Pricing

$25.00/month + usage

YouTube Channel Scraper for Comments & Transcripts

Scrape YouTube channel videos, comments, transcripts, channel IDs, handles, views, engagement metrics, velocity, quality scores, and outlier signals.

Pricing

$25.00/month + usage

Rating

4.2

(2)

Developer

scraping automation

Actor stats

Bookmarked

112

Total users

Monthly active users

7 days ago

Last modified

Categories

Social media

Videos

Automation

YouTube Channel URL

channel

Optional

YouTube channel URL (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/@Nike). Required unless using global search with search_query only. Supports @handle, /channel/ID, /c/name, /user/name formats.

Type:string

YouTube Search Query

search_query

Optional

Search term. If channel provided: searches within channel. If no channel: performs global YouTube search across all videos.

Type:string

Default:

Maximum Videos

max_videos

Optional

Maximum number of videos to extract from the listing page. Recommended: 5-10 for quick tests, 30-100 for listing only, 10-30 when video_details=true.

Type:integer

Minimum:1

Maximum:500

Default:5

Timeout Duration (seconds)

timeout

Optional

Maximum runtime in seconds. Recommended: 300 (5 min) for quick tests with 5 videos, 900 (15 min) for listing only, 1800+ (30+ min) when video_details=true with many comments.

Type:integer

Minimum:60

Maximum:3600

Default:300

Extract Video Details & Comments

video_details

Optional

Visit each video page to extract description, likes, comment count, comments, replies (optional), transcript (optional). Recommended: enable for comprehensive data.

Type:boolean

Default:true

Maximum Comments Per Video

comments_max

Optional

Number of top-level comments to extract per video. Higher values increase processing time. Recommended: 5-10 for quick tests, 10-30 for most use cases, up to 200 for detailed analysis.

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Maximum:200

Default:5

Filter Comments by Author

comments_user_search

Optional

Only keep comments whose author contains this substring (case-insensitive).

Type:string

Default:

Comments strategy

comments_strategy

Optional

auto = API then UI fallback, api = Innertube only, ui = UI only

Type:string

Default:auto

Options:

autoapiui

Include Replies (UI best-effort)

includeReplies

Optional

Replies extraction is best-effort via UI fallback.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Output Mode

output_mode

Optional

full = complete payload, compact = automation-friendly without heavy text blobs, minimal = smallest payload for routing/alerts.

Type:string

Default:full

Options:

fullcompactminimal

Include Run Metadata

include_run_metadata

Optional

Adds runMeta fields (runId/taskId/startedAt/mode) to each output item for automation traceability.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Extract Transcript

extract_transcript

Optional

Legacy switch. If enabled and transcript_mode is not set, actor uses transcript_mode=auto.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Transcript Mode

transcript_mode

Optional

auto = API then UI fallback, api = captionTracks/API only, ui = front click flow (more -> transcript), ui_strict = UI-only with extra diagnostics, off = disable transcript extraction.

Type:string

Default:auto

Options:

autoapiuiui_strictoff

Session Cookies (advanced)

session_cookies

Optional

Optional array of cookie objects to run in authenticated session (improves transcript availability on some videos).

Type:array

Cookie String (advanced)

cookie_string

Optional

Optional semicolon-separated cookies (e.g. SID=...; HSID=...). Parsed as YouTube cookies.

Type:string

Safe Mode (more stable)

safe_mode

Optional

Blocks heavy resources, uses safer waits/timeouts. Recommended on large runs.

Type:boolean

Default:true

Fail on no results

failOnNoResults

Optional

Fail the run when the channel or search listing stores no videos. Useful for validation and monitoring; leave disabled for normal jobs that may intentionally return empty datasets.

Type:boolean

Default:false

UI Mode

ui_mode

Optional

simple: quiet. pro: same behavior but intended for power users. debug: extra screenshots/logs.

Type:string

Default:simple

Options:

simpleprodebug

Use Apify Proxy

useApifyProxy

Optional

Recommended.

Type:boolean

Default:true

Proxy Configuration

proxyConfiguration

Optional

Configure Apify Proxy / custom proxies.

Type:object

Default:

{}

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