Pricing

Pay per event

YouTube Scraper

Scrape YouTube videos, channels, and metadata without an API key. Search by keyword or scrape a full channel's video catalogue. Returns structured records with video ID, title, description, view count, like count, channel, duration, publish date, and thumbnail URLs.

Pricing

Pay per event

Rating

0.0

(0)

Developer

BowTiedRaccoon

Actor stats

Bookmarked

Total users

Monthly active users

3 days ago

Last modified

Categories

Social media

Videos

You can access the YouTube 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 Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11    "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
12    "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
13    "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
14    "mode": "search",
15    "queries": [
16        "python tutorial"
17    ],
18    "channelUrl": "UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA",
19    "maxItems": 5
20};
21
22// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
23const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/youtube-scraper").call(input);
24
25// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
26console.log('Results from dataset');
27console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
28const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
29items.forEach((item) => {
30    console.dir(item);
31});
32
33// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

YouTube Scraper API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Scraper API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

Other API clients include:

YouTube Scraper API in Python

YouTube Scraper API through CLI

YouTube Scraper OpenAPI definition

YouTube Scraper API

YouTube Channel Analytics

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aimscrape/youtube-search-video-scraper

Search YouTube and export a clean video list (video URL/ID, title, thumbnail, views text, publish date, duration, channel metadata) using an Apify Actor.

AimScrape

171

YouTube Channel Scraper

gentle_cloud/youtube-user-channel-scraper

Scrape YouTube channel metadata including subscriber count, video count, view count, description, external links, country, join date, and more. Supports channel URLs, @handles, and channel IDs as input.

Monkey Coder

501

5.0

YouTube Channel Scraper - Videos & Stats

vernacular_reservoir/youtube-channel-scraper

Scrape any YouTube channel and extract video titles, view counts, publish dates, duration and thumbnails. Fast, reliable, no API key required. Works for any public YouTube channel.

Aleksandrs

YouTube Channel Scraper

logiover/youtube-channel-scraper

Scrape every YouTube channel video without an API key or login. YouTube Data API alternative; export channel video data to CSV, JSON or Excel.

Logiover

YouTube Video Scraper | Search, Channel, Playlist & Video

scrapepilot/youtube-video-scraper-search-channel-playlist-video

Scrape YouTube search results, channel videos, playlists, and single videos with dynamic-rendering support. Extract title, URL, video ID, channel info, views, duration, published date, thumbnail, and description in clean JSON for automation, research, and content tracking.

Scrape Pilot

Youtube Channel Scraper

runtime/youtube-channel-scraper

YouTube Channel Scraper is an Apify Actor that scrapes video data and comments from a YouTube channel. It extracts key details such as video title, URL, view count, streaming time (in days), hashtags, description, comments count, and individual comments with user IDs.

scraping automation

108

4.2

Youtube Video Details Scraper

scraper-engine/youtube-video-details-scraper

YouTube Video Details Scraper extracts metadata from public YouTube videos, including title, description, channel name, view count, likes, tags, upload date, and more. Ideal for research, SEO, analytics, or automation—just input video URLs and get structured data effortlessly.

Scraper Engine

5.0

Youtube Search Channel

shareze001/youtube-search-channel

Search YouTube channels based on keywords and retrieves detailed information, including channel name, URL, description, thumbnail, and subscriber count. It supports sorting results by relevance, upload date, view count, or rating.

shareze

YouTube Scraper - Search Videos, Channels & Playlists

thirdwatch/youtube-scraper

Scrape YouTube search results, channel videos, and video details. Get title, view count, duration, channel info, thumbnails, and more. Pure HTTP using YouTube's internal API -- no browser needed. Ultra cheap at 256MB.