# Find YouTube Videos for Transcript Workflows

**Use case:** 

This Task returns ranked public YouTube video metadata for topic queries so you can select sources for a separate transcript workflow. It returns metadata only and does not fetch captions, audio, or video.

## Input

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "machine learning fundamentals",
    "Google Developers Gemma"
  ],
  "searchMode": "bounded",
  "resultsPerQuery": 10,
  "maxItems": 20,
  "deduplicateResults": true
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "searchQuery": {
    "label": "Search query",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "resultRank": {
    "label": "Rank in query results",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "thumbnailUrl": {
    "label": "Thumbnail URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Video title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "channelName": {
    "label": "Channel name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "videoUrl": {
    "label": "Canonical video URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "viewCount": {
    "label": "Public view count",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "durationSeconds": {
    "label": "Duration in seconds",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "uploadDate": {
    "label": "Upload date YYYYMMDD when available",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "errorCode": {
    "label": "User-facing error code",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [YouTube Keyword Video Search Results Scraper](https://apify.com/datascraperes/youtube-keyword-search-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/datascraperes/youtube-keyword-search-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/datascraperes/youtube-keyword-search-scraper.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).