernames": ["leparisien"],
  "sinceTimestamp": 1758980000
}

Example output

{
  "recordType": "search_result",
  "videoId": "x2hqb43",
  "title": "Bitcoin, Bitcoins, Bitcoin news",
  "url": "https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2hqb43",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://s2.dmcdn.net/v/.../x720",
  "durationSeconds": 156,
  "createdTime": 1425635611,
  "viewsTotal": 6,
  "likesTotal": 0,
  "commentsTotal": 0,
  "language": "en",
  "tags": ["bitcoin"],
  "ownerName": "Bobmorrisonmarket"
}

Pricing

$1 per 1,000 results ($0.001 per dataset row).

Notes & limitations

• Official Dailymotion REST API — free and keyless. views_total reports 0 on very fresh uploads (platform lag).
• Channel search is via username; discover usernames from video ownerId/ownerName fields.

FAQ

Does Dailymotion Scraper need a login or API key? No — every row comes from public endpoints. Provide a proxy only if your network is heavily rate-limited.

How do I monitor on a schedule? Attach the actor to an Apify Schedule (daily/weekly) and use the watch/monitor mode if present — each run emits a fresh, diff-able dataset.

What does each row contain? See the output fields table above; every row carries a scrapedAt timestamp so datasets can be deduped across runs.

Is it legal to scrape this data? The actor only accesses publicly available data — the same pages/APIs a browser sees. Scraping public data for research, monitoring, and analysis is common practice, but platform Terms of Service and the rules in your jurisdiction still apply to how you use it. Consult legal counsel for your specific case.

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