Pricing

from $15.00 / 1,000 video scrapeds

YouTube Scraper

Extract videos, comments & transcripts from any YouTube channel, playlist or search. Supports @handles, Shorts filter, date range & min views. Full transcripts with timestamps — perfect for AI/LLM datasets. No API key needed.

Pricing

from $15.00 / 1,000 video scrapeds

Rating

0.0

(0)

Developer

Yuliia Kulakova

Actor stats

Bookmarked

Total users

Monthly active users

20 days ago

Last modified

Categories

Social media

Videos

Developer tools

You can access the YouTube Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast" }],
10    "searchQueries": [],
11}
12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
14run = client.actor("brilliant_gum/youtube-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
17print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
18for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
19    print(item)
20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

YouTube Scraper — Videos, Comments & Transcripts API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

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YouTube Scraper API in JavaScript

YouTube Scraper API through CLI

YouTube Scraper OpenAPI definition

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