YouTube Live Chat Scraper
Pricing
from $0.80 / 1,000 chats
Extract YouTube live chat messages, Super Chats, Super Stickers, and membership events from live or replayed streams. Export by video URL or channel.
You can access the YouTube Live Chat 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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