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YouTube crawler and video scraper. Alternative YouTube API with no limits or quotas. Extract and download channel name, likes, number of views, and number of subscribers.
You can access the YouTube Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can 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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167 "title": "Direct URLs",
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169 "description": "Enter a link to a <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xObhZ0Ga7EQ' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>YouTube video</a>, <a href='https://www.youtube.com/c/Apify' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>channel</a>, <a href='https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLObrtcm1Kw6PmbXg8bmfJN-o2Hgx8sidf' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>playlist</a>, <a href='https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/apify' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>hashtag</a> or <a href='https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=crawlee' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>search results page</a>. You can also import a CSV file or Google Sheet with a list of URLs.<br><b>Note:</b> Input from <i>Search term</i> will be ignored when using this option. If you only want to scrape shorts/streams, set Maximum search results to 0, otherwise they represented number of regular videos requested",
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186 "title": "Download subtitles",
187 "type": "boolean",
188 "description": "If set to true, the scraper will download subtitles for the video and convert them to .srt format."
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190 "saveSubsToKVS": {
191 "title": "Save subtitles to key-value store",
192 "type": "boolean",
193 "description": "If set to true, the scraper will save the downloaded subtitles to the key-value store. <br><b>Note:</b> <i>Download subtitles</i> must be turned on for this option to work."
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206 "nl",
207 "pt",
208 "ru"
209 ],
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215 "title": "Prefer automatically generated subtitles.",
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217 "description": "If set to true, automatically generated subtitles are preferred to user subtitles.<b>Note:</b> A subtitle language must be selected for this option to work."
218 },
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220 "title": "Subtitle format",
221 "enum": [
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223 "vtt",
224 "xml",
225 "plaintext"
226 ],
227 "type": "string",
228 "description": "Select in what format you want to download subtitles",
229 "default": "srt"
230 },
231 "sortingOrder": {
232 "title": "Sorting order",
233 "enum": [
234 "relevance",
235 "rating",
236 "date",
237 "views"
238 ],
239 "type": "string",
240 "description": "Select Youtube sorting parameter for search"
241 },
242 "dateFilter": {
243 "title": "Date filter",
244 "enum": [
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246 "today",
247 "week",
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249 "year"
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251 "type": "string",
252 "description": "Select Youtube upload date filter for search"
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255 "title": "Video type filter",
256 "enum": [
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260 "type": "string",
261 "description": "Select Youtube video type filter for search"
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263 "lengthFilter": {
264 "title": "Length filter",
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267 "between420",
268 "plus20"
269 ],
270 "type": "string",
271 "description": "Select Youtube video length filter for search"
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276 "description": "Will apply the HD filter for search"
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279 "title": "Subtitles/CC",
280 "type": "boolean",
281 "description": "Will apply the Subtitles/CC filter for search"
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283 "hasCC": {
284 "title": "Creative Commons",
285 "type": "boolean",
286 "description": "Will apply the Creative Commons filter for search"
287 },
288 "is3D": {
289 "title": "3D",
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291 "description": "Will apply the 3D filter for search"
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293 "isLive": {
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299 "title": "Purchased",
300 "type": "boolean",
301 "description": "Will apply the Purchased filter for search"
302 },
303 "is4K": {
304 "title": "4K",
305 "type": "boolean",
306 "description": "Will apply the 4K filter for search"
307 },
308 "is360": {
309 "title": "360 degrees",
310 "type": "boolean",
311 "description": "Will apply the 360 degrees filter for search"
312 },
313 "hasLocation": {
314 "title": "Location",
315 "type": "boolean",
316 "description": "Will apply the Location filter for search"
317 },
318 "isHDR": {
319 "title": "HDR",
320 "type": "boolean",
321 "description": "Will apply the HDR filter for search"
322 },
323 "isVR180": {
324 "title": "VR180",
325 "type": "boolean",
326 "description": "Will apply the VR180 filter for search"
327 },
328 "oldestPostDate": {
329 "title": "Only newer than (e.g. 2023-06-15)",
330 "type": "string",
331 "description": "Only posts uploaded after or on this date will be scraped. Note, that if you select this, sorting parameter will be auto-reset to NEWEST"
332 },
333 "scrapeLastNDays": {
334 "title": "Videos from last (e.g. 2) days",
335 "minimum": 1,
336 "type": "integer",
337 "description": "Specify how old scraped videos can be (in days). Putting <code>1</code> will get you only today's videos, <code>2</code> - tomorrow's and today's, and so on. If the <code>Only newer than</code> field was set, the most recent one will be chosen. Note, that if you select this, sorting parameter will be auto-reset to NEWEST"
338 },
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340 "title": "Sort by",
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342 "NEWEST",
343 "POPULAR",
344 "OLDEST"
345 ],
346 "type": "string",
347 "description": "Maps to the sorting buttons on the top of the channel's 'Videos', 'Shorts' and 'Live' pages."
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