Youtube Video Details Scraper

Unlock the power of in-depth YouTube video analytics with our Video Details Scraper. Extract comprehensive metadata and engagement metrics for any YouTube video effortlessly.

Overview

This actor allows you to scrape detailed information about YouTube videos, including title, description, view count, keywords, thumbnail URLs, and more. It provides valuable insights for content creators, marketers, and researchers looking to analyze video performance and metadata.

Features

• Detailed Video Information: Extract comprehensive metadata about each video.
• Thumbnail URLs: Get links to various sizes of video thumbnails.
• Channel Details: Retrieve information about the video's channel.
• Engagement Metrics: Capture view counts and other relevant statistics.
• Keywords and Categories: Extract video tags and categories for better understanding of content.
• Customizable: Flexible configuration options to suit various scraping needs.
• Proxy Support: Built-in proxy configuration to enhance scraping reliability and avoid blocks.

How to Use

1. Set Up: Ensure you have an Apify account and access to the Apify platform.
2. Configure Input: Set the YouTube video URL(s) you want to scrape details for (see Input Configuration section).
3. (Optional) Adjust additional parameters like concurrency and proxy settings.
4. Run the Scraper: Execute the scraper on the Apify platform.
5. Data Collection: The scraper will output detailed data about the specified YouTube video(s).

Input Configuration

Here's an example of how to set up the input for the YouTube Video Details Scraper:

1{
2    "startUrls": [
3        {
4            "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K07bw2bKI8U&t=985s&ab_channel=CohhCarnage"
5        }
6    ],
7    "maxConcurrency": 10,
8    "minConcurrency": 1,
9    "maxRequestRetries": 10,
10    "proxy": {
11        "useApifyProxy": true
12    }
13}

Input Fields Explanation

• startUrls: Array of YouTube video URLs to scrape details from.
• maxConcurrency: Maximum number of pages processed simultaneously (default: 10).
• minConcurrency: Minimum number of pages processed simultaneously (default: 1).
• maxRequestRetries: Number of retries for failed requests (default: 10).
• proxy: Proxy configuration for enhanced scraping reliability.

Output Structure

The output data includes detailed information about each video. Here's a sample of the structure:

1{
2    "videoId": "K07bw2bKI8U",
3    "title": "CohhCarnage Plays Baldur's Gate III (Human Bard/ Tactician Difficulty) - Episode 205",
4    "lengthSeconds": "1799",
5    "keywords": [
6      "games",
7      "twitch",
8      "BALDUR'S GATE III",
9      "BALDUR'S GATE III gameplay",
10      // ... more keywords ...
11    ],
12    "channelId": "UCp9TXGvv2-7JVVdyKEi0A6A",
13    "isOwnerViewing": false,
14    "shortDescription": "Cohh jumps into Baldur's Gate III, playing a Human Bard on Tactician difficulty, to see what this game has to offer. - Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/cohhcarnage\n\n...",
15    "isCrawlable": true,
16    "thumbnail": {
17      "thumbnails": [
18        {
19          "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/K07bw2bKI8U/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEbCKgBEF5IVfKriqkDDggBFQAAiEIYAXABwAEG&rs=AOn4CLDEPC_hM4GhNctYGDFHvd1VoV5HwA",
20          "width": 168,
21          "height": 94
22        },
23        // ... more thumbnail sizes ...
24      ]
25    },
26    "allowRatings": true,
27    "viewCount": "12876",
28    "author": "CohhCarnage",
29    "isPrivate": false,
30    "isUnpluggedCorpus": false,
31    "isLiveContent": false
32}

Output Fields Explanation

• videoId: Unique identifier for the YouTube video.
• title: Full title of the video.
• lengthSeconds: Duration of the video in seconds.
• keywords: Array of tags associated with the video.
• channelId: Unique identifier for the channel hosting the video.
• isOwnerViewing: Boolean indicating if the video owner is viewing (usually false for scraped data).
• shortDescription: Brief description or summary of the video content.
• isCrawlable: Boolean indicating if the video is indexable by search engines.
• thumbnail: Object containing various sizes of thumbnail images for the video.
• allowRatings: Boolean indicating if ratings are enabled for the video.
• viewCount: Number of views the video has received.
• author: Name of the channel or content creator.
• isPrivate: Boolean indicating if the video is set to private.
• isUnpluggedCorpus: Boolean related to YouTube's content classification (usually false).
• isLiveContent: Boolean indicating if the video is or was a live stream.

Support

• For issues or feature requests, please use the Issues section of this actor.
• If you need customization or have questions, feel free to contact the author:
  • Author's website: https://muhamed-didovic.github.io/
  • Email: muhamed.didovic@gmail.com

Additional Services

• Request customization or whole dataset: muhamed.didovic@gmail.com
• If you need anything else scraped, or this actor customized, email: muhamed.didovic@gmail.com
• For API services of this scraper (no Apify fee, just usage fee for the API), contact: muhamed.didovic@gmail.com