# YouTube Search Scraper | $0.30/1K Results | Pay Per Result (`getanyapi/youtube-search-scraper`) Actor

Search YouTube and extract every matching video. Add a query and get ID, URL, title, channel, views, duration, and publish time. Export to JSON or CSV, run it via API, or plug it into your agent. $0.30 per 1,000 results, pay per result. Served by AnyAPI.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/getanyapi/youtube-search-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [AnyAPI](https://apify.com/getanyapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Videos, AI
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.30 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## YouTube Search Scraper | $0.30/1K Results | Pay Per Result

Runs a YouTube search and returns one row per video: video ID, watch URL, title, channel, view count, duration, and how long ago it was published. It keeps paging until it reaches the number of results you asked for.

### Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `query` | string | yes | The YouTube search query. |
| `uploadDate` | string | no | Only return videos uploaded within this window. Leave empty for any time. One of: today, this\_week, this\_month, this\_year. |
| `sortBy` | string | no | Order results by relevance or by view count. One of: relevance, popular. Defaults to relevance. |
| `requireCursor` | boolean | no | Keep this on to walk past the first page of results. Turning it off can be cheaper but may return a single page only. Defaults to true. |
| `maxItems` | integer | no | Stop after this many results. Defaults to 100. Each result is charged once. |

### Output

Every result row is written to the dataset as one JSON object:

```json
{
  "id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "title": "iPhone 17 Review: The Honest Take",
  "channel": "Marques Brownlee",
  "views": 2841003,
  "lengthText": "12:41",
  "publishedTime": "3 weeks ago",
  "source": "AnyAPI"
}
```

### Standby mode

This Actor also runs in Standby mode. Send the same input as a JSON body in a
POST request and it answers with `{ "items": [ ... ] }`, the same rows a
standard run would write, charged the same way.

### Pricing

This Actor is billed per result, plus one small fixed charge per run. A result
event is charged for every row it writes, and the Actor Start event is charged
once when the run begins. A run that finds nothing, or that comes back with an
empty list, writes no rows and pays the start charge only. Both prices are on
this Actor's Apify Store page.

### Support

Something wrong with this Actor, a field you need, or a platform you want added?
Open an issue on this Actor, or email support@getanyapi.com and a human will
answer.

### One shape across every platform

This Actor belongs to a set of sixteen on this account that read YouTube,
Instagram, TikTok, X, Reddit, Threads, Facebook Ads Library and Google News.
They take the same kind of input, write the same kind of row, bill the same way,
and stamp every row with `"source": "AnyAPI"`, so a pipeline written against
one of them reads all of them without a second parser.

| Platform | Actors |
| --- | --- |
| YouTube | search, channel videos, comments, transcripts |
| Instagram | profile posts, post comments |
| TikTok | profile videos, keyword search, video comments |
| X | profile, user tweets |
| Reddit | search, post comments |
| Other | Threads posts, Facebook Ads Library, Google News |

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

The YouTube search query.

## `uploadDate` (type: `string`):

Only return videos uploaded within this window. Leave empty for any time.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Order results by relevance or by view count.

## `requireCursor` (type: `boolean`):

Keep this on to walk past the first page of results. Turning it off can be cheaper but may return a single page only.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many results. Each result is charged once.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "iphone 17 review",
  "sortBy": "relevance",
  "requireCursor": true,
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "query": "iphone 17 review",
    "maxItems": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("getanyapi/youtube-search-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "query": "iphone 17 review",
    "maxItems": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("getanyapi/youtube-search-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "iphone 17 review",
  "maxItems": 100
}' |
apify call getanyapi/youtube-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,getanyapi/youtube-search-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/to4bBbNbMVUFXqMSh/builds/qvYdfa3yjoW4B8lEH/openapi.json