YouTube Scraper: Channels, Shorts, Search & Video Details
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from $1.19 / 1,000 videos
Scrape YouTube channel videos, Shorts, live streams, search results and playlists. Give channel links or @handles, search terms or video URLs; get a row per video: title, views, exact likes, comments, publish time, duration, description, tags, channel stats and subtitles at no extra cost. No login.
🎬 Title
title
Optional
Video title as YouTube shows it.
🏷️ Type
type
Optional
video, shorts or stream.
🆔 Video ID
id
Optional
YouTube's 11-character video id.
🔗 Video
url
Optional
Link to the video (a /shorts/ link for Shorts).
🖼️ Thumbnail
thumbnailUrl
Optional
The largest thumbnail: maxresdefault (1280x720) when YouTube has one, else hqdefault.
👀 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.
📅 Date Text
dateText
Optional
The date as the watch page writes it ('Oct 2, 2026', 'Streamed live on ...').
⏱️ 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.
🎵 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.
🔞 Age Restricted
isAgeRestricted
Optional
True when YouTube marks the video as not family safe.
🙈 Unlisted
isUnlisted
Optional
True for an unlisted video.
🔴 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).
📺 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 Avatar
channelAvatarUrl
Optional
The channel's avatar image.
🖼️ Channel Banner
channelBannerUrl
Optional
The channel's banner image (channel inputs).
📝 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').
📍 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.
📝 Subtitles
subtitles
Optional
Subtitles: [{type, language, , srtUrl}] with the text under the format's name (srt, vtt, xml or plaintext); null when subtitles are off or the video has none.
📝 Subtitles Status
subtitlesStatus
Optional
Only with subtitles on: ok, or why the row has none (noCaptions, noMatchingLanguage, timeout, blocked...).
🔎 Input
input
Optional
The input (link or search term) that gave this video.
🔗 Input Channel
inputChannelUrl
Optional
The channel input that gave this video (channel inputs only).
🔗 Source Page
fromYTUrl
Optional
The YouTube page the video was listed on.
🗂️ Channel Tab
fromChannelListPage
Optional
videos, shorts or streams (channel inputs only).
🔎 Search Term
searchQuery
Optional
The search term that gave this video (search inputs only).
#️⃣ Order
order
Optional
Position of the video within its input, from 0.
🕒 Scraped At
scrapedAt
Optional
When the row was read (UTC).
📺 Channel Info
aboutChannelInfo
Optional
The channel fields again in one object (the shape streamers/youtube-scraper rows have).
🌐 Translated Title
translatedTitle
Optional
Always null (no translation; kept so rows line up with streamers/youtube-scraper).
🌐 Translated Text
translatedText
Optional
Always null (no translation).
🎙️ Transcription
transcriptionUrl
Optional
Always null (no speech-to-text).
🤖 AI Description
aiVideoDescription
Optional
Always null (no AI text).
🤖 AI Summary
aiVideoSummary
Optional
Always null (no AI text).
💵 Monetized
isMonetized
Optional
Always null (YouTube doesn't show it logged out).
💬 Comments
commentsCount
Optional
Comment count: exact on Shorts; on other videos as YouTube shows it (over 1,000 rounded, 13K = 13000); 0 when comments are turned off.