# Google Videos Scraper (`thescrappa/google-videos-scraper`) Actor Search Google Videos with Scrappa. Extract video titles, source URLs, thumbnails, snippets, durations, dates, key moments, localization metadata, and pagination data. - **URL**: https://apify.com/thescrappa/google-videos-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Scrappa](https://apify.com/thescrappa) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 90.9% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per usage This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Google Videos Scraper Search Google Videos and export dataset-ready video SERP results for content research, publisher monitoring, YouTube competitive research, video SEO, and market intelligence. The actor wraps Scrappa's `/api/google/videos` endpoint. ### What you get - Video title, result URL, displayed link, thumbnail, snippet, duration, and date - Key moments count plus the raw key moments payload when Google exposes it - Google SERP controls for country, language, Google domain, safe search, time filters, pagination, and language restriction - Full Scrappa response saved to key-value store record `OUTPUT` ### Input ```json { "q": "coffee brewing tutorial", "page": 1, "hl": "en", "gl": "us", "google_domain": "google.com", "tbs": "qdr:w", "safe": "off" } ```` ### Output Each dataset item is one Google Videos result: ```json { "position": 1, "title": "Coffee Brewing Tutorial", "video_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=example", "displayed_link": "www.youtube.com > watch", "thumbnail_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/example/hqdefault.jpg", "snippet": "Learn how to brew coffee step by step.", "duration": "12:34", "date": "3 days ago", "key_moments_count": 2, "request_q": "coffee brewing tutorial", "request_gl": "us", "request_hl": "en" } ``` ### Notes For higher-volume Google Videos collection or direct API access, use Scrappa's Google Videos API at `https://scrappa.co/api/google/videos`. # Actor input Schema ## `q` (type: `string`): Keyword or phrase to search in Google Videos. ## `page` (type: `integer`): Page number for pagination. Cannot be used together with start. ## `start` (type: `integer`): Zero-based Google result offset. Cannot be used together with page. ## `hl` (type: `string`): Two-letter interface language code, such as en, de, es, or fr. ## `gl` (type: `string`): Two-letter country code for localized Google Videos results, such as us, gb, de, or jp. ## `google_domain` (type: `string`): Google domain to query, such as google.com, google.de, or google.co.uk. ## `location` (type: `string`): Location string for localized results. Cannot be used together with uule. ## `uule` (type: `string`): Google UULE encoded location parameter. Cannot be used together with location. ## `tbs` (type: `string`): Google tbs filter syntax, such as qdr:d for past day, qdr:w for past week, qdr:m for past month, or qdr:y for past year. ## `safe` (type: `string`): Safe search filtering. ## `filter` (type: `integer`): Enable or disable Google's duplicate/similar-result filtering. ## `nfpr` (type: `integer`): Set to 1 to exclude auto-corrected query results. ## `lr` (type: `string`): Restrict results to a language, such as lang\_en. ## Actor input object example ```json { "q": "coffee brewing tutorial", "hl": "en", "gl": "us", "google_domain": "google.com", "safe": "off" } ``` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "q": "coffee brewing tutorial" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("thescrappa/google-videos-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "q": "coffee brewing tutorial" } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("thescrappa/google-videos-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "q": "coffee brewing tutorial" }' | apify call thescrappa/google-videos-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=thescrappa/google-videos-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Google Videos Scraper", "description": "Search Google Videos with Scrappa. Extract video titles, source URLs, thumbnails, snippets, durations, dates, key moments, localization metadata, and pagination data.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "k28NhmnFcnbL6pHRH" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/thescrappa~google-videos-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-thescrappa-google-videos-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/thescrappa~google-videos-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-thescrappa-google-videos-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/thescrappa~google-videos-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-thescrappa-google-videos-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "q" ], "properties": { "q": { "title": "Search Query", "type": "string", "description": "Keyword or phrase to search in Google Videos." }, "page": { "title": "Page", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Page number for pagination. Cannot be used together with start." }, "start": { "title": "Start Offset", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Zero-based Google result offset. Cannot be used together with page." }, "hl": { "title": "Language", "pattern": "^[A-Za-z]{2}$", "minLength": 2, "maxLength": 2, "type": "string", "description": "Two-letter interface language code, such as en, de, es, or fr.", "default": "en" }, "gl": { "title": "Country", "pattern": "^[A-Za-z]{2}$", "minLength": 2, "maxLength": 2, "type": "string", "description": "Two-letter country code for localized Google Videos results, such as us, gb, de, or jp.", "default": "us" }, "google_domain": { "title": "Google Domain", "maxLength": 50, "type": "string", "description": "Google domain to query, such as google.com, google.de, or google.co.uk.", "default": "google.com" }, "location": { "title": "Location", "maxLength": 500, "type": "string", "description": "Location string for localized results. Cannot be used together with uule." }, "uule": { "title": "Encoded Location", "maxLength": 500, "type": "string", "description": "Google UULE encoded location parameter. Cannot be used together with location." }, "tbs": { "title": "Advanced Filters", "maxLength": 500, "type": "string", "description": "Google tbs filter syntax, such as qdr:d for past day, qdr:w for past week, qdr:m for past month, or qdr:y for past year." }, "safe": { "title": "Safe Search", "enum": [ "active", "off" ], "type": "string", "description": "Safe search filtering.", "default": "off" }, "filter": { "title": "Filter Similar Results", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Enable or disable Google's duplicate/similar-result filtering." }, "nfpr": { "title": "Exclude Auto-Correction", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Set to 1 to exclude auto-corrected query results." }, "lr": { "title": "Language Restriction", "maxLength": 200, "type": "string", "description": "Restrict results to a language, such as lang_en." } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```