YouTube Channel Videos Scraper

Collect videos from a YouTube channel feed and export one row per item. You can switch between latest videos, livestreams, Shorts, or currently live items.

Key Features

• Required Channel ID (id)
• Collect up to your chosen maximum number of items; continues with cursor paging until that limit or until there are no more pages
• Supports feed filters via filter: videos_latest, streams_latest, shorts_latest, live_now
• Typical fields include type, video.videoId, video.title, video.thumbnails, video.movingThumbnails, video.lengthSeconds, video.publishedTimeText, video.stats, video.isLiveNow, video.badges
• Supports optional localization hints: hl (language) and gl (country)
• Each record includes scrapedAt (ISO 8601)

Why Use It?

• Practical: Build channel content snapshots quickly
• Structured: Clean JSON rows for analysis, monitoring, and automation
• Flexible: Pull different channel tabs with the same workflow

Great For

• Channel content audits
• Shorts / livestream tracking
• Competitor publishing cadence monitoring

Input Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
id	Yes	YouTube channel ID.
maxResults	No	Maximum rows to collect (default: 48).
filter	No	Feed type: videos_latest, streams_latest, shorts_latest, live_now (default: videos_latest).
hl	No	Language hint, e.g. en.
gl	No	Country hint, e.g. US.

Output

Each dataset row is one item from contents[] plus scrapedAt appended by the actor.

Area	Field	Description
Root	type	Item type returned by the feed.
Root	video	Video object payload.
Root	scrapedAt	Collection timestamp (ISO 8601).
video	videoId	YouTube video ID.
video	title	Video title.
video	thumbnails	Thumbnail URL variants.
video	movingThumbnails	Animated thumbnail variants (when provided).
video	badges	Badge markers array (can be empty).
video	lengthSeconds	Duration in seconds (when available).
video	publishedTimeText	Relative publish time text.
video	stats.views	View count when available.
video	isLiveNow	Whether this item is currently live.

Sample record

{
  "type": "video",
  "video": {
    "badges": [],
    "isLiveNow": false,
    "lengthSeconds": 501,
    "movingThumbnails": [
      {
        "height": 180,
        "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/an_webp/Z87vZFYC7hc/mqdefault_6s.webp?du=3000&sqp=CPOjiM4G&rs=AOn4CLCla5_TnIoSRVyi13VlvyUm8uUmQg",
        "width": 320
      }
    ],
    "publishedTimeText": "3 days ago",
    "stats": {
      "views": 1094
    },
    "thumbnails": [
      {
        "height": 94,
        "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z87vZFYC7hc/hqdefault_custom_2.jpg?sqp=COjeiM4G-oaymwEbCKgBEF5IVfKriqkDDggBFQAAiEIYAXABwAEG&rs=AOn4CLCo1Ul4VV5PhizX_RqwAb7vfDyQyA",
        "width": 168
      },
      {
        "height": 110,
        "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z87vZFYC7hc/hqdefault_custom_2.jpg?sqp=COjeiM4G-oaymwEbCMQBEG5IVfKriqkDDggBFQAAiEIYAXABwAEG&rs=AOn4CLCV5I1zbV_QiOLcTeLZwMMAoTQRLA",
        "width": 196
      },
      {
        "height": 138,
        "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z87vZFYC7hc/hqdefault_custom_2.jpg?sqp=COjeiM4G-oaymwEcCPYBEIoBSFXyq4qpAw4IARUAAIhCGAFwAcABBg==&rs=AOn4CLCWg5kXMNLHiJTZsgBuBQuXpoOKLg",
        "width": 246
      },
      {
        "height": 188,
        "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z87vZFYC7hc/hqdefault_custom_2.jpg?sqp=COjeiM4G-oaymwEcCNACELwBSFXyq4qpAw4IARUAAIhCGAFwAcABBg==&rs=AOn4CLDtn_Y4elyIYhk5oPRospGFz5FBpw",
        "width": 336
      }
    ],
    "title": "How to build a full-stack app with Supabase and Stripe on Google AI Studio",
    "videoId": "Z87vZFYC7hc"
  },
  "scrapedAt": "2026-03-24T06:31:13.104Z"
}

Notes

• Returned fields vary by tab and item type (e.g. Shorts, live streams).
• Respect YouTube terms and applicable laws when using scraped data.