# 🎬 YouTube Video Summarizer (`scrapemesh/youtube-video-summarizer`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapemesh/youtube-video-summarizer.md
- **Developed by:** [ScrapeMesh](https://apify.com/scrapemesh) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, Videos
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
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.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.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/platform/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

## YouTube Video Summarizer - Fixed Version 🔧

This Apify actor extracts video metadata and generates AI-powered summaries from YouTube videos.

### 🚨 Recent Fixes & Features (October 2025)

#### Issues Resolved:
1. **✅ Bot Detection Bypass**: Enhanced yt-dlp configuration with proper headers and user agents
2. **✅ Proxy Connection Timeouts**: Improved proxy handling with intelligent fallback mechanisms  
3. **✅ Multiple Extraction Strategies**: Implemented 5 different extraction approaches
4. **✅ Better Error Handling**: Clean logging with only relevant information
5. **✅ Azure OpenAI Integration**: Pre-configured with your Azure OpenAI credentials
6. **✅ Smart Proxy Management**: Follows Instagram scraper pattern with proper fallbacks

#### Key Improvements:
- 🤖 **Azure OpenAI Pre-configured**: Ready to generate summaries out of the box
- 🔄 **Smart Proxy Fallback**: User proxy → Residential proxy (3 retries) → Direct
- 🧪 **Local Testing Support**: Uses hardcoded residential proxy for development
- 📊 **Clean Logging**: Suppressed verbose yt-dlp errors, shows only relevant info
- 🚀 **Production Ready**: Cleaned up all test files, optimized for Apify deployment

### Features

- Streams results live to the Dataset (one per URL)
- Proxy: DIRECT → USER (if provided) → RESIDENTIAL fallback on rejection; then sticks to it
- Retries + backoff; consistent output (`status` + `error` fields)
- Set `OPENAI_API_KEY` to enable summaries
- Robust error handling and retry mechanisms

### 🚀 Deployment Instructions

#### For Apify Platform:
1. Upload the entire `youtube-video-summerizer` folder to your Apify actor
2. Ensure the Dockerfile and requirements.txt are properly configured
3. Set up proxy configuration in the actor input (recommended: use Apify Proxy with RESIDENTIAL group)
4. Add your OpenAI API key to the actor environment variables

#### Input Configuration:
```json
{
  "urls": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"],
  "maxRetries": 3,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}
````

#### Environment Variables:

**✅ Azure OpenAI (Pre-configured):**

- The actor comes with Azure OpenAI pre-configured and ready to use
- Default endpoint: `https://amzautopilot002.openai.azure.com`
- Default deployment: `gpt-4o-4`
- API version: `2023-12-01-preview`

**Override Options (Optional):**

- `AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT`: Override the default Azure OpenAI endpoint
- `AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY`: Override the default Azure OpenAI API key
- `AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT`: Override the default deployment name
- `AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION`: Override the default API version
- `OPENAI_API_KEY`: Use regular OpenAI instead of Azure OpenAI

**Platform Variables:**

- `APIFY_PROXY_PASSWORD`: Automatically provided by Apify platform

### 🚀 Deployment

**Ready for Apify Platform:**

1. Upload this entire folder to your Apify actor
2. The actor is pre-configured with Azure OpenAI credentials
3. Set up proxy configuration in the input (recommended: RESIDENTIAL)
4. Deploy and run!

**Local Testing:**

- Automatically uses hardcoded residential proxy
- All Azure OpenAI features work out of the box
- Clean logging shows only relevant information

### 📝 Error Handling

The actor now provides more specific error messages:

- **Bot Detection**: "YouTube detected automated access. Please try again later or use different proxy settings."
- **Connection Issues**: "Connection timeout occurred. Please check your internet connection or proxy settings."
- **Restricted Content**: "Video is private, unavailable, or restricted."
- **Age Restrictions**: "Video is age-restricted and cannot be accessed."

### 🔄 Retry Logic

The actor implements intelligent retry logic:

1. **Direct Connection**: First attempt without proxy
2. **User Proxy**: If configured, switches to user-specified proxy
3. **Residential Fallback**: Automatically falls back to residential proxy on failures
4. **Multiple Strategies**: Tries 5 different yt-dlp configurations
5. **Smart Delays**: Implements exponential backoff with connection-aware delays

**Build & Run**

- `.actor/actor.json` → `"dockerfile": "../Dockerfile"`, `"input": "./input_schema.json"`
- `apify run` locally, or Deploy & Run on Apify

# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

📺 **Enter one or more YouTube video URLs to summarize.**

Paste full URLs like:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO\_ID
• https://youtu.be/VIDEO\_ID

Each URL is processed to extract metadata, transcript, and generate an AI summary. Add multiple URLs for bulk processing! 💡

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

🛡️ **Optional proxy settings.**

• Leave empty — starts with DIRECT connection (no proxy)
• If YouTube blocks the request — automatically falls back to RESIDENTIAL proxy
• Enable Apify proxy — use your preferred proxy group first

💡 Use proxy for large-scale runs to avoid blocks!

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
  ]
}
```

# 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 = {
    "urls": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapemesh/youtube-video-summarizer").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 = { "urls": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapemesh/youtube-video-summarizer").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 '{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
  ]
}' |
apify call scrapemesh/youtube-video-summarizer --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapemesh/youtube-video-summarizer",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "🎬 YouTube Video Summarizer",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "lmDhWScs9esxDcvrj"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/scrapemesh~youtube-video-summarizer/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-scrapemesh-youtube-video-summarizer",
                "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": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scrapemesh~youtube-video-summarizer/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-scrapemesh-youtube-video-summarizer",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scrapemesh~youtube-video-summarizer/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-scrapemesh-youtube-video-summarizer",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": [
                    "urls"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "urls": {
                        "title": "🔗 YouTube Video URLs",
                        "minItems": 1,
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "📺 **Enter one or more YouTube video URLs to summarize.**\n\nPaste full URLs like:\n• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID\n• https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID\n\nEach URL is processed to extract metadata, transcript, and generate an AI summary. Add multiple URLs for bulk processing! 💡",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "pattern": "^(https?://)"
                        }
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "🔒 Proxy Configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "🛡️ **Optional proxy settings.**\n\n• Leave empty — starts with DIRECT connection (no proxy)\n• If YouTube blocks the request — automatically falls back to RESIDENTIAL proxy\n• Enable Apify proxy — use your preferred proxy group first\n\n💡 Use proxy for large-scale runs to avoid blocks!"
                    }
                }
            },
            "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
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```