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YouTube Search Scraper: Keyword Video & Shorts Monitor

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Search YouTube by keyword and get the matching videos and Shorts: title, URL, channel, view count, duration in seconds, upload date, live flag and a Shorts flag. Filter by upload date, length or type, and monitor keywords for new videos only. $1 per 1,000 results; failed searches are free.

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Tenfold Fleet

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You can access the YouTube Search Scraper: Keyword Video & Shorts Monitor 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 API & Integrations in Apify Console.

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