# YouTube Channel Website Finder (`happitap/youtube-channel-website-finder`) Actor Instantly extract the primary website and social media links from any YouTube channel. Essential for lead generation and outreach - **URL**: https://apify.com/happitap/youtube-channel-website-finder.md - **Developed by:** [HappiTap](https://apify.com/happitap) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Social media, Automation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $5.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use 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 Channel Website Finder **Instantly extract the primary website and social media links from any YouTube channel. Essential for lead generation, influencer outreach, and B2B prospecting.** Extracting contact details from YouTube channels manually is incredibly tedious because YouTube hides external links deep inside dynamic JavaScript objects, requiring users to manually click through the "About" tab. This actor automates the entire process. Just feed it a list of YouTube channel URLs, and it uses a high-speed static scraper to parse YouTube's hidden metadata layer (`ytInitialData`), instantly revealing all the external links the channel owner has configured. ### What can this Actor do? - ✅ **Website Extraction** - Finds the primary website linked to the channel. - ✅ **Social Media Discovery** - Extracts all external social media links (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, etc.). - ✅ **Metadata Parsing** - Grabs the channel's title, description/bio, and subscriber count. - ✅ **Blazing Fast** - Built on Cheerio (static HTML scraping). It bypasses the need for a heavy, slow headless browser by extracting data directly from YouTube's initial state JSON. ### Why use this Actor? - 🎯 **Lead Generation** - Build databases of business websites from a list of niche YouTube channels. - 🤝 **Influencer Outreach** - Find the Instagram or business websites of influencers to reach out for sponsorships. - 📊 **Market Research** - Analyze how competitors link out to their products from their YouTube channels. ### How to use it 1. Enter a list of YouTube channel URLs into the **YouTube Channel URLs** field. - *(e.g., `https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd`, `https://www.youtube.com/c/PewDiePie`)* 2. Click Start! ### How much does it cost? This actor uses a **Pay-Per-Event (PPE)** pricing model. You only pay for the channels successfully processed! - **$1.00 per 1,000 channels processed.** ### Output Example When a channel is successfully processed, the actor pushes this data to your dataset: ```json { "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd", "title": "Marques Brownlee", "description": "MKBHD: Quality Tech Videos | YouTuber | Geek | Consumer Electronics | Tech Head | Internet Personality!", "subscriberCount": "18.3M subscribers", "website": "https://mkbhd.com/", "socialLinks": [ "https://twitter.com/MKBHD", "https://www.instagram.com/mkbhd", "https://discord.gg/mac" ], "scrapedAt": "2023-10-25T15:00:00.000Z" } ```` # Actor input Schema ## `channelUrls` (type: `array`): List of YouTube channel URLs to scrape. ## Actor input object example ```json { "channelUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd" } ] } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): Extracted data items stored in the default dataset. # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "channelUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd" } ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("happitap/youtube-channel-website-finder").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "channelUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd" }] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("happitap/youtube-channel-website-finder").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "channelUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd" } ] }' | apify call happitap/youtube-channel-website-finder --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=happitap/youtube-channel-website-finder", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "YouTube Channel Website Finder", "description": "Instantly extract the primary website and social media links from any YouTube channel. Essential for lead generation and outreach", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "e3xiZpHkpX8NtmWDv" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/happitap~youtube-channel-website-finder/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-happitap-youtube-channel-website-finder", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/happitap~youtube-channel-website-finder/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-happitap-youtube-channel-website-finder", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/happitap~youtube-channel-website-finder/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-happitap-youtube-channel-website-finder", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": 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"finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, 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