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YouTube Scraper - Videos, Shorts, Channels & Comments

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YouTube Scraper and YouTube API alternative: scrape videos, Shorts, live streams, channels, playlists, hashtags and search results, with comments, replies, subtitles/captions (transcripts) and chapters. Export JSON, CSV, Excel. No login, no API key, no quota. $0.40 per 1,000 videos.

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from $0.32 / 1,000 videos

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category

Optional

Videos: YouTube category, e.g. "Howto & Style".

Type:string | null

thumbnail

Optional

Videos: the largest thumbnail image URL.

Type:string | null

videoType

Optional

Videos: "video", "short" or "stream" (a live stream: current, upcoming or past).

Type:string | null

Options:

videoshortstreamnull

isShort

Optional

Videos: the video is a Short.

Type:boolean | null

isLive

Optional

Videos: streaming live right now.

Type:boolean | null

liveStatus

Optional

Videos: "none" for regular uploads, else the stream's state.

Type:string | null

Options:

noneliveupcomingendednull

isMembersOnly

Optional

Videos: only for channel members.

Type:boolean | null

isAgeRestricted

Optional

Videos: age-restricted.

Type:boolean | null

isUnlisted

Optional

Videos: unlisted.

Type:boolean | null

isFamilySafe

Optional

Videos and channels: YouTube's family-safe flag.

Type:boolean | null

hasPaidPromotion

Optional

Videos: shows YouTube's "Includes paid promotion" notice.

Type:boolean | null

descriptionLinks

Optional

Videos: links in the description.

Type:array | null

chapters

Optional

Videos: chapters in order, each {title, startSeconds}: the creator's, else YouTube's automatic ones.

Type:(object | null)[] | null

subtitles

Optional

Videos, with Save subtitles on: one entry per language, each {language, languageName, isAutoGenerated, format, content}; empty when the video has none. Null when subtitles were not asked for.

Type:(object | null)[] | null

channelId

Optional

Videos: the channel's ID.

Type:string | null

channelName

Optional

Videos: the channel's name.

Type:string | null

channelHandle

Optional

Videos: the channel's @handle.

Type:string | null

channelUrl

Optional

Videos: the channel's URL.

Type:string | null

channelSubscriberCount

Optional

Videos: the channel's subscribers, as precise as YouTube shows them ("6.71M" -> 6710000).

Type:integer | null

channelIsVerified

Optional

Videos: the channel has a verified badge.

Type:boolean | null

videoId

Optional

Comments: the video commented on.

Type:string | null

videoUrl

Optional

Comments: the video's URL.

Type:string | null

videoTitle

Optional

Comments: the video's title.

Type:string | null

text

Optional

Comments: the comment text.

Type:string | null

author

Optional

Comments: the author's @handle or name.

Type:string | null

authorChannelId

Optional

Comments: the author's channel ID.

Type:string | null

authorChannelUrl

Optional

Comments: the author's channel URL.

Type:string | null

authorIsChannelOwner

Optional

Comments: written by the video's creator.

Type:boolean | null

authorIsVerified

Optional

Comments: the author has a verified badge.

Type:boolean | null

replyCount

Optional

Comments: number of replies.

Type:integer | null

publishedTimeText

Optional

Comments: YouTube's relative date, e.g. "2 weeks ago".

Type:string | null

isEdited

Optional

Comments: edited by its author.

Type:boolean | null

isPinned

Optional

Comments: pinned by the creator.

Type:boolean | null

hasCreatorHeart

Optional

Comments: hearted by the creator.

Type:boolean | null

parentId

Optional

Comments: for a reply, the ID of the comment it replies to; null for top-level comments.

Type:string | null

name

Optional

Channels: the channel name.

Type:string | null

handle

Optional

Channels: the @handle.

Type:string | null

subscriberCount

Optional

Channels: subscribers, as precise as YouTube shows them.

Type:integer | null

videoCount

Optional

Channels: number of videos.

Type:integer | null

joinedAt

Optional

Channels: the date the channel was created (YYYY-MM-DD).

Type:string | null

country

Optional

Channels: the country the channel lists.

Type:string | null

links

Optional

Channels: links on the channel, each {title, url}.

Type:array | null

keywords

Optional

Channels: the channel's keywords.

Type:array | null

avatar

Optional

Channels: profile picture URL.

Type:string | null

isVerified

Optional

Channels: verified badge.

Type:boolean | null

sourceType

Optional

Videos and channels: the kind of input that found it.

Type:string | null

Options:

searchchannelplaylisthashtagvideonull

sourceUrl

Optional

Videos and channels: the input URL, or the search page URL for a search term.

Type:string | null

searchQuery

Optional

Videos and channels: the search term that found it, if any.

Type:string | null

position

Optional

Videos: rank in the search results, channel tab or playlist (1 = first); null for a video URL.

Type:integer | null

scrapedAt

Optional

When the item was collected, ISO 8601 in UTC.

Type:string | null

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