YouTube Channel ID Extractor 🎥

Extract YouTube channel IDs from channel URLs automatically! 🚀

🎯 What does YouTube Channel ID Extractor do?

This actor helps you easily extract YouTube channel IDs from channel URLs. Whether you're working with one channel or hundreds of channels, this tool streamlines the process of obtaining channel IDs - a crucial identifier for YouTube API integration and analytics.

✨ Key Features

• 🔍 Extracts channel IDs from YouTube channel URLs (@handle format supported)
• ⚡ High-speed processing with efficient crawling
• 🛡️ Built-in proxy support for reliable extraction
• 🔄 Handles multiple channel URLs in a single run
• 📊 Clean, structured output in JSON format

💡 Use Cases

• 🎯 YouTube API integration projects
• 📊 Channel analytics and tracking
• 🤖 Social media automation
• 📈 Marketing research and analysis
• 🔍 Content creator research

📥 Input Parameters

The actor accepts the following input parameters:

• youtubeChannelUrls (Required): Array of YouTube channel URLs to process
• proxyConfiguration (Optional): Proxy settings for the crawler

📤 Output

The actor outputs JSON format data containing:

• youtubeChannelUrl: Original YouTube channel URL
• channelId: Extracted YouTube channel ID

💪 Sample Output

{
    "youtubeChannelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@BoysPlaytime",
    "channelId": "UCCrGfO9A8eLdSsB4bWbMhTg"
}

📝 Note

Make sure the provided YouTube channel URLs are valid and accessible. The actor supports both legacy channel URLs and new @handle format URLs.

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