Ultimate Video Info Fetcher

🚀 Ultimate Video Info Fetcher is a versatile Apify Actor designed to fetch comprehensive metadata from video URLs across multiple platforms. This tool extracts detailed video information, including titles, descriptions, view counts, and engagement metrics, using the powerful library. Whether you're analyzing video content, conducting research, or building media databases, the Ultimate Video Info Fetcher delivers accurate video metadata efficiently.

With residential proxy support, the Ultimate Video Info Fetcher ensures reliable and undetected fetching of video data. It focuses on key video metrics like view counts, like counts, and upload dates, making it an essential tool for video analysis and content fetcher applications.

🔥 Features

• Universal Video Support – Fetches metadata from a wide range of video platforms supported by , including YouTube, Vimeo, and more.
• Comprehensive Metadata Extraction – Retrieves detailed video info such as title, description, views, likes, comments, duration, and upload date.
• Residential Proxy Integration – Uses Apify's residential proxies to bypass restrictions and ensure high success rates for video fetcher operations.
• Optimized for Slow Connections – Configured with extended timeouts and retries to handle slow proxy hops and large metadata loads.
• Error Handling – Robust logging and fallback mechanisms for failed video fetcher attempts.
• Single URL Processing – Processes one video URL per run for precise video fetcher results.
• Dataset Integration – Automatically uploads fetched video data to your Apify dataset for easy export and analysis.

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⚙️ How It Works

The Ultimate Video Info Fetcher takes a video URL as input and uses

to extract metadata without downloading the video. It configures with residential proxies, user agents, and timeouts to ensure reliable fetching. The fetcher returns structured data on success or error details on failure, providing a fast and efficient way to gather video information.

Key benefits for video fetcher analysis:

• Quickly retrieve video metadata for content analysis.
• Monitor video engagement metrics across platforms.
• Build video databases for research and archiving.
• Track video performance and popularity metrics.
• Analyze content trends through video metadata.

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📥 Input

The Actor accepts the following input parameters:

Field	Type	Default	Description
url	string	required	The video URL to fetch metadata from (e.g., "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=example").

Example input JSON:

{
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
}

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📤 Output

The fetcher outputs video metadata in JSON format. Each record includes:

Field	Type	Description
status	string	Status of the fetch ("success" or "error").
title	string	Title of the video.
description	string	Truncated description of the video (up to 500 characters).
views	integer	View count of the video.
likes	integer	Like count of the video.
comments	integer	Comment count of the video.
upload_date	string	Upload date of the video (YYYYMMDD format).
duration	integer	Duration of the video in seconds.
platform	string	Platform from which the video was fetched (e.g., "Youtube").
url	string	Original URL provided.
fetched_at	string	ISO timestamp of the fetch.

Example output for a successful fetch:

{
  [
  {
    "status": "success",
    "title": "Tungevaag, Raaban  - Bad Boy (Official Video)",
    "description": "➜ Instagram: https://instagram.com/tungevaag\n➜ Facebook: https://facebook.com/tungevaag\n➜ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2Zc2dOS\n\nDirector: Henry Lipatov\nProducer: Nika Finch\nStarring: Tungevaag, Raaban, Marusya Fox, Emily England, Henry Lipatov, Jason Cho, Johny D., Bogdan Yansen\nDirector of Photography: Artur Gubin\nFameCubePost\nVFX lead: Ivan Druzhinin \nColorCorrection: Nikita Mamaev\nVFX Supervizer: Henry Lipatov\nMakeup Artist: Marusya Fox\nBTS: Maksym Chervinskyi\nPA: Hector Ricardo Kron\nAC: Bogdan ",
    "views": 130085378,
    "likes": 2204047,
    "comments": 47000,
    "upload_date": "20180823",
    "duration": 198,
    "platform": "Youtube",
    "url": "https://youtu.be/WCTjFHyvEaM?list=RD-j0dlcfekqw",
    "fetched_at": "2026-03-02T17:21:34.493121Z"
  }
]

Example error response:

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "Unable to fetch video metadata. Video may be unavailable or private.",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=invalid_id",
  "fetched_at": "2025-02-14T12:00:00Z"
}

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🧰 Technical Stack

• Core Library: – universal video metadata extraction tool.
• Proxy: Apify Proxy with RESIDENTIAL support for reliable access.
• Platform: Apify Actor – serverless, scalable, integrated with Dataset and Key‑Value Store.
• Deployment: One‑click run on Apify Console or via REST API.

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🎯 Use Cases

• Video Content Analysis – Extract metadata for content analysis and categorization.
• Video Database Building – Create comprehensive video databases for archival purposes.
• Engagement Tracking – Monitor video engagement metrics like views, likes, and comments.
• Content Performance – Analyze video performance across different platforms.
• Research Data Collection – Gather video metadata for academic or market research.
• Video Cataloging – Build organized catalogs of video content with standardized metadata.
• Competitive Analysis – Track competitor video content and performance.
• SEO Analysis – Analyze video titles and descriptions for SEO optimization.
• Content Trends – Identify trending video topics and formats.
• YouTube Analysis – Specifically analyze YouTube video metrics and performance.
• Vimeo Analysis – Extract metadata from Vimeo and other video platforms.
• Content Planning – Use video insights to plan future content creation.
• Video Archiving – Create backups of video metadata for archival purposes.
• Media Intelligence – Gather intelligence on video content trends and patterns.

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🚀 Quick Start

1. Open in Apify Console – visit the Actor page and click Try for free.
2. Enter a video URL in the input field (e.g., "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...").
3. Click Start – the Actor will fetch comprehensive video metadata.
4. View Results – check the dataset for extracted metadata.
5. Export – download the results as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

You can also call this Actor programmatically via Apify SDK or REST API – ideal for automated video metadata extraction pipelines.

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💎 Why This Actor?

Feature	Benefit
✅ Universal support	Works with YouTube, Vimeo, and 1000+ platforms.
✅ Comprehensive data	Get all key metrics in one fetch.
✅ Residential proxies	Bypass geo-restrictions and rate limiting.
✅ No downloads	Extract metadata without downloading video files.
✅ Fast fetching	Get results quickly with optimized timeouts.
✅ Error handling	Robust fallback mechanisms for failed requests.
✅ Clean output	Structured JSON ready for analysis.
✅ Apify ecosystem	Seamless integration with other Actors, triggers, and webhooks.

📦 Changelog

• Initial release with universal video metadata extraction.
• Support for YouTube, Vimeo, and 1000+ platforms via .
• Comprehensive metadata extraction (title, description, views, likes, comments, duration, date).
• Residential proxy integration for reliable fetching.
• Optimized for slow connections with extended timeouts and retries.
• Robust error handling with detailed error messages.
• Single URL processing for precise results.
• Automatic dataset integration.
• Full Apify Actor integration.

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🧑‍💻 Support & Feedback

• Issues & Ideas: Open a ticket on the Apify Actor issue tracker.
• Contributions: Pull requests are welcome via the GitHub repository.
• Documentation: Visit Apify Docs for platform guides.
• Community: Join the Apify community forum for discussions and support.

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💰 Pricing

• Free for basic usage on Apify platform.
• Paid plans available for higher limits and priority support.
• Proxy credits consumed based on residential proxy usage.