# Changelog of YouTube Shorts Sponsorship Signals Scraper (`devilscrapes/youtube-shorts-sponsorship-signals`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/devilscrapes/youtube-shorts-sponsorship-signals/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/devilscrapes/youtube-shorts-sponsorship-signals.md

## Changelog — youtube-shorts-sponsorship-signals

### 0.2 — 2026-06-13

Cloud-data fix for the v0.1 QA-concerns (empty player metadata + empty
transcripts on cloud).

- **Proxy default flipped to direct (`useApifyProxy: false`).** YouTube
  degrades both its innertube player endpoint and its transcript endpoint
  for the shared `BUYPROXIES94952` datacenter proxy pool — the v0.1 default
  (`useApifyProxy: true`) routed every fetch into that blocked pool, so
  cloud runs emitted near-empty rows. Running direct from Apify's native
  egress restores player metadata; transcripts are best-effort. Residential
  proxy remains an opt-in for high-volume runs.
- Added a `WARNING` log when the player endpoint returns HTTP 200 with no
  `videoDetails`, so future IP-degradation surfaces in run logs.

### 0.1 — 2026-06-13

Initial release. Build 0.1.1. Cloud QA runId=ITQnRX3MBvmVYLPtY (SUCCEEDED, 3 rows, 2 qa-concerns — see notes.md).

- Scrapes recent Shorts from one or more YouTube channel handles.
- Fetches spoken transcripts via `youtube-transcript-api` through Apify Proxy.
- Heuristic 0.0–1.0 sponsorship score from spoken strong/weak signals,
  disclosure hashtags, and @mention/domain patterns.
- PPE: `actor-start` ($0.005) + `result` ($0.004 per Short).
- Fields: `channel`, `video_id`, `url`, `title`, `published_text`,
  `view_count`, `length_seconds`, `description`, `tags`, `has_transcript`,
  `transcript_chars`, `hashtags`, `mentions`, `detected_brands`,
  `sponsorship_signals`, `sponsorship_score`, `is_likely_sponsored`,
  `scraped_at`.