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YouTube Data Scraper — videos, search, and channels

Fetch YouTube video metadata, run searches with deep pagination, and pull channel details. Returns real data instead of bot-check errors.

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$2.00 / 1,000 result returneds

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Daniel Gulla

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7 hours ago

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You can access the YouTube Data Scraper — videos, search, and channels 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

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YouTube Data Scraper - Video, Channel, Search, No API Key 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 Data Scraper — videos, search, and channels from the options below:

OpenAPI.json

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