Google Videos Scraper

Apify Actor that scrapes video results from Google Videos search. Extracts video title, link, source, duration, date, and thumbnail from the Google Videos SERP.

What it does

This scraper searches Google Videos and extracts structured data from the results. It supports pagination, country/language targeting, and proxy configuration for reliable access.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
query	string	"machine learning tutorial"	The video search term to use on Google Videos
maxItems	integer	50	Maximum number of video results to retrieve (1–500)
gl	string	"us"	Two-letter country code for localized results (e.g. us, in, uk)
hl	string	"en"	Two-letter language code (e.g. en, es, de)
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify Residential	Proxy settings (residential recommended)

Example input

{
    "query": "machine learning tutorial",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "gl": "us",
    "hl": "en"
}

Output

Each result in the dataset contains the following fields:

Field	Type	Description
position	integer	Result position on the page
title	string	Video title
link	string	Direct URL to the video
source	string	Video source / channel name
duration	string	Video duration (e.g. "12:34")
date	string	Published date or relative age (e.g. "2 months ago")
thumbnail	string	Thumbnail image URL
searchQuery	string	The original search query
searchUrl	string	Google Videos search URL used
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp of when the result was scraped

Example output

{
    "position": 1,
    "title": "Machine Learning Full Course - Learn Machine Learning 10 Hours",
    "link": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwIo3gDZCVQ",
    "source": "edureka!",
    "duration": "10:33:49",
    "date": "5 years ago",
    "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GwIo3gDZCVQ/hq720.jpg",
    "searchQuery": "machine learning tutorial",
    "searchUrl": "https://www.google.com/search?q=machine+learning+tutorial&tbm=vid&start=0&gl=us&hl=en",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-02-28T08:30:00.000Z"
}

Features

• Scrapes video results from the Google Videos tab
• Extracts title, link, source, duration, date, and thumbnail
• Handles Google consent pages and CAPTCHA detection
• Session rotation and browser fingerprint randomization
• Parallel tab scraping for fast pagination
• Configurable country and language targeting
• Residential proxy support for reliable access