YouTube Playlist Scraper: Videos & Metadata
Pricing
from $0.22 / 1,000 videos
YouTube playlist scraper and YouTube playlist API: extract a YouTube playlist from links or search words, one row per video with true position, views, exact likes, comments, publish time, duration, tags and channel, plus playlist title, owner and counts. Deleted videos are free. No login.
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position
Optional
The video's position in its playlist, 1 = first, as YouTube numbers it: deleted and private entries keep their places (they're listed in OUTPUT, not saved), so positions never shift.
🎬 Title
title
Optional
Video title as YouTube shows it.
🏷️ Type
type
Optional
video, shorts or stream; channel for a channel-info row (every maximum 0: one row per channel link, the video columns empty).
🆔 Video ID
id
Optional
YouTube's 11-character video id (the channel's UC... id on a channel-info row).
🔗 Video
url
Optional
Link to the video (a /shorts/ link for Shorts; the channel's link on a channel-info row).
Embed link
embedUrl
Optional
The video's embed link (youtube.com/embed/).
🖼️ Thumbnail
thumbnailUrl
Optional
The largest thumbnail: maxresdefault (1280x720) when YouTube has one, else hqdefault (the channel's avatar on a channel-info row).
🖼️ All thumbnails
thumbnails
Optional
Every thumbnail size YouTube lists for the video, smallest first: [{url, width, height}] (up to 1280x720 when the video was uploaded in HD).
👀 Views
viewCount
Optional
View count (exact on the watch page; 0 when YouTube says 'No views').
❤️ Likes
likes
Optional
Exact like count; null when the creator hides likes.
📅 Published
date
Optional
Exact publish time in UTC (2026-10-02T15:00:07Z), or the day only (2026-10-02) when no source gave the time.
📤 Uploaded
uploadDate
Optional
When the file was uploaded (ISO 8601, UTC), from YouTube's player answer; null when it didn't answer in time.
📅 Date Text
dateText
Optional
The date as the watch page writes it ('Oct 2, 2026', 'Streamed live on ...').
Published (as shown)
publishedTimeText
Optional
The age the playlist page shows ('3 years ago').
⏱️ Duration
duration
Optional
Length as HH:MM:SS.
⏱️ Seconds
durationSeconds
Optional
Length in seconds.
📝 Description
text
Optional
The video's full description.
🔗 Description Links
descriptionLinks
Optional
Links in the description: [{url, text}].
🏷️ Tags
keywords
Optional
The video's tags (keywords) set by the creator.
🗂️ Category
category
Optional
YouTube category, e.g. Science & Technology.
💬 Has captions
hasCaptions
Optional
True when the video has captions or subtitles (its own or YouTube's automatic ones): the watch page offers a transcript exactly then.
🗣️ Spoken Language
originalLanguage
Optional
The language spoken in the video, e.g. English (from YouTube's player: the original audio track, else its only automatic captions). Null when YouTube doesn't say.
🗣️ Language Code
originalLanguageCode
Optional
The spoken language's code, e.g. en.
🎧 Audio Tracks
audioTracks
Optional
The video's audio tracks when it has dubs: languageCode, name, isOriginal (the uploader's own audio) and isAutoDubbed (YouTube's automatic dub), the original first. Null when the video has one audio track.
🎵 Sound
soundTitle
Optional
Shorts only: the Short's sound as YouTube's Shorts player names it, 'Original Sound' or the title of the video the sound comes from. Null for other videos.
🎶 Song
musicTitle
Optional
Shorts only: the song YouTube identified in the Short, e.g. Dai Dai. Null when it names none.
🎤 Artist
musicArtist
Optional
Shorts only: the identified song's artist(s), e.g. Shakira & Burna Boy. Null when it names none.
📍 Location
location
Optional
Location the creator tagged on the video.
🚫 Comments Off
commentsTurnedOff
Optional
True when comments are turned off.
🔒 Members Only
isMembersOnly
Optional
True for a channel-members-only video.
💰 Paid Promotion
isPaidContent
Optional
True when the video declares a paid promotion ('Includes paid promotion').
💵 Monetized
isMonetized
Optional
True when YouTube serves ads on the video to a logged-out viewer (its player answer lists ad placements); false when it serves none. Null on Shorts and when the player answer wasn't read.
🔞 Age Restricted
isAgeRestricted
Optional
True when YouTube marks the video as not family safe.
🙈 Unlisted
isUnlisted
Optional
True for an unlisted video.
Private
isPrivate
Optional
YouTube's isPrivate flag from the player answer.
Family safe
isFamilySafe
Optional
YouTube's family-safe flag (false = age-restricted).
Ratings allowed
allowRatings
Optional
Whether viewers can like the video.
🌍 Available countries
availableCountries
Optional
ISO country codes where the video can be watched (a video missing your country is one YouTube hides from playlists there).
🔴 Live Now
isLiveNow
Optional
True while the stream is live.
▶️ Live Started
liveStartedAt
Optional
When a live stream started (UTC).
⏹️ Live Ended
liveEndedAt
Optional
When a live stream ended (UTC).
📡 Stream type
streamType
Optional
Live streams only: scheduled, live or ended (as streamers' YouTube Actors write it). Null for other videos.
📺 Channel
channelName
Optional
Name of the channel that posted the video.
🔗 Channel URL
channelUrl
Optional
Link to the channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/).
👤 Handle
channelUsername
Optional
The channel's @handle without the @.
🆔 Channel ID
channelId
Optional
YouTube channel id (UC...).
👥 Subscribers
numberOfSubscribers
Optional
Subscriber count as YouTube shows it (27.9M = 27900000).
✅ Verified
isChannelVerified
Optional
True when the channel has the verified badge.
Channel badges
channelBadges
Optional
The uploader's badges under the video: 'Verified', 'Official Artist Channel'; [] for none.
🖼️ Channel Avatar
channelAvatarUrl
Optional
The channel's avatar image.
📝 Channel About
channelDescription
Optional
The channel's description from its About panel.
🔗 Channel Links
channelDescriptionLinks
Optional
Links on the channel's About panel: [{text, url}].
📅 Joined
channelJoinedDate
Optional
When the channel joined YouTube ('Jan 4, 2017').
📅 Channel Created
channelCreatedAt
Optional
When the channel was created, to the second (UTC), from the channel's RSS feed when the run reads it anyway (rows that needed it for their publish time); else null (channelJoinedDate has the day).
📍 Country
channelLocation
Optional
The channel's country.
🎞️ Channel Videos
channelTotalVideos
Optional
Videos on the channel.
👀 Channel Views
channelTotalViews
Optional
Total views of the channel.
🤝 Collaborators
collaborators
Optional
Channels credited on a video made by several channels.
💬 Caption Tracks
captionTracks
Optional
The video's caption tracks: languageCode, name, isAutoGenerated, isTranslatable and baseUrl (YouTube's timedtext link; add &fmt=srv1, vtt or json3 for a format; it expires after some hours). [] = no captions; null = YouTube's player answer wasn't read.
🎞️ Storyboard Previews
videoPreviews
Optional
YouTube's storyboard (seek preview) images, one entry per size: width, height, thumbsCount, columns and rows per sheet, intervalMs between frames, storyboardCount and the sheet urls.
🔗 Embeddable
isEmbeddable
Optional
Whether the owner lets the video play embedded on other sites (YouTube's playableInEmbed).
Playlist ID
playlistId
Optional
The playlist's ID (PL..., UU... for a channel's uploads, OLAK5uy_... for an album).
Playlist
playlistUrl
Optional
The playlist's link.
📃 Playlist title
playlistTitle
Optional
The playlist's title.
Playlist description
playlistDescription
Optional
The playlist's full description (null when it has none).
Playlist type
playlistType
Optional
Playlist, Podcast or Course, as YouTube labels it.
Playlist visibility
playlistVisibility
Optional
public or unlisted (private playlists can't be read).
Playlist videos
playlistVideoCount
Optional
How many entries YouTube says the playlist holds (videos, episodes or lessons), unavailable ones included.
Playlist views
playlistViewCount
Optional
The playlist's total views, as YouTube counts them.
Playlist updated
playlistLastUpdated
Optional
The day the playlist was last updated (YYYY-MM-DD).
Playlist updated (as shown)
playlistLastUpdatedText
Optional
'Last updated on Jul 31, 2026', 'Updated today'.
Playlist thumbnail
playlistThumbnailUrl
Optional
The playlist's cover image.
Playlist owner
playlistOwnerName
Optional
The channel that owns the playlist.
Playlist owner ID
playlistOwnerId
Optional
The owner's channel ID (UC...).
Playlist owner link
playlistOwnerUrl
Optional
The owner's channel link.
Playlist owner handle
playlistOwnerUsername
Optional
The owner's @handle, without the @.
Input
input
Optional
What you gave: the playlist link or ID, the channel link, or the search words.
Search words
searchQuery
Optional
The search words that found this playlist (null for playlists you linked).
🕒 Scraped At
scrapedAt
Optional
When the row was read (UTC).
💬 Comments
commentsCount
Optional
Comment count, exact (10641949, not 10M: from the first comments page; a Short's from its player). As YouTube shows it (13K = 13000) only when that page doesn't answer in time; 0 when comments are turned off.