Odysee Scraper: Video Search, Channels & Video Details

Odysee Scraper collects Odysee video metadata and channel catalogs for video discovery and publisher research. Search a topic, export a channel’s uploads or inspect selected videos with descriptions, tags, dates and duration to build a searchable catalog of public Odysee content.

Find videos around a subject and review the channels publishing them. Keep descriptions, release dates, tags and creator links together to support video sourcing, cataloging and content comparisons.

At a glance	Details
📥 Input	Search fields or links to the selected items; see the examples below
📤 Output	One row per video or channel, depending on the mode
📄 Pagination	Automatic up to maxResults for each input, when more results are available
🔐 Login required	No
⚡ Processing	Multiple inputs per run with automatic retries for temporary errors
💾 Delivery	One complete Apify dataset table; CSV, JSON and Excel export

What the Odysee scraper collects 📱

Search Odysee videos, collect channel uploads and extract channel or video details. Export titles, descriptions, tags, creator identities, release dates and duration to build video catalogs and research independent media channels.

Collection	What you receive
Odysee video search scraper	Search Odysee videos by keyword and export full video metadata, author identities, dates, tags and duration.
Odysee channel profiles scraper	Extract public Odysee channel descriptions, tags, artwork, country labels and published content counts.
Odysee channel videos scraper	Export videos from Odysee channels, including titles, descriptions, release dates, duration, tags and author details.
Odysee video details scraper	Extract public Odysee video details with descriptions, channels, publication times, duration, dimensions and tags.

Data can include:

• Videos: Titles, descriptions, source links and identifiers.
• Channels: Channel descriptions, creator identities and artwork.
• Publication dates: Available release dates and publication times.
• Media information: Duration, dimensions and available media metadata.
• Topics: Video tags and public channel country labels.
• Catalog size: Available published-content totals for channels.

How to scrape Odysee 🚀

1. Choose Video Search in What to collect, or select another collection mode.
2. Fill in the search fields, or paste links to the items you want to collect.
3. Set the maximum results and any optional filters.
4. Start the Actor and review the collected rows.
5. Export the dataset or connect it to your application.

Odysee video search scraper — input example

{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQueries": [
    "science"
  ],
  "maxResults": 10
}

maxResults: 10 means up to 10 results for each input. It does not guarantee that the website has that many matches. You can set the limit as low as 1.

Odysee channel profiles scraper — input example

{
  "mode": "channel",
  "channelUrls": [
    "https://odysee.com/@veritasium"
  ],
  "maxResults": 10
}

Odysee channel videos scraper — input example

{
  "mode": "channel_videos",
  "channelUrls": [
    "https://odysee.com/@veritasium"
  ],
  "maxResults": 10
}

Odysee video details scraper — input example

{
  "mode": "video",
  "videoUrls": [
    "https://odysee.com/@veritasium:f/the-most-dangerous-escalator-in-europe:e"
  ],
  "maxResults": 10
}

Odysee data fields and complete output 📦

Field group	Included data
Videos	Titles, descriptions, source links and identifiers.
Channels	Channel descriptions, creator identities and artwork.
Publication dates	Available release dates and publication times.
Media information	Duration, dimensions and available media metadata.
Topics	Video tags and public channel country labels.
Catalog size	Available published-content totals for channels.

Each collected item is a separate row. input identifies the submitted value and result_type identifies the selected mode. All returned fields appear in one table; columns that do not apply to a mode can be empty.

A complete JSON result is shown for every collection mode below, in the same order as the input examples. Each example includes every field for its mode; text and lists are not shortened. Values are representative and can change.

Odysee video search scraper — complete JSON result

{
  "result_type": "search",
  "input": "science",
  "status": "success",
  "claim_id": "68507b1751110ec3c9e3317c2bca562d3356fef6",
  "name": "the-mystery-science-can’t-explain-—",
  "title": "The Mystery Science Can’t Explain — Near-Death Experiences",
  "url": "https://odysee.com/@academyofideas:3/the-mystery-science-can%E2%80%99t-explain-%E2%80%94:6",
  "description": "Access Ideas from Great Books, as well as 140+ membership videos! ► http://academyofideas.com/members/\n\nAccess the transcript and a gallery of the art used - https://academyofideas.com/2026/09/near-death-experiences/\n\nSubstack - https://theacademyofideas.substack.com/\nTwitter - https://twitter.com/academyofideas\nInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/academyofideas/\nSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2dio7KUNuDHErlMumZtNt6\niTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/academy-of-ideas/id1364706343\n\nVisit academyofideas.com for all our content.\n...\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stOIvU5nSzY",
  "tags": [],
  "thumbnail_url": "https://thumbnails.lbry.com/stOIvU5nSzY",
  "created_at_unix_seconds": 1789779698,
  "channel_id": "38a83de67a246c72cd793104073968d7440e3509",
  "channel_name": "@academyofideas",
  "channel_url": "https://odysee.com/@academyofideas:3",
  "languages": [
    "en"
  ],
  "release_time_unix_seconds": 1789257600,
  "duration_seconds": 1061,
  "width": 1920,
  "height": 1080,
  "license": "Copyrighted (contact publisher)",
  "media_type": "video/mp4"
}

Odysee channel profiles scraper — complete JSON result

{
  "result_type": "channel",
  "input": "https://odysee.com/@veritasium",
  "status": "success",
  "claim_id": "fb364ef587872515f545a5b4b3182b58073f230f",
  "name": "@veritasium",
  "title": "Veritasium",
  "url": "https://odysee.com/@veritasium:f",
  "description": "An element of truth - videos about science, education, and anything else I find interesting.",
  "tags": [
    "learning",
    "science"
  ],
  "thumbnail_url": "https://thumbnails.lbry.com/UCHnyfMqiRRG1u-2MsSQLbXA",
  "cover_url": "https://thumbnails.lbry.com/banner-UCHnyfMqiRRG1u-2MsSQLbXA",
  "locations.country": [
    "US"
  ],
  "locations.state": [
    null
  ],
  "locations.city": [
    null
  ],
  "content_count": 543,
  "created_at_unix_seconds": 1555015523
}

Odysee channel videos scraper — complete JSON result

{
  "result_type": "channel_videos",
  "input": "https://odysee.com/@veritasium",
  "status": "success",
  "claim_id": "594dcc44d92741422e8af47957c36a4d42a8f426",
  "name": "how-an-orbit-can-heat-a-moon",
  "title": "How An Orbit Can Heat A Moon",
  "url": "https://odysee.com/@veritasium:f/how-an-orbit-can-heat-a-moon:5",
  "description": "How Jupiter heats its moon, just be stretching and squeezing it.\n...\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPoJWjJ9Ao8",
  "tags": [
    "learning",
    "nature",
    "science",
    "elliptical",
    "europa",
    "europa clipper",
    "heating",
    "jupiter",
    "nasa",
    "orbit",
    "physics",
    "space",
    "space exploration",
    "tidal",
    "tidal heating",
    "veritasium"
  ],
  "thumbnail_url": "https://thumbnails.lbry.com/hPoJWjJ9Ao8",
  "created_at_unix_seconds": 1789736583,
  "channel_id": "fb364ef587872515f545a5b4b3182b58073f230f",
  "channel_name": "@veritasium",
  "channel_url": "https://odysee.com/@veritasium:f",
  "languages": [],
  "release_time_unix_seconds": 1789689600,
  "duration_seconds": 65,
  "width": 480,
  "height": 854,
  "license": "Copyrighted (contact publisher)",
  "media_type": "video/mp4"
}

Odysee video details scraper — complete JSON result

{
  "result_type": "video",
  "input": "https://odysee.com/@veritasium:f/the-most-dangerous-escalator-in-europe:e",
  "status": "success",
  "claim_id": "e002539bc955034910b115da121f155c73c91720",
  "name": "the-most-dangerous-escalator-in-europe",
  "title": "The Most Dangerous Escalator In Europe",
  "url": "https://odysee.com/@veritasium:f/the-most-dangerous-escalator-in-europe:e",
  "description": "In 2018 football fans were leaving a stadium in Rome. They boarded an escalator down to the metro. Suddenly the machine sprung a fault.\n\nMultiple safety systems were triggered. One after another. And then the final line failed.\n\nThis is why.\n...\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR94cicO7xM",
  "tags": [
    "learning",
    "science",
    "brushes",
    "chain",
    "dc motor",
    "elevator",
    "engineering",
    "escalator",
    "escalators",
    "gear",
    "gearbox",
    "groove",
    "howitworks",
    "mall",
    "mechanical",
    "mechanism",
    "motor",
    "physics",
    "roma",
    "rome",
    "shopping",
    "stairs",
    "step chain",
    "veritasium",
    "whatsinside"
  ],
  "thumbnail_url": "https://thumbnails.lbry.com/oR94cicO7xM",
  "created_at_unix_seconds": 1788700454,
  "channel_id": "fb364ef587872515f545a5b4b3182b58073f230f",
  "channel_name": "@veritasium",
  "channel_url": "https://odysee.com/@veritasium:f",
  "languages": [
    "en"
  ],
  "release_time_unix_seconds": 1788699626,
  "duration_seconds": 76,
  "width": 480,
  "height": 854,
  "license": "Copyrighted (contact publisher)",
  "media_type": "video/mp4"
}

Images, tags and other lists stay with their parent result instead of creating extra rows. Invalid or unavailable inputs, inputs with no results, and requests that fail after all retries produce a row with status: failed. At most one failed row is saved per input; it includes error_code and error_message explaining the outcome. A normal end of pagination after collected results does not add a failed row.

Input requirements and collection settings ⚙️

Setting	What to enter
What to collect (mode)	Choose the information to collect.
Maximum results per search or link (maxResults)	Collect up to this many results for each search or link. Minimum: 1.
Search keywords (searchQueries)	Enter one search phrase per line. For Video Search.
Channel links (channelUrls)	Paste one link per line. Example: https://odysee.com/@veritasium For Channel, Channel Videos.
Video links (videoUrls)	Paste one link per line. Example: https://odysee.com/@veritasium:f/the-most-dangerous-escalator-in-europe:e For Video.

Collection mode	Fields to use
Channel	Channel links
Channel Videos	Channel links
Video	Video links
Video Search	Search keywords

The result limit applies separately to each search or supplied link. Collection ends earlier when no more matching results are available.

Odysee scraping use cases 🎯

Video discovery

Find Odysee videos covering a topic for editorial research.

Publisher catalogs

Export a channel’s uploads into a searchable content inventory.

Content comparison

Compare descriptions, tags and duration across videos serving a niche.

Creator research

Review channel identity, artwork and published-content totals.

Video database enrichment

Add original links and publication details to an existing content database.

Pricing and saved-result behavior 💰

See the Actor's Pricing tab for the active pricing model and current rate. Store settings may change, so this README does not claim a fixed cost.

Under dataset-item pricing:

• Each collected item saved in the dataset is one result.
• Images, tags and other values attached to that item do not create additional rows.
• Automatic retry attempts do not create extra dataset rows.
• A saved failed row is also one billable dataset item, including invalid inputs, unavailable items, no results, or exhausted retries. At most one failed row is saved per input, including when some results were already collected.
• maxResults caps all saved rows for each input, including its failed row. Repeated copies of the same input are processed once. More inputs or a higher limit can produce more saved results.

Odysee scraper API and integrations 🔌

Replace $ACTOR_ID with the ID shown in the Actor API tab and $APIFY_TOKEN with your token.

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/$ACTOR_ID/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"mode":"search","searchQueries":["science"],"maxResults":10}'

Use schedules for recurring collection, webhooks for completion notifications, and Apify integrations for Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, cloud storage, a CRM or your own application.

Reliability, retries, and public-data limits ⚠️

Temporary connection errors, timeouts and access restrictions are retried automatically, up to five attempts. Invalid inputs save a failed row without an HTTP request; confirmed unavailable items save a failed row without unnecessary retries. Exhausted retries also save a failed row. Results already collected remain available if a later request fails, and normal pagination completion adds no error row. Collection also stops after two consecutive fully processed pages add no new results, even if the website provides another cursor. Required detail lookups are completed before checking a page; new results reset the counter, and independent reply branches are checked separately. Failures while initializing the Actor, saving data or scheduling requests stop the run instead of being reported as a failed website result.

The actor exports public metadata; it does not provide video downloading or private content access.

Odysee controls which information is publicly available. Removed, private or restricted items may be unavailable, and optional values can be null or empty. A run can still fail if the results cannot be saved.

Frequently asked questions ❓

Does it require an account on Odysee?

No. You do not need to provide an account, password or login cookies. Only publicly available information is collected.

How does maxResults work?

It limits the number of saved results separately for every input. The minimum is 1. With maxResults set to 10, each input returns at most 10 available results. A detail lookup normally returns one record per input.

Can I collect a channel’s video catalog?

Yes. Channel Videos collects supported public uploads from a selected channel.

Does it collect video comments?

No. The available modes focus on video and channel metadata.

Why are some fields empty?

The website may not publish that value, or the field may belong to a different collection mode. Missing values remain null or empty instead of being guessed.

Can I export the results to a spreadsheet?

Yes. Download CSV, Excel or JSON from the Apify dataset. All returned fields are included in the same results table.

Support and responsible use 🛟

For a reproducible issue, share the run ID, selected mode, result limit and a safe public example through the support channel. Never disclose access tokens, passwords or proxy credentials.

Use public Odysee information lawfully and responsibly. Follow applicable privacy, copyright, data-protection, contractual and platform requirements when storing, analyzing or redistributing results.