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YouTube Comments Scraper - Free Comment Extractor

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Extract YouTube comment threads at scale. Returns one structured row per comment — text, author, channel URL, like count, reply count, relative publish time, plus flat reply rows linked by parentCommentId. Sort by top or new, cap comments per video, filter by minimum likes.

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YouTube Comments Scraper - Bulk Extract OpenAPI definition

OpenAPI is a standard for designing and describing RESTful APIs, allowing developers to define API structure, endpoints, and data formats in a machine-readable way. It simplifies API development, integration, and documentation.

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You can download the OpenAPI definitions for YouTube Comments Scraper - Free Comment Extractor from the options below:

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