# YouTube Video to Blog Post & Notes Extractor (`rainminer/youtube-article-generator`) Actor Turn any public YouTube video into a publish-ready SEO blog post with show notes, chapters, FAQs, pull quotes, and keywords. Ideal for content marketers, agencies, and creators who want to repurpose long-form YouTube into searchable articles without rewriting from scratch. - **URL**: https://apify.com/rainminer/youtube-article-generator.md - **Developed by:** [rainminer](https://apify.com/rainminer) (community) - **Categories:** SEO tools, Videos, AI - **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $9.90 / 1,000 articles 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#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. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use 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 The **YouTube Video to SEO Blog Post & Show Notes** Actor turns any public YouTube video into a publish-ready content package: an SEO title, meta description, Markdown article, show-notes summaries, chapters, FAQs, pull quotes, and keywords. Paste watch URLs (or Shorts / youtu.be links) and get structured JSON ready for your CMS, newsletter, or content pipeline. ![YouTube](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg/200px-YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg.png) --- ### Key Features - **SEO blog post output** — title, meta description, slug, and full Markdown body grounded in the video - **Show notes ready** — short and long summaries plus key takeaways - **Chapters & FAQs** — outline and question/answer pairs for search and on-page SEO - **Pull quotes** — memorable lines with timestamps when available - **Captions-first** — uses YouTube captions when present; falls back to audio understanding when needed - **Optional audience & tone** — steer the writing voice without rewriting prompts yourself - **No login required** — works with public YouTube videos --- ### Why Turn YouTube Videos into Articles? YouTube is where expertise, demos, and interviews live — but search, LinkedIn, and blogs still need text. Manually watching a video and rewriting it is slow. This Actor automates the repurposing step so you can: - **Publish SEO pages** that rank for topics covered in your (or competitors’) videos - **Ship show notes** for podcasts and long-form YouTube without a separate writing pass - **Feed CMS and newsletters** with structured Markdown and metadata via the Apify API - **Scale content ops** across many videos with schedules and webhooks --- ### Who Is It For? - **Content marketers and SEO teams** repurposing webinars, product demos, and thought leadership - **Agencies** delivering article packs from client YouTube channels - **Creators and newsletter writers** who want consistent show notes after every upload - **Developers** wiring YouTube → CMS automation on the Apify platform --- ### How to Use 1. Open the Actor in [Apify Console](https://console.apify.com/) 2. Paste one or more **YouTube video URLs** 3. Optionally set **target audience** and **tone** 4. Click **Start** 5. Download the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel — or pull it via the Apify API --- ### Input ```json { "videoUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jPQjjsBbIc"], "maxItems": 5, "targetAudience": "Content marketers", "tone": "Clear and practical", "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] } } ```` | Field | Type | Default | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `videoUrls` | string\[] | — | **Required.** Public YouTube watch, Shorts, youtu.be, or embed URLs | | `maxItems` | integer | `5` | Max videos to process in one run | | `targetAudience` | string | — | Optional audience hint for writing voice | | `tone` | string | — | Optional tone (e.g. professional, conversational) | | `proxyConfiguration` | object | residential | Apify Proxy recommended for cloud YouTube fetches | *** ### Output Each dataset item is one video’s full article package: ```json { "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jPQjjsBbIc", "videoId": "8jPQjjsBbIc", "title": "Me at the zoo", "channel": "jawed", "durationSeconds": 19, "publishedAt": "2005-04-23T00:00:00.000Z", "transcriptSource": "captions", "article": { "seoTitle": "Me at the Zoo: The First YouTube Video Explained", "metaDescription": "A short look at the first video ever uploaded to YouTube and why it still matters.", "slug": "me-at-the-zoo-first-youtube-video", "bodyMarkdown": "## Introduction\n\n...", "wordCount": 420 }, "summaryShort": "…", "summaryLong": "…", "keyPoints": ["…"], "chapters": [{ "start": "00:00", "title": "Opening", "summary": "…" }], "pullQuotes": [{ "text": "…", "timestamp": "00:05" }], "faq": [{ "question": "…", "answer": "…" }], "keywords": ["youtube first video", "me at the zoo"], "scrapedAt": "2026-07-22T10:00:00.000Z" } ``` *** ### Pricing Usage-based pay-per-event: | Event | When | Price | | --- | --- | --- | | `article-generated` | Once per successful article | **$0.01** | | `article-minute` | Per minute of video length (rounded up, min 1) | **$0.0035** | | Actor start | Per run (× memory GB) | **$0.0025** | Examples (excluding start fee): ~10 min video ≈ **$0.045**; ~30 min ≈ **$0.115**. Failed videos are not charged for article events. At 4096 MB memory, actor start is 4× ($0.01). *** ### Tips - Prefer videos with captions for faster, cheaper runs - Start with `maxItems` of 1–3 while testing tone and audience settings - Schedule the Actor against a list of new uploads for ongoing show-notes automation *** ### Image Credit Image credit: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/) # Actor input Schema ## `videoUrls` (type: `array`): Public YouTube watch, Shorts, youtu.be, or embed URLs to turn into SEO articles. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of YouTube videos to process in a single run. ## `targetAudience` (type: `string`): Optional audience hint for the article voice (e.g. SaaS marketers, developers, fitness beginners). ## `tone` (type: `string`): Optional writing tone (e.g. professional, conversational, educational). ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Optional proxy for YouTube caption/audio fetches. Leave off unless you hit geo or rate limits. ## Actor input object example ```json { "videoUrls": [ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jPQjjsBbIc" ], "maxItems": 5, "targetAudience": "", "tone": "", "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `overview` (type: `string`): No description # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "videoUrls": [ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jPQjjsBbIc" ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("rainminer/youtube-article-generator").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "videoUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jPQjjsBbIc"], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("rainminer/youtube-article-generator").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "videoUrls": [ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jPQjjsBbIc" ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }' | apify call rainminer/youtube-article-generator --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=rainminer/youtube-article-generator", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "YouTube Video to Blog Post & Notes Extractor", "description": "Turn any public YouTube video into a publish-ready SEO blog post with show notes, chapters, FAQs, pull quotes, and keywords. Ideal for content marketers, agencies, and creators who want to repurpose long-form YouTube into searchable articles without rewriting from scratch.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "1NwErmFK9ht3M91Tg" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/rainminer~youtube-article-generator/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-rainminer-youtube-article-generator", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/rainminer~youtube-article-generator/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-rainminer-youtube-article-generator", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/rainminer~youtube-article-generator/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-rainminer-youtube-article-generator", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "videoUrls" ], "properties": { "videoUrls": { "title": "YouTube video URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Public YouTube watch, Shorts, youtu.be, or embed URLs to turn into SEO articles.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max videos to process", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 50, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of YouTube videos to process in a single run.", "default": 5 }, "targetAudience": { "title": "Target audience", "type": "string", "description": "Optional audience hint for the article voice (e.g. SaaS marketers, developers, fitness beginners).", "default": "" }, "tone": { "title": "Tone", "type": "string", "description": "Optional writing tone (e.g. professional, conversational, educational).", "default": "" }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Optional proxy for YouTube caption/audio fetches. Leave off unless you hit geo or rate limits." } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```