YouTube Community Post Scraper – Text & Attachments

Collect the text, author, engagement, and attachments behind known YouTube community post links. YouTube Community Post Scraper keeps the post together in one row, including available image collections, polls, quizzes, video cards, or shared-post context.

Use it to review channel announcements, compare community content, or maintain a source-linked record of posts selected for research.

At a glance	Details
📥 Input	Full YouTube community post URLs
📤 Output	Post text, author, counts, links, images, and available attachments
🔐 Login required	No YouTube credentials or cookies
⚡ Processing	Up to 5 requests concurrently with automatic retries
💾 Delivery	One community post row per processed input

What the YouTube community post scraper extracts 🔎

The Actor retrieves the requested community post and its available public context. Each result can include:

• Post ID, URL, text, displayed publication time, and edit indicator
• Author identity, channel URL, handle, avatar variants, and verification
• Likes, comment count, available source labels, and membership indicators
• Text links, mentions, hashtags, and description links
• Image collections with thumbnail variants and any embedded video card
• Available poll choices and vote percentages, quiz choices, or a shared-post summary

How to scrape YouTube community post details 🚀

1. Copy a full public YouTube community post URL.
2. Add it to inputList and include other post URLs if needed.
3. Start the Actor and review status, text, and attachment fields.
4. Export the results or collect comments using the same post links.

{
  "inputList": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxOoOJQb2h2PnigPD6OnmPvt8Tpbd0wRhP"
  ]
}

YouTube community post details data fields and output 📦

Field group	Included data
Post	ID, URL, text, publication label, edit state, and engagement
Author	Channel identity, handle, URL, avatar variants, and verification
References	Links, mentions, hashtags, and description URLs
Attachments	Images, video-card details, poll or quiz fields, and shared-post context

Complete illustrative success item. The content and values below are fictional examples, not a live result:

{
  "input": "https://www.youtube.com/post/UgExampleTrailNotes",
  "status": "success",
  "id": "UgExampleTrailNotes",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/post/UgExampleTrailNotes",
  "type": "post",
  "text": "Two views from our weekend route. Route notes #Hiking",
  "links.text": [
    "Route notes"
  ],
  "links.url": [
    "https://example.com/trail"
  ],
  "mentions.channel_id": [],
  "mentions.name": [],
  "mentions.url": [],
  "published_text": "2 days ago",
  "is_edited": false,
  "likes": 42,
  "likes_text": "42",
  "comments_count": 18,
  "comments_text": "18 comments",
  "is_liked": null,
  "is_members_only": false,
  "attachment_type": "images",
  "image_url": "https://example.com/forest-path.jpg",
  "images.url": [
    "https://example.com/forest-path.jpg",
    "https://example.com/forest-viewpoint.jpg"
  ],
  "images.thumbnails.url": [
    [
      "https://example.com/forest-path-small.jpg",
      "https://example.com/forest-path.jpg"
    ],
    [
      "https://example.com/forest-viewpoint-small.jpg",
      "https://example.com/forest-viewpoint.jpg"
    ]
  ],
  "images.thumbnails.width": [
    [
      640,
      1280
    ],
    [
      640,
      1280
    ]
  ],
  "images.thumbnails.height": [
    [
      360,
      720
    ],
    [
      360,
      720
    ]
  ],
  "video.id": null,
  "video.url": null,
  "video.type": null,
  "video.title": null,
  "video.description": null,
  "video.thumbnail_url": null,
  "video.thumbnails.url": null,
  "video.thumbnails.width": null,
  "video.thumbnails.height": null,
  "video.duration_seconds": null,
  "video.duration_text": null,
  "video.views": null,
  "video.views_text": null,
  "video.published_text": null,
  "video.badges": null,
  "video.is_live": null,
  "video.is_upcoming": null,
  "video.is_premiere": null,
  "video.is_members_only": null,
  "video.stream_status": null,
  "video.scheduled_start_time": null,
  "video.accessibility_text": null,
  "video.author.id": null,
  "video.author.name": null,
  "video.author.handle": null,
  "video.author.url": null,
  "video.author.avatar_url": null,
  "video.author.avatar_thumbnails.url": null,
  "video.author.avatar_thumbnails.width": null,
  "video.author.avatar_thumbnails.height": null,
  "video.author.is_verified": null,
  "poll.choices.text": null,
  "poll.choices.votes_percent": null,
  "poll.choices.image_url": null,
  "poll.choices.thumbnails.url": null,
  "poll.choices.thumbnails.width": null,
  "poll.choices.thumbnails.height": null,
  "poll.choices.is_selected": null,
  "poll.total_votes": null,
  "poll.total_votes_text": null,
  "quiz.question": null,
  "quiz.choices.text": null,
  "quiz.choices.is_selected": null,
  "shared_post.id": null,
  "shared_post.url": null,
  "shared_post.type": null,
  "shared_post.text": null,
  "shared_post.links.text": null,
  "shared_post.links.url": null,
  "shared_post.mentions.channel_id": null,
  "shared_post.mentions.name": null,
  "shared_post.mentions.url": null,
  "shared_post.published_text": null,
  "shared_post.is_edited": null,
  "shared_post.likes": null,
  "shared_post.likes_text": null,
  "shared_post.comments_count": null,
  "shared_post.comments_text": null,
  "shared_post.is_liked": null,
  "shared_post.is_members_only": null,
  "shared_post.attachment_type": null,
  "shared_post.image_url": null,
  "shared_post.images.url": null,
  "shared_post.images.thumbnails.url": null,
  "shared_post.images.thumbnails.width": null,
  "shared_post.images.thumbnails.height": null,
  "shared_post.video.id": null,
  "shared_post.video.url": null,
  "shared_post.video.type": null,
  "shared_post.video.title": null,
  "shared_post.video.description": null,
  "shared_post.video.thumbnail_url": null,
  "shared_post.video.thumbnails.url": null,
  "shared_post.video.thumbnails.width": null,
  "shared_post.video.thumbnails.height": null,
  "shared_post.video.duration_seconds": null,
  "shared_post.video.duration_text": null,
  "shared_post.video.views": null,
  "shared_post.video.views_text": null,
  "shared_post.video.published_text": null,
  "shared_post.video.badges": null,
  "shared_post.video.is_live": null,
  "shared_post.video.is_upcoming": null,
  "shared_post.video.is_premiere": null,
  "shared_post.video.is_members_only": null,
  "shared_post.video.stream_status": null,
  "shared_post.video.scheduled_start_time": null,
  "shared_post.video.accessibility_text": null,
  "shared_post.video.author.id": null,
  "shared_post.video.author.name": null,
  "shared_post.video.author.handle": null,
  "shared_post.video.author.url": null,
  "shared_post.video.author.avatar_url": null,
  "shared_post.video.author.avatar_thumbnails.url": null,
  "shared_post.video.author.avatar_thumbnails.width": null,
  "shared_post.video.author.avatar_thumbnails.height": null,
  "shared_post.video.author.is_verified": null,
  "shared_post.poll.choices.text": null,
  "shared_post.poll.choices.votes_percent": null,
  "shared_post.poll.choices.image_url": null,
  "shared_post.poll.choices.thumbnails.url": null,
  "shared_post.poll.choices.thumbnails.width": null,
  "shared_post.poll.choices.thumbnails.height": null,
  "shared_post.poll.choices.is_selected": null,
  "shared_post.poll.total_votes": null,
  "shared_post.poll.total_votes_text": null,
  "shared_post.quiz.question": null,
  "shared_post.quiz.choices.text": null,
  "shared_post.quiz.choices.is_selected": null,
  "shared_post.author.id": null,
  "shared_post.author.name": null,
  "shared_post.author.handle": null,
  "shared_post.author.url": null,
  "shared_post.author.avatar_url": null,
  "shared_post.author.avatar_thumbnails.url": null,
  "shared_post.author.avatar_thumbnails.width": null,
  "shared_post.author.avatar_thumbnails.height": null,
  "shared_post.author.is_verified": null,
  "shared_post.description_links": null,
  "shared_post.hashtags": null,
  "author.id": "UCaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
  "author.name": "Trail Journal",
  "author.handle": "@trailjournal",
  "author.url": "https://www.youtube.com/@trailjournal",
  "author.avatar_url": "https://example.com/trail-avatar.jpg",
  "author.avatar_thumbnails.url": [
    "https://example.com/trail-avatar-small.jpg",
    "https://example.com/trail-avatar.jpg"
  ],
  "author.avatar_thumbnails.width": [
    80,
    160
  ],
  "author.avatar_thumbnails.height": [
    80,
    160
  ],
  "author.is_verified": false,
  "description_links": [],
  "hashtags": [
    "#Hiking"
  ],
  "shared_post.shared_post": null
}

The table and JSON share literal dotted keys, keeping one result per post. The example shows an image post; poll, quiz, video, and shared-post fields are null because those attachments are absent. Image columns align by position, with nested lists for each image's thumbnail variants. Shared-post data is limited to the embedded summary.

Missing optional fields can be null, empty strings, or empty lists. Some flags default to false when no signal is present. A failed row retains input, sets status to failed, and leaves the result-data fields null.

Input requirements and coverage ⚙️

Parameter	Type	Default	Rules
inputList	array of strings	Required	At least one full /post/ URL or supported legacy channel /community URL containing lb.

Use a full youtube.com/post/… URL or a supported channel /community link containing the lb post parameter. Both forms resolve to a canonical /post/ URL. Bare post IDs, video links, and channel pages without a specific post are not accepted.

This Actor looks up known posts without paginating a channel feed or collecting comment text. It may make an additional request to obtain an otherwise missing comment count; that does not create a separate dataset row.

Repeated input entries are processed separately, even when they refer to the same target. Remove duplicate entries before the run if you want to avoid repeated results.

YouTube community post use cases 🎯

Channel announcement research

Keep announcements with author context, public counts, and the original source URL for a research timeline.

Community creative review

Compare text, image sequences, and available attachment types across selected posts.

Poll and quiz reference records

Preserve the choices and displayed results exposed in accessible posts without treating them as individual voter data.

Content catalogues

Index selected posts and media references in a common dataset while retaining their links and channel attribution.

Pricing and billable post rows 💰

Check the Actor's Pricing tab for the current charging model and rate.

Under dataset-item pricing, each saved success or failed row can be billable. Automatic retries do not independently create extra rows. Repeated input entries can produce repeated billable results.

Images, poll or quiz choices, embedded video cards, and shared-post summaries stay inside the post row. Requests used to obtain a comment total do not independently add result rows.

YouTube Post Details Scraper API and integrations 🔌

Use the Actor ID from the API tab as $ACTOR_ID and your Apify token as $APIFY_TOKEN.

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/$ACTOR_ID/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"inputList":["https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxOoOJQb2h2PnigPD6OnmPvt8Tpbd0wRhP"]}'

This request starts a run. Retrieve the default dataset after completion, or use schedules and webhooks to connect it to a recurring workflow. Export JSON, CSV, or Excel, or send selected fields to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, or your own application.

Reliability and limits ⚠️

Temporary request failures are retried. Invalid or unavailable targets produce failed rows while other inputs can continue. If a required collection step cannot be completed, the target can fail even when some public information is visible in a browser.

A response must contain the requested post ID. Removed, restricted, or inaccessible posts can fail. A required request for a missing comment count can also fail the target.

Publication times are returned as displayed text, which may be relative. Counts may be derived from rounded labels. Optional attachments can be missing, and image URLs may expire. Shared content is limited to the summary embedded in the requested post; it is not recursively collected.

Frequently asked questions ❓

Can I submit an old channel community link?

Yes, when it contains the lb parameter identifying a specific post.

Does it return the comments?

It returns an available comment count, not comment text. Use YouTube Post Comments Scraper for the discussion.

Will each attached image become a row?

No. Images and their thumbnail variants remain aligned lists in the post row.

Does it identify who voted in a poll?

No. It returns available choice text, displayed percentages, and vote totals, not voter identities.

Are shared posts fetched recursively?

No. The Actor includes the available embedded shared-post summary and does not follow a chain of shared posts.

Why are many attachment fields null?

A post usually contains only one attachment format, and YouTube may omit optional details. Null fields keep the same schema across different posts.

Support, responsible use, and related actors 🛟

For a reproducible issue, share the run ID, a safe public input, and the field or behavior you expected through the Actor's support channel. Keep tokens and other credentials out of support messages.

Use public content in accordance with applicable privacy, copyright, contractual, and platform requirements.