# Extract YouTube Video Description & Publish Date

**Use case:** 

Point this scraper at a YouTube video URL to pull its description and publish_date, together with title, channel_name, views_count, likes_count, comments_count, channel_subscriber_count and social_links. Useful for content and SEO research when you need the raw description text and upload date behind a link. No YouTube Data API key, no login, no quota. Export to CSV, Excel, JSON or Google Sheets.

## Input

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGwWNGJdvx8"
  ]
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "url": {
    "label": "Video URL",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Video Title",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "views_count": {
    "label": "View Count",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "likes_count": {
    "label": "Likes Count",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "comments_count": {
    "label": "Comments Count",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "description": {
    "label": "Description",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "publish_date": {
    "label": "Publish Date",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "channel_name": {
    "label": "Channel Name",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "channel_id": {
    "label": "Channel ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "channel_subscriber_count": {
    "label": "Channel Subscriber Count",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "social_links": {
    "label": "Social Media Links",
    "format": "object"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [YouTube Video Data Scraper](https://apify.com/delicious_zebu/youtube-video-data-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/delicious_zebu/youtube-video-data-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/delicious_zebu/youtube-video-data-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`).