Youtube Channel Scraper

This actor visits the Videos tab of a YouTube channel and by default outputs one record containing the channel's details and the most recent video. You can now request multiple video entries using the numberOfVideos input parameter.

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Features

• Dynamic channel name/handle input
• Automatically constructs https://www.youtube.com/{{channelName}}/videos URL
• Outputs one or more channel/video records per run (controlled via numberOfVideos)
• Scrapes additional field(s) such as the full header description and any social/pop‑up links
• Collects channel profile and About page info (active since, views, description, country, links)
• Outputs a rich JSON record

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Input

{
  "channelName": "@NationalGeographic"
}

Input Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
channelName	string	✅ Yes	Channel handle or name (defaults to @zara)
numberOfVideos	integer	❌ No	How many videos to return (1 = just the most recent, higher numbers produce multiple records)

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How It Works

1. Accepts channelName (and optional numberOfVideos) from user input.
2. Builds a channel videos URL: https://www.youtube.com/{{channelName}}/videos.
3. Opens the channel page and handles popups.
4. Extracts subscriber count and profile picture from the channel header.
5. Visits the About tab to gather channel info (active since, view count, description, country, links).
6. Grabs metadata for the first N videos on the page, where N equals numberOfVideos.
7. Each record is enqueued into the dataset; the default dataset will contain multiple entries if you requested more than one video.
8. Outputs a single JSON record combining all channel and video data.

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Note: By default Actor.pushData(data) writes to the default dataset (local path storage/datasets/default/). Opening a named dataset such as the former if you want all results in the default dataset; the latter if you need a dedicated dataset with its own view schema.

Example Record

{
  "title": "PAIN HUSTLERS | Emily Blunt & Catherine O'Hara Clip | Netflix",
  "author": "@netflix",
  "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEbVjufYiFE",
  "coverImage": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mEbVjufYiFE/hqdefault.jpg",
  "subscriberCount": "27,2 M d'abonnés",
  "likeCount": null,
  "description": "Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Catherine O'Hara, and Andy Garcia in PAIN HUSTLERS.",
  "viewCount": 29280,
  "commentCount": null,
  "publishedAt": "5 months ago",
  "id": "mEbVjufYiFE",
  "amountOfVideos": null,
  "profilePicture": null,
  "channelInfo": {
    "actifFrom": "Actif depuis le 17 juil. 2012",
    "viewCounter": "7 569 331 655 vues",
    "channelDescription": "Netflix is the world's leading streaming entertainment service.",
    "country": "États-Unis",
    "link": {
      "Netflix": "signup.netflix.com",
      "Facebook": "facebook.com/netflixus",
      "Twitter": "twitter.com/netflix",
      "Instagram": "instagram.com/netflix",
      "Tumblr": "netflix.tumblr.com"
    },
    "externalLinks": [
      { "title": "Netflix", "url": "https://signup.netflix.com" },
      { "title": "Facebook", "url": "https://facebook.com/netflixus" }
    ],
    "headerDescription": "Learn about Netflix and our latest releases.",
    "moreLinks": [
      { "title": "More info", "href": "https://netflix.com/about" }
    ]
  }
}

Output Schema

Field	Type	Description
title	string	Title of the video
author	string	Channel handle (e.g. @netflix)
videoUrl	string	Full YouTube video URL
coverImage	string	Thumbnail image URL
subscriberCount	string|null	Subscriber count text (e.g. "27,2 M d'abonnés")
likeCount	number|null	Like count (null if not available)
description	string	Video description snippet
viewCount	number|null	View count as integer
commentCount	number|null	Comment count (null if not available)
publishedAt	string|null	Upload time text (e.g. "5 months ago")
id	string|null	YouTube video ID
amountOfVideos	number|null	Total videos on channel
profilePicture	string|null	Channel profile picture URL
channelInfo.actifFrom	string|null	Channel creation date text
channelInfo.viewCounter	string|null	Total channel views text
channelInfo.channelDescription	string|null	Full channel description from About tab
channelInfo.country	string|null	Channel country
channelInfo.link	object|null	Key-value map of channel links (name → URL)
channelInfo.externalLinks	array|null	Array of objects { title, url } scraped from the redirect‑cleaned external links list
channelInfo.headerDescription	string|null	Full description text visible on channel header (expanded if truncated)
channelInfo.moreLinks	array|null	Array of objects { title, href } scraped from the "more links" popup

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Example

Channel name: @zara

Generated URL: https://www.youtube.com/@zara/videos