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Youtube Search Scraper

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This YouTube Search Scraper extracts video results based on a dynamic user search query. It collects video title, URL, channel name, views, upload time, duration, thumbnail, and more. Supports result limits and saves structured data in JSON format for analysis and research purposes.

Pricing

$3.99/month + usage

Rating

5.0

(4)

Developer

ScrapeAI

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Monthly active users

3 days ago

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Features

Dynamic search query input
Automatically constructs YouTube search URL
Scrapes video metadata from search results
Supports max result limit
Infinite scroll to load more results
Outputs structured JSON dataset

Input

{
  "search_query": "cocomelon",
  "max_results": 20,
  "debugMode": false
}

Input Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
`search_query`	string	✅ Yes	Keyword to search on YouTube
`max_results`	integer	No (default: 20)	Maximum number of videos to scrape
`debugMode`	boolean	No (default: false)	Save debug screenshots and verbose logs

How It Works

Accepts search_query from user input
Constructs search URL: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query={{search_query}}
Opens YouTube search results page with Puppeteer
Scrolls the page to load more results
Extracts video metadata from all loaded video cards

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

{
  "id": "xxxxxxx",
  "title": "Cocomelon - Wheels on the Bus",
  "description": "Sing along with JJ and friends...",
  "type": "video",
  "viewCount": 2100000000,
  "duration": "3:30",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxxxxx",
  "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xxxxxxx/hqdefault.jpg",
  "date": "2021-02-26T00:00:00Z",
  "channelName": "Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes",
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@Cocomelon",
  "channelHandle": "@Cocomelon",
  "channelThumbnail": null,
  "searchQuery": "cocomelon",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-02-26T15:00:00.000Z",
  "raw": {
    "type": "video",
    "videoId": "xxxxxxx",
    "title": "Cocomelon - Wheels on the Bus",
    "channelTitle": "Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes",
    "channelId": null,
    "channelHandle": "@Cocomelon",
    "description": "Sing along with JJ and friends...",
    "viewCountText": "2.1B views",
    "viewCount": "2100000000",
    "publishedTimeText": "5 years ago",
    "publishDate": null,
    "publishedAt": null,
    "lengthText": "3:30",
    "thumbnail": [
      {
        "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xxxxxxx/hqdefault.jpg",
        "width": 480,
        "height": 360
      }
    ]
  }
}

Output Schema

Field	Type	Description
`video_title`	string	Title of the video
`video_url`	string	Full YouTube video URL
`channel_name`	string	Name of the channel
`channel_url`	string	URL of the channel
`views`	string	View count text (e.g. `"2.1B views"`)
`uploaded_time`	string	Upload time text (e.g. `"5 years ago"`)
`video_duration`	string	Video duration (e.g. `"3:30"`)
`thumbnail_url`	string	High-quality thumbnail image URL
`description`	string	Short description snippet (if available)

Example

Search Query: cocomelon

Generated URL: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cocomelon

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