YouTube Scraper by Keyword Search (Videos & Shorts)
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from $1.20 / 1,000 video scrapeds
Search YouTube by keyword and scrape videos and Shorts. Get titles, channels, views, duration, thumbnails, and more.
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from $1.20 / 1,000 video scrapeds
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0.0
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LurkAPI
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1
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15
Total users
9
Monthly active users
4 days ago
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You can access the YouTube Scraper by Keyword Search (Videos & Shorts) 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.
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 "keywords": [12 "cooking recipes"13 ],14 "contentType": "all",15 "sortBy": "relevance",16 "uploadDate": "all",17 "videoDuration": "all",18 "includeVideoStats": false,19 "detectLanguage": false,20 "includeChannelAnalytics": false,21 "outputTitle": true,22 "outputVideoId": true,23 "outputVideoUrl": true,24 "outputChannelName": true,25 "outputChannelId": true,26 "outputChannelUrl": true,27 "outputIsVerified": true,28 "outputThumbnailUrl": true,29 "outputViewCount": true,30 "outputViewCountText": true,31 "outputPublishedText": true,32 "outputDuration": true,33 "outputDurationSeconds": true,34 "outputContentType": true,35 "outputKeyword": true,36 "outputScrapedAt": true,37 "concurrency": 3,38 "proxyConfig": {39 "useApifyProxy": true,40 "apifyProxyGroups": []41 }42};43
44// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish45const run = await client.actor("lurkapi/youtube-keyword-search-scraper").call(input);46
47// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)48console.log('Results from dataset');49console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);50const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();51items.forEach((item) => {52 console.dir(item);53});54
55// 📚 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 Scraper by Keyword Search (Videos & Shorts) API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$npm install apify-clientOther API clients include: