# YouTube Channel Videos Scraper – All Videos, Shorts & Streams (`pulsedata/youtube-channel-videos-scraper`) Actor

List every video, Short and live stream of any YouTube channel with title, views, duration, publish date and thumbnail – optionally full details (likes, description, tags). No API key, no quotas. $1 per 1,000 videos.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pulsedata/youtube-channel-videos-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [PulseData](https://apify.com/pulsedata) (community)
- **Categories:** Videos, Social media, Marketing
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 video listeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## YouTube Channel Videos Scraper – All Videos, Shorts & Streams

Get the **complete list of videos of any YouTube channel** – regular videos, Shorts and live streams – with title, view count, duration, publish date, thumbnail and URL. Turn on details to add likes, full description, tags, category and the channel's subscriber count. No YouTube Data API key, no daily quota.

**$1 per 1,000 listed videos, $2 per 1,000 with full details.** A channel with 500 videos costs $0.50.

### What you get

```json
{
  "type": "video",
  "videoId": "lIId8IDP6TU",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIId8IDP6TU",
  "title": "Why the Sky Is Blue (and Sunsets Red)",
  "publishedTimeText": "3 weeks ago",
  "publishedAt": "2026-08-08T14:10:45.184Z",
  "durationText": "18:21",
  "durationSeconds": 1101,
  "viewCount": 2655142,
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lIId8IDP6TU/hq720.jpg",
  "isShort": false,
  "isLive": false,
  "source": "channel:@veritasium:videos",
  "position": 1
}
```

With `fetchDetailsForListedVideos` you also get `likeCount`, `description`, `keywords`, `category`, exact `publishedAt` and `channelSubscriberCount`. The first item per channel is the channel profile (subscribers, video count, description, avatar).

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `channelUrls` | Channel URLs or `@handles`, one per line. |
| `channelTabs` | `videos`, `shorts`, `streams` – any combination. |
| `maxVideosPerChannel` | Per channel and tab; 0 = everything. |
| `fetchDetailsForListedVideos` | Add likes, description, tags, category (2× price). |

### Use cases

- **Content audits** – which formats and topics get views on a channel.
- **Competitor & creator research** – upload cadence, best-performing videos, Shorts vs long-form.
- **Archiving & catalogues** – a full list of a channel's videos with IDs for further processing.
- **Datasets for AI** – pipe the video URLs into the [YouTube Transcript Scraper](https://apify.com/pulsedata/youtube-transcript-scraper) and [YouTube Comments Scraper](https://apify.com/pulsedata/youtube-comments-scraper).
- **Monitoring** – schedule a daily run with `maxVideosPerChannel: 20` to catch new uploads.

### FAQ

**Do I need a YouTube API key?** No, and there is no quota – the actor reads YouTube's public pages.

**Can I get all videos of a big channel?** Yes – set `maxVideosPerChannel` to 0. Channels with thousands of videos take a few minutes.

**Why is the publish date approximate?** Channel pages show relative times ('3 weeks ago'). Turn on details for the exact date.

**Need search, playlists or single videos?** Use the full [YouTube Scraper](https://apify.com/pulsedata/youtube-scraper).

### Integrations

Run via API/SDK or on a schedule; export JSON, CSV, Excel; push to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, n8n; usable as an MCP tool for AI agents.

### More data tools by pulsedata

- [Google Ads Transparency Center Scraper](https://apify.com/pulsedata/google-ads-transparency-scraper)
- [App Store & Google Play Scraper](https://apify.com/pulsedata/app-store-google-play-scraper)
- [Career Page Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/pulsedata/career-page-jobs-scraper)
- [Website Tech Stack Detector](https://apify.com/pulsedata/website-tech-stack-detector)
- [YouTube Scraper](https://apify.com/pulsedata/youtube-scraper)
- [YouTube Comments Scraper](https://apify.com/pulsedata/youtube-comments-scraper)
- [YouTube Transcript Scraper](https://apify.com/pulsedata/youtube-transcript-scraper)

# Actor input Schema

## `channelUrls` (type: `array`):

Channel URLs or handles: `https://www.youtube.com/@handle`, `/channel/UC…`, `/c/name`, `/user/name` or just `@handle`.

## `channelTabs` (type: `array`):

Which channel tabs to scrape.

## `maxVideosPerChannel` (type: `integer`):

Maximum videos per channel and tab. 0 = all videos.

## `fetchDetailsForListedVideos` (type: `boolean`):

Also fetch full details (likes, exact date, description, tags) for videos found via search, channels and playlists. One extra request per video.

## `concurrency` (type: `integer`):

Parallel requests.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Usually not needed; enable Apify Proxy if YouTube rate-limits your runs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channelUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@veritasium"
  ],
  "channelTabs": [
    "videos"
  ],
  "maxVideosPerChannel": 0,
  "fetchDetailsForListedVideos": false,
  "concurrency": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Results stored in the default dataset (JSON/CSV/Excel via the dataset API).

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "channelUrls": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/@veritasium"
    ],
    "maxVideosPerChannel": 0
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pulsedata/youtube-channel-videos-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "channelUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/@veritasium"],
    "maxVideosPerChannel": 0,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pulsedata/youtube-channel-videos-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "channelUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@veritasium"
  ],
  "maxVideosPerChannel": 0
}' |
apify call pulsedata/youtube-channel-videos-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pulsedata/youtube-channel-videos-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/HOftgfYAC6mBglRbS/builds/Xmb9vFKyEfGQjakbf/openapi.json