Dailymotion Scraper

Scrape video data from Dailymotion — one of the world's largest video platforms. Extract video titles, views, likes, duration, thumbnails, tags, channel information, and more. Supports searching by keyword, browsing trending videos, fetching videos from a specific user, or browsing by topic/category.

What can this actor do?

• Search videos by any keyword across the full Dailymotion library
• Browse trending videos globally or filtered by language/country
• Get videos from a user/channel by Dailymotion username
• Browse by topic (news, sport, tech, music, animals, gaming, and more)
• Filter results by language and country
• Filter by video duration (minimum/maximum seconds)
• Control the sort order (relevance, recent, most viewed all-time/week/month, trending)

Output

Each record contains:

Field	Type	Description
videoId	String	Dailymotion video ID
title	String	Video title
description	String	Video description
ownerUsername	String	Channel/user name
ownerUrl	String	Channel profile URL
ownerVideosTotal	Integer	Total videos published by the channel/user
ownerFollowers	Integer	Channel follower count
views	Integer	Total view count
likes	Integer	Total like count
comments	Integer	Total comment count
bookmarks	Integer	Total bookmark/save count
duration	Integer	Duration in seconds
publishedAt	String	Publication date (ISO 8601)
updatedAt	String	Last update date (ISO 8601)
thumbnailUrl	String	Video thumbnail image URL
thumbnailUrlLarge	String	Higher-resolution (720px) thumbnail image URL
videoUrl	String	Direct video page URL
embedUrl	String	Embeddable player URL
ownerAvatarUrl	String	Channel/user avatar image URL
ownerVerified	Boolean	Whether the channel/user is Dailymotion-verified
allowEmbed	Boolean	Whether the video allows embedding on other sites
width	Integer	Video width in pixels
height	Integer	Video height in pixels
aspectRatio	Number	Frame aspect ratio (e.g. 1.77778 for 16:9)
availableFormats	Array	Available stream qualities (e.g. sd, hq, hd720, hd1080)
mode	String	Content mode — vod for on-demand or live for livestreams
tags	Array	Video tags/keywords
channel	String	Topic/channel name
language	String	Video language code
country	String	Country code
explicit	Boolean	Whether content is marked explicit
sourceUrl	String	URL that was scraped
scrapedAt	String	Scrape timestamp (ISO 8601)
recordType	String	Always "video"

Input

Mode

Mode	Description	Required fields
search	Search videos by keyword	searchQuery
trending	Get trending videos	—
byUser	Get videos from a specific user	username
byTopic	Browse videos by topic/category	topic

Example inputs

Search for technology news:

{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "technology news",
  "maxItems": 20
}

Get trending videos in English:

{
  "mode": "trending",
  "language": "en",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Get videos from BBC News channel:

{
  "mode": "byUser",
  "username": "bbcnews",
  "maxItems": 30
}

Browse tech topic, short videos only:

{
  "mode": "byTopic",
  "topic": "tech",
  "maxDuration": 300,
  "maxItems": 25
}

Use cases

• Media monitoring — track news and video content from specific publishers
• Content research — discover popular videos on a topic for competitor analysis
• Data analytics — analyze view counts, engagement metrics, and publishing trends
• SEO and keyword research — identify trending video topics and keywords
• Academic research — collect video metadata for social media studies
• Marketing intelligence — monitor brand mentions and video content across Dailymotion

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this require a Dailymotion account or API key? No. This scraper uses Dailymotion's public API which does not require authentication.

How many videos can I scrape? Up to 1000 per run using the maxItems setting.

Can I scrape videos from a private account? No. Only publicly accessible videos are returned.

Does it work for all countries? Yes. Dailymotion is a global platform. Use the language and country filters to narrow results by region.

Can I get the actual video file URL? No. The actor returns the video page URL and embed URL, not a direct download link. Downloading video files may violate Dailymotion's terms of service.

What topics are available? The actor supports 17 built-in topics: News, Sport, Animals, Travel, Gaming (videogames), Tech, Music, Auto/Cars (auto), Comedy & Entertainment (fun), Creative (creation), School/Education (school), TV, Lifestyle & How-to (lifestyle), Celeb (people), Kids, Movies (shortfilms), and Webcam — plus any other valid Dailymotion channel slug entered manually.

What sorting options exist? Relevance, most recent, trending, most viewed (all-time), most viewed this week, and most viewed this month.

Data source

Data is fetched from the Dailymotion public API (api.dailymotion.com). No proxy or residential IP is required.