# Build a YouTube playlist curator directory

**Use case:** 

Resolve selected playlist links into records that include the available owner's channel identity and public profile link. Build a curator directory and keep each playlist attributed to its source for research or catalogue maintenance.

## Input

```json
{
  "inputList": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2aBZuCeDwlRxnw-jDj51gmtBuCVZbsaZ"
  ]
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "input": {
    "label": "Input",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "id": {
    "label": "ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "canonical_url": {
    "label": "Canonical URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "description": {
    "label": "Description",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "thumbnail_url": {
    "label": "Thumbnail URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "thumbnails.url": {
    "label": "Thumbnails / URL",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "thumbnails.width": {
    "label": "Thumbnails / Width",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "thumbnails.height": {
    "label": "Thumbnails / Height",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "videos_count": {
    "label": "Videos Count",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "videos_count_text": {
    "label": "Videos Count Text",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "views": {
    "label": "Views",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "views_text": {
    "label": "Views Text",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "updated_text": {
    "label": "Updated Text",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "privacy": {
    "label": "Privacy",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "is_unlisted": {
    "label": "Is Unlisted",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "is_family_safe": {
    "label": "Is Family Safe",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "available_countries": {
    "label": "Available Countries",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "author.id": {
    "label": "Author / ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "author.name": {
    "label": "Author / Name",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "author.handle": {
    "label": "Author / Handle",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "author.url": {
    "label": "Author / URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "author.avatar_url": {
    "label": "Author / Avatar URL",
    "format": "image"
  },
  "author.avatar_thumbnails.url": {
    "label": "Author / Avatar Thumbnails / URL",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "author.avatar_thumbnails.width": {
    "label": "Author / Avatar Thumbnails / Width",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "author.avatar_thumbnails.height": {
    "label": "Author / Avatar Thumbnails / Height",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "author.is_verified": {
    "label": "Author / Is Verified",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "description_links": {
    "label": "Description Links",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "hashtags": {
    "label": "Hashtags",
    "format": "array"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [YouTube Playlist Details – Metadata, Owner & Counts](https://apify.com/scrapingmonkey/youtube-playlist-details-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/scrapingmonkey/youtube-playlist-details-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/scrapingmonkey/youtube-playlist-details-scraper.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).