# Dailymotion Scraper — Videos, Views & Channels (`hipersoft/dailymotion-scraper`) Actor

Search Dailymotion videos or scrape a channel's uploads: title, description, URL, owner, views, likes, comments, duration, tags, thumbnail and date. One clean row per video as JSON, CSV or Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/hipersoft/dailymotion-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [hiper soft](https://apify.com/hipersoft) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.001 / video scraped

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
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?

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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.
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Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Dailymotion Scraper — Videos, Views & Channels

Search **Dailymotion** videos or scrape a **channel's uploads** as clean, structured data. Add keywords or usernames, choose how to sort, and get one row per video — title, description, URL, owner, views, likes, comments, duration, tags, thumbnail and date. Export to **JSON, CSV or Excel**, or pull straight from the API.

Perfect for **video and trend research, competitor and creator analysis, content discovery, media monitoring, and building video datasets** for dashboards or LLMs.

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### What you get

One flat, ready-to-use record per video:

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `id` / `url` | The video and its link |
| `title` / `description` | Title and description |
| `owner` / `ownerName` | Channel username and display name |
| `channel` | Channel / category |
| `views` / `likes` / `comments` | Engagement metrics |
| `duration` | Length in seconds |
| `tags` | Video tags |
| `language` / `country` | Locale |
| `thumbnail` | Thumbnail image URL |
| `createdAt` | Publish date (ISO 8601) |
| `query` | The keyword / channel that produced the row |
| `collectedAt` | When the row was scraped |

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### How to use

#### 1. Search or by channel

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["football highlights", "news"],
  "usernames": ["asianetnews-hindi"],
  "sort": "visited",
  "maxItems": 300
}
```

- **Search keywords** — each keyword runs its own search.
- **Channels / usernames** — scrape all videos from given channels.
- **Sort by** — relevance, most recent, most visited (views), trending, oldest, or random.
- **Max videos** — cap the total (0 = no limit).

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### Example output

```json
{
  "id": "x8zhrsm",
  "title": "10 Curiosidades sobre el Fútbol",
  "url": "https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8zhrsm",
  "owner": "VideooTV",
  "views": 16488646,
  "likes": 1204,
  "comments": 88,
  "duration": 312,
  "tags": ["football", "sports"],
  "createdAt": "2026-05-01T10:00:00.000Z",
  "collectedAt": "2026-09-20T15:40:00.000Z"
}
```

***

### Common use cases

- **Video & trend research** — see what's popular for a topic and how it performs.
- **Competitor & creator analysis** — track a channel's uploads, views and engagement.
- **Content discovery** — build watchlists and content ideas at scale.
- **Media monitoring** — follow coverage of a topic across channels.
- **Datasets** — build clean, structured video result sets for analysis or model training.

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### Frequently asked questions

**Do I need any login, account or key?** No. Just add keywords or channels and run.

**Can I scrape a whole channel?** Yes — add the channel username; the scraper pages through its uploads.

**Can I sort by most viewed or newest?** Yes — use the Sort option (relevance, recent, visited, trending, oldest, random).

**How many videos can I get?** Set **Max videos** to whatever you need (0 = no limit).

**What format is the data?** A flat table you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or fetch from the Apify API.

***

### Related scrapers

Building a video toolkit? Check out our YouTube search, channel and comments scrapers and other video scrapers on Apify Store — all with the same clean, one-row-per-item output.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search Dailymotion for — e.g. 'news', 'football highlights', 'lofi'. Each keyword runs its own search and the results are combined.

## `usernames` (type: `array`):

Dailymotion channel usernames to scrape all videos from — e.g. 'asianetnews-hindi'.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

How to order search results: relevance, most recent, most visited (views), trending, oldest, or random.

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

Maximum number of videos to collect across all keywords and channels (0 = no limit).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "news"
  ],
  "sort": "relevance",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

The results as dataset items.

# 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 = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "news"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("hipersoft/dailymotion-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 = { "searchQueries": ["news"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("hipersoft/dailymotion-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 '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "news"
  ]
}' |
apify call hipersoft/dailymotion-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,hipersoft/dailymotion-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/FuGAStxRbJYXE8lOJ/builds/GdheJhVY6D4k8RIvx/openapi.json