YouTube Search Scraper
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Pay per usage
An optimized YouTube scraper to search videos, shorts, and streams by keywords, playlists, or channel URLs. Extract rich metadata, views, likes, and download subtitles/transcripts automatically.
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Pay per usage
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seungkyu cho
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2
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1.3 days
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You can access the YouTube Search Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
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