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YouTube Channel, Playlist & Search Videos Scraper

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List every video of YouTube channels, playlists or search results with views, duration and thumbnails in seconds, or in detailed mode with likes, comment count, upload date, tags and description. Videos, Shorts and live streams.

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from $0.35 / 1,000 video (fast mode)s

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Developer

Jefferson Valandro

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10 hours ago

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Videos

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You can access the YouTube Channel, Playlist & Search Videos Scraper 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.

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YouTube Channel, Playlist & Search Videos Scraper OpenAPI definition

OpenAPI is a standard for designing and describing RESTful APIs, allowing developers to define API structure, endpoints, and data formats in a machine-readable way. It simplifies API development, integration, and documentation.

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You can download the OpenAPI definitions for YouTube Channel, Playlist & Search Videos Scraper from the options below:

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