YouTube Comments API — Comments & Replies with Likes
Pricing
from $0.21 / 1,000 comment returneds
Scrape YouTube comments as data. One row per comment: text, author, like count, reply count, relative and approximate absolute time, pinned and hearted flags. Sort by top or newest, walk reply threads, cap per video. Residential proxy included, no API key, no login.
You can access the YouTube Comments API — Comments & Replies with Likes programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token5const client = new ApifyClient({6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',7});8
9// Prepare Actor input10const input = {11 "videoUrls": [12 "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY"13 ],14 "maxCommentsPerVideo": 100,15 "sort": "top",16 "includeReplies": false,17 "maxRepliesPerComment": 50,18 "includeAuthorDetails": true,19 "proxyConfiguration": {20 "useApifyProxy": true,21 "apifyProxyGroups": [22 "RESIDENTIAL"23 ]24 }25};26
27// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish28const run = await client.actor("insight.solutions/youtube-comments-api").call(input);29
30// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)31console.log('Results from dataset');32console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);33const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();34items.forEach((item) => {35 console.dir(item);36});37
38// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docsThe Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Comments API — Comments & Replies with Likes API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$npm install apify-clientOther API clients include: