🎥 Loom Scraper - Videos & Folders

Transform your Loom videos into searchable, downloadable archives with complete metadata, transcripts, and comments across individual videos and entire folders.

Perfect for content creators, educators, and businesses who need to archive, analyze, or repurpose their Loom content without coding complexity.

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🚀 Key Benefits & Use Cases

📚 For Educators & Trainers

• Archive online courses and tutorial libraries with searchable transcript databases
• Backup training materials before expiration and generate study notes automatically
• Create comprehensive knowledge bases from video content

💼 For Business Teams

• Archive team presentations, meeting recordings, and video communications
• Generate meeting transcripts for documentation and compliance
• Build searchable knowledge databases from organizational video content

🎯 For Content Creators

• Bulk download and organize video libraries with rich metadata
• Create searchable video databases with full transcript capabilities
• Repurpose content across platforms efficiently

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🔎 Complete Data Extraction

📹 Video Intelligence

• Metadata: ID, title, description, thumbnails, creation date, duration, quality
• Engagement: Views, reactions, comments count and full comment threads
• Technical: File format, direct download URLs, sharing links
• Creator: Owner information, avatars, profile data

📝 Transcript Processing

• Multiple Formats: SRT, VTT, TXT, XML exports with precise timestamps
• Clean Text: Formatted, readable content ready for analysis
• Search Ready: Full-text search capabilities across your library
• Integration: Compatible with video players and analysis tools

📂 Folder Operations

• Bulk Processing: Handle entire folders automatically with progress tracking
• Mixed Operations: Combine individual videos and folders in one request
• Batch Reports: Summary statistics and completion status for each folder

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⚠️ Important: Account Videos vs Individual URLs

Account Videos Processing (includeAccountVideos: true)

• Processes all videos from your Loom account
• Supports date filtering (startDate, endDate)
• Supports custom sorting (videoSortOrder)
• Requires authentication (email/password or cookies)

Individual URL Processing (default behavior)

• Processes only the specific URLs you provide
• Date filters and sort order are ignored
• Works with or without authentication
• Processes videos in the order you list them

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⚙️ Configuration Options

🔗 Input URLs

Process individual videos, entire folders, or mixed content:

{
  "url": [
    "https://www.loom.com/share/08163614158646f7aa21e53997cd58e8",
    "https://www.loom.com/share/folder/abc123def456"
  ]
}

📥 Download Options

🎞️ downloadVideo (Boolean)

• Default: false
• Format: Original MP4 quality preserved
• Use Case: Full video archiving and offline access
• Note: ✅ Works even when owner has disabled downloads in video settings

📝 downloadTranscript (Boolean)

• Default: false
• Integration: Ready for video players and analysis tools

📄 outputFormat (String)

• Default: "srt"
• Options:
  • "srt": Standard subtitle format (most compatible)
  • "vtt": Web-friendly with CSS styling support
  • "txt": Clean text without timestamps
  • "xml": Full metadata structure

🔐 Account Videos Options (Only when includeAccountVideos is enabled)

These parameters only work when scraping your own Loom account videos. They have no effect when processing individual video URLs or public folders.

📅 startDate (String)

• Default: "2016-01-01"
• Format: "YYYY-MM-DD"
• Purpose: Filter videos by earliest upload date to include from your account
• ⚠️ Note: Only applies to your own account videos, not individual URLs

📅 endDate (String)

• Default: "2030-12-31"
• Format: "YYYY-MM-DD"
• Purpose: Filter videos by latest upload date to include from your account
• ⚠️ Note: Only applies to your own account videos, not individual URLs

📅 videoSortOrder (String)

• Default: "ASC"
• Options:
  • "ASC": Oldest to Newest - Shows the earliest videos first
  • "DESC": Newest to Oldest - Shows the most recently uploaded videos first
• ⚠️ Note: Only applies when processing your own account videos, not individual URLs or folders

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⚠️ Important: Memory Requirements for Video Downloads

When downloadVideo is enabled, the Actor requires significantly more memory. Insufficient memory will cause failures with OOM (Out Of Memory) errors.

✅ Recommended Memory Settings:

Use Case	Memory Required
Metadata/transcripts only	512MB-1024MB
1-5 video downloads	1024MB
Large folders/bulk downloads	2048MB or more

Set memory in your run configuration: 2 GB or more

💡 Performance Tips:

• Process videos sequentially, not in parallel
• Split large folders into smaller batches
• Monitor usage from the Apify Console

📖 Learn more about Apify usage and resources

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🔐 Authentication & Private Content Access

The Actor supports scraping your private Loom videos - perfect for backing up private workspaces or archiving internal content that isn't publicly shared.

Authentication Methods (in priority order):

✅ Method 1: Email + Password (Recommended)

{
  "email": "your-email@example.com",
  "password": "your-password"
}

• Automatic login with fresh session
• Access to all private videos in your account
• Secure credential handling (encrypted and cleared after use)

🍪 Method 2: Browser Cookies (Fallback)

{
  "customCookies": [
    {
      "name": "connect.sid",
      "value": "s%3A123abc...",
      "domain": ".loom.com",
      "path": "/",
      "secure": true,
      "httpOnly": true
    }
  ]
}

Getting Browser Cookies

1. Install Extension:

🍪 Cookie-Editor Extension	📋 Copy Cookies Extension

2. Export Process:

   • Navigate to loom.com and log in
   • Use extension to export cookies as JSON
   • Paste into customCookies parameter

3. Authentication Priority:

   • Email + Password → Fresh login (highest priority)
   • Custom Cookies → Fallback method
   • No Auth → Public content only

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Process:

1. Navigate to loom.com and log in
2. Use extension to export cookies as JSON
3. Paste into customCookies parameter

Note: Without authentication, only public content can be accessed.

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📊 Sample Output Structure

{
  "video": {
    "id": "388fe9c5db854403bceefe52ea85dede",
    "title": "How to Use YouTube Scraper Effectively 🚀",
    "url": "https://www.loom.com/share/388fe9c5db854403bceefe52ea85dede",
    "thumbnails": "https://cdn.loom.com/sessions/thumbnails/...",
    "created_at": "2025-07-11T09:47:40.065Z",
    "duration_seconds": 38.28,
    "views": 0,
    "reactions": 7,
    "comments_count": 6,
    "owner": "TECH FRIDAY",
    "avatars": "https://cdn.loom.com/avatars/...",
    "download": {
      "available": true,
      "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/.../video.mp4",
      "format": "mp4"
    }
  },
  "transcript": {
    "text": "How to use, uhm, YouTube Scraper. First, we will...",
    "download": {
      "format": "SRT",
      "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/.../transcript.srt",
      "available": true
    }
  },
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": "100664080",
      "username": "Mohamad Abdlrahman",
      "content": "tyfgh",
      "created_at": "2025-07-11T10:58:55.610Z"
    }
  ]
}

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🎯 Configuration Examples

Basic Video Archive

{
  "url": [
    "https://www.loom.com/share/08163614158646f7aa21e53997cd58e8"
  ],
  "downloadTranscript": true,
  "outputFormat": "srt"
}

Complete Folder Backup

{
  "url": [
    "https://www.loom.com/share/folder/abc123def456"
  ],
  "downloadVideo": true,
  "downloadTranscript": true,
  "outputFormat": "srt",
  "email": "your-email@example.com",
  "password": "your-password"
}

Set memory in your run configuration: 2 GB or more

Account Videos with Date Filter & Sort

{
  "includeAccountVideos": true,
  "downloadTranscript": true,
  "outputFormat": "srt",
  "startDate": "2024-01-01",
  "endDate": "2024-12-31",
  "videoSortOrder": "DESC",
  "email": "your-email@example.com",
  "password": "your-password"
}

Mixed Content: URLs + Account Videos

{
  "url": [
    "https://www.loom.com/share/08163614158646f7aa21e53997cd58e8",
    "https://www.loom.com/share/folder/abc123def456"
  ],
  "includeAccountVideos": true,
  "downloadVideo": false,
  "downloadTranscript": true,
  "outputFormat": "vtt",
  "startDate": "2024-06-01",
  "videoSortOrder": "DESC"
}

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🔄 Advanced Features

Reliability & Performance

• State Management: Auto-resume from interruption points with progress tracking
• Error Handling: Robust recovery with automatic retry mechanisms
• Storage Optimization: Efficient file organization with direct download URLs
• Detailed Logging: Complete processing history and performance monitoring

Content Processing

• Platform Updates: Migration support for Loom platform changes
• Batch Operations: Efficient bulk processing with folder progress tracking
• Multiple Formats: Structured file naming and organized output

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🛠️ Troubleshooting

Authentication Issues

• Verify credentials: Check email/password accuracy
• Update cookies: Ensure browser cookies are current
• Try fallback: Use alternative authentication method

Missing Content

• Transcripts: Must be enabled by video owner (Settings → Audience → Transcript → Toggle ON)
• Private videos: Requires valid authentication
• Permissions: Verify sharing permissions with content creator

Performance Issues

• Memory errors: Increase memory allocation for video downloads
• Large folders: Split into smaller batches
• Slow processing: Check network connection and Loom server status

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🤝 Support & Resources

Getting Help

• 📧 Email: fridaytechnolog@gmail.com
• 🐙 GitHub: DZ-ABDLHAKIM
• 🐦 Twitter: @DZ_45Omar
• 🔧 Apify: dz_omar

Legal & Compliance

• Responsible Usage: Only scrapes publicly accessible data with proper rate limiting
• Terms Compliance: Follows Loom's terms of service without bypassing security
• Data Protection: Encrypted credential handling with automatic cleanup
• Privacy Respect: No unauthorized data collection with transparent usage policies

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Version: 2.x
Last Updated: July 2025
Status: Active Development