Fast YouTube Search Scraper

Fast YouTube Search Scraper returns detailed structured data based on search queries.

Features

• Scrape YouTube search results based on customizable queries.
• Identifies YouTube Shorts within results.
• Supports advanced filtering options (e.g., Last hour, Today, This week).
• Supports sorting results by relevance, upload date, view count, and rating.

Data Output Structure

• dateScraped: ISO8601 timestamp of when this data was scraped.
• query: The original search term used to generate this result.
• filterUsed: Human-readable filter applied to the search (e.g. "This month").
• sortByUsed: Human-readable sort order used (e.g. "Relevance").
• videoId: Unique YouTube video ID.
• watchUrl: Direct link to the YouTube video.
• timePosted: How long ago the video was uploaded in human-readable format.
• title: Title of the YouTube video.
• description: Short snippet from the video page.
• thumbnail: URL of the video's thumbnail image.
• viewCount: Number of views the video has (as integer).
• length: Duration of the video in HH:MM:SS or MM:SS format.
• channelName: Name of the channel that uploaded the video.
• channelThumbnail: URL of the channel's avatar image.
• channelUrl: Direct link to the YouTube channel.
• isShort: Boolean indicating if the video is a YouTube Short.

Example Output

{
    "dateScraped": "2025-07-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "query": "example query",
    "filterUsed": "This month",
    "sortByUsed": "Relevance",
    "videoId": "abc123XYZ",
    "watchUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123XYZ",
    "timePosted": "2 days ago",
    "title": "Dummy Video Title for Testing Purposes",
    "description": "This is a dummy description used for testing the output structure. Replace with real data.",
    "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/abc123XYZ/hqdefault.jpg",
    "viewCount": 9876,
    "length": "12:34",
    "channelName": "Test Channel",
    "channelThumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/placeholder-avatar=s68-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
    "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1234567890",
    "isShort": false
}

Workflow Usage

Example payload for workflow integration:

{
    "searchQueries": [
        "apify",
        "scraping"
    ],
    "maxResults": 10,
    "filter": "This year",
    "sortBy": "View count"
}

Tips:

• Use with YouTube Transcript Scraper And Formatter for a fully automated search and transcription workflow.