Brave Videos Scraper

Extract video search results from Brave Videos — a privacy-focused video search spanning YouTube, Vimeo, and other platforms.

Features

• Video metadata — title, URL, platform, channel name, duration, publication date, thumbnail
• Pagination — automatically follows pages (offset-based) up to maxItems
• Cross-page deduplication — skips URLs already pushed from previous pages
• Platform + channel extraction — separates platform (e.g. "YouTube") from channel name (e.g. "Simplilearn")
• Duration parsing — duration string converted to seconds (durationSeconds)
• Filters — time range, duration class, and video resolution
• Geo-targeting — set country and language for localised video results
• Proxy support — works with Apify residential/datacenter proxies

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
query	string	(required)	Video search query
maxItems	integer	50	Maximum number of videos to extract
country	string	"us"	Country code
language	string	"en"	Language code
timeRange	string	""	Filter: pd (day), pw (week), pm (month), py (year)
duration	string	""	Duration class: short (<5 min), medium (5-20 min), long (>20 min)
resolution	string	""	Resolution filter: hd, 4k
proxyConfiguration	object	—	Apify proxy config (recommended: residential)

Example INPUT.json

{
    "query": "machine learning tutorial",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "country": "us",
    "language": "en",
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
position	integer	Rank in results (1-based)
title	string	Video title
url	string	Direct URL to the video
platform	string	Hosting platform (e.g. "YouTube", "Vimeo")
channel	string	Channel or uploader name (extracted from Brave's platform breadcrumb)
duration	string	Formatted duration string (e.g. "14:32")
durationSeconds	integer	Duration in seconds
views	string	View count as displayed (null — not shown by Brave)
publishedAt	string	Publication date or relative age
thumbnail	string	Thumbnail image URL
description	string	Short description or channel label
embedUrl	string	Embeddable URL (null — not available from Brave)
searchQuery	string	The query used
country	string	Country code used
language	string	Language code used
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 scrape timestamp

Example Output

{
    "position": 1,
    "title": "Machine Learning Full Course - Learn ML in 6 Hours",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukzFI9rgwfU",
    "platform": "YouTube",
    "channel": "Simplilearn",
    "duration": "5:34:37",
    "durationSeconds": 20077,
    "views": null,
    "publishedAt": "Jan 5, 2022",
    "thumbnail": "https://imgs.search.brave.com/...",
    "description": "🔥IITK - Professional Certificate Course in AI...",
    "embedUrl": null,
    "searchQuery": "machine learning tutorial",
    "country": "us",
    "language": "en",
    "scrapedAt": "2025-05-01T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Pagination

The scraper uses offset-based pagination:

• Each page returns ~10 videos
• Pages are automatically queued until maxItems is reached
• Videos are deduplicated by URL across pages

Notes

• channel is extracted from Brave's breadcrumb display ("YouTube › Simplilearn") — the part after ›. When the channel name is not shown (e.g. Vimeo uploads), channel may be null
• views and embedUrl are always null — these are not available in Brave's DOM
• duration and durationSeconds are extracted from the card overlay text
• Use a residential proxy for higher throughput

Why Use This Scraper?

• Privacy-first video discovery — Brave doesn't track video watches to personalize results
• Multi-platform search — surfaces YouTube, Vimeo, and other video hosting platforms
• Platform + channel extraction — extracts both the hosting platform and the actual channel name
• No API costs — access video metadata without YouTube Data API quotas

Use Cases

• Unbiased Video SEO Research — track video rankings without Google's personalization influence
• Cross-Platform Video Discovery — find videos outside YouTube's own recommendation bubble
• Content Research — discover popular videos on any topic from a neutral perspective
• Competitor Video Tracking — monitor competitor video content appearing in Brave search
• Academic Research — study video content distribution without algorithmic bias

Custom Solutions

Need a custom scraper or dedicated server setup? We offer:

• On-demand scraper development for any website
• Individual server setups with your own infrastructure
• Custom modifications to existing scrapers
• Priority support and maintenance

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