# YouTube Niche URL Finder (`intelscrape/youtube-niche-url-finder`) Actor

Find YouTube video URLs by niche or keyword. Returns title, channel, views, and watch URLs ready for transcript extraction. Soft-pairs with YouTube Transcript Scraper Pro. Pay per video URL.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/intelscrape/youtube-niche-url-finder.md
- **Developed by:** [IntelScrape](https://apify.com/intelscrape) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Videos, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 video urls

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/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?

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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).
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- **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 Niche URL Finder – Keyword Search to Watch URLs

![Actor Banner](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/PyvJzfQg02FD3RYhd/records/youtube-niche-url-finder-banner.png)

> 🇨🇳 **中文简介 (Chinese — China & Singapore):**
> 按关键词/细分赛道找 YouTube 视频链接？本 Actor 输出 watch URL、标题、频道与播放量，方便继续拉字幕或做内容研究。按交付视频计费，适合内容与增长团队。立刻试跑，把 URL 送进转写或 AI 工作流。

> 🇸🇬 **Ringkasan Melayu (Singapore):**
> Nak cari URL video YouTube ikut kata kunci/niche? Actor ini keluarkan watch URL, tajuk, saluran dan tontonan — sedia untuk transkrip atau penyelidikan kandungan. Bayar per video. Sesuai untuk pasukan kandungan di Singapura/China.

#### 🤖 NEW: Connect This To Your AI!

Want to use this scraper directly inside Claude, Cursor, or ChatGPT? Check out **[Skip Trace MCP Server](https://apify.com/intelscrape/skip--trace)**. Combined IntelScrape agents over Model Context Protocol.

> **Soft CTA:** Got the video URLs? Pull captions next with **[YouTube Transcript Scraper](https://apify.com/intelscrape/youtube-transcript-scraper-pro)** — paste the `youtube.com/watch` links and get transcript text for SEO, research, or AI pipelines.

#### 🏆 Featured Bots by IntelScrape

1. **[YouTube Niche URL Finder](https://apify.com/intelscrape/youtube-niche-url-finder)** — Keyword → Watch URLs
2. **[YouTube Transcript Scraper](https://apify.com/intelscrape/youtube-transcript-scraper-pro)** — Captions & Transcript Text
3. **[Skip Trace PRO](https://apify.com/intelscrape/skip-trace-pro)** — Name, Address, Phone & Email People Lookup
4. **[TruePeopleSearch Scraper](https://apify.com/intelscrape/truepeoplesearch-scraper)** — Phone & Email Matches
5. **[TikTok Scraper](https://apify.com/intelscrape/tiktok-scraper)** — Emails & Influencer Leads
6. **[Amazon Product Review Scraper](https://apify.com/intelscrape/amazon-product-review-scraper)** — Deep E-commerce & Review Extraction
7. **[Building Permit Scraper](https://apify.com/intelscrape/building-permit-scraper)** — US Cities Open Data
8. **[Skip Trace MCP Server](https://apify.com/intelscrape/skip--trace)** — Use IntelScrape inside Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT

***

⚡ **Use this Actor in n8n — no code**

1. Add the official **Apify** node in n8n.
2. Connect your Apify API token.
3. Run Actor ID: `IntelScrape/youtube-niche-url-finder`.
4. Pipe URLs into **[youtube-transcript-scraper-pro](https://apify.com/intelscrape/youtube-transcript-scraper-pro)**.

***

![price](https://img.shields.io/badge/price-$1.00_/_1K-e83e8c)
![billing](https://img.shields.io/badge/billing-pay_per_video_URL-2ea44f)
![API key](https://img.shields.io/badge/API_key-not_required-blue)
![coverage](https://img.shields.io/badge/coverage-YouTube_search-8a2be2)

**YouTube Niche URL Finder** — niche/keyword search → clean `youtube.com/watch` URLs.\
**≈ $1.00/1K + $0.005 actor start. No YouTube Data API key required.**

> **Honest coverage & billing:** Public YouTube search results only (title, channel, view text, watch URL). Not a downloader and not full transcript extraction — pair with Transcript Scraper Pro for captions. `demoMode` = fixtures only.

#### Pricing (PPE)

| Event | Price | When charged |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Actor start (`apify-actor-start`) | $0.005 | Once per run |
| Video URL (`apify-default-dataset-item`) | $0.001 | Each delivered row via `pushData` |

***

> 🧭 Built for **content researchers, SEO teams, and transcript pipelines.** Popular with teams in the **US, China, and Singapore**.

> ⭐ If this Actor saves you time, please [leave a review](https://apify.com/intelscrape/youtube-niche-url-finder).

> ⚖️ **Lawful business use only.** Public pages only. You are liable for how you use the data.

***

### Quick start

```json
{
  "keywords": ["air fryer recipes"],
  "maxResults": 10,
  "language": "en",
  "region": "US",
  "demoMode": false
}
```

**Then SoftCTA:** feed the `url` fields into [YouTube Transcript Scraper Pro](https://apify.com/intelscrape/youtube-transcript-scraper-pro).

***

### What you get

- `videoId`
- `url` (youtube.com/watch?v=…)
- `title`
- `channel`
- `views` / `viewCount`
- `keyword`
- `language` / `region`
- `source`

***

### Legal

Public YouTube search pages only. Not affiliated with YouTube/Google. Lawful B2B / research use; you are responsible for compliance.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

YouTube search niches or keywords.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum video URLs to push across all keywords.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Optional YouTube interface language code (e.g. en, es, zh-CN).

## `region` (type: `string`):

Optional country/region code for search (e.g. US, GB, SG).

## `demoMode` (type: `boolean`):

Push fixture rows only (no live YouTube fetch). Leave false for real URLs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "air fryer recipes"
  ],
  "maxResults": 20,
  "language": "en",
  "region": "US",
  "demoMode": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `items` (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 = {
    "keywords": [
        "air fryer recipes"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("intelscrape/youtube-niche-url-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "keywords": ["air fryer recipes"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("intelscrape/youtube-niche-url-finder").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 '{
  "keywords": [
    "air fryer recipes"
  ]
}' |
apify call intelscrape/youtube-niche-url-finder --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/T6P9uZC05VJx6LZdA/builds/7Ewk0MuFAOcV0vjce/openapi.json