# YouTube New Video & Shorts Delta Monitor (Save 95%) (`titan_coder/youtube-new-video-delta`) Actor

Zero-browser, zero-API-key real-time tracker for YouTube channels. Uses official XML Atom feeds to detect new uploads, premieres, and Shorts within seconds of publication. Saves 95% compute and runs with 100% reliability.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/titan_coder/youtube-new-video-delta.md
- **Developed by:** [Radu Furtuna](https://apify.com/titan_coder) (community)
- **Categories:** MCP servers, Social media, Videos
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 new video / shorts delivereds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## YouTube New Video & Shorts Delta Monitor (Save 95%)

> 🛑 **Stop paying for Google Cloud API quotas and heavy YouTube browser scrapers.** Polling YouTube with headless Chrome is slow and expensive.\
> ⚡ **The Smart Delta Solution:** **YouTube New Video & Shorts Delta Monitor** queries official XML Atom feeds with zero browser latency and zero API keys (completing in 1–2s), tracks channel history in memory, and alerts you **ONLY** the moment a new video or Short is published — **saving 95% on compute and proxy fees.**

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### ⚡ Why Use This Actor?

- **Zero-Browser, Zero-API-Key:** Queries official YouTube RSS feeds. No Google Cloud billing, no quota limits, no browser crashes. Executes in **1 to 2 seconds**.
- **Smart Delta Memory:** Maintains a historical ledger of previously seen video IDs. Never emits duplicate notifications.
- **Pay-Per-Event (PPE):** Runs with no new uploads cost $0 in event fees.
- **Webhook & Alert Ready:** Connect directly to Slack, Discord, Telegram, or CRM pipelines for real-time video intelligence.

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### 🔍 Tracked Fields

- `channelId`: 24-character YouTube Channel ID
- `channelTitle`: Name of the channel
- `videoId`: YouTube video ID (e.g. `dQw4w9WgXcQ`)
- `title`: Video title
- `videoUrl`: Direct YouTube link
- `publishedAt`: Publication timestamp
- `descriptionSnippet`: Video description preview
- `detectedAt`: Detection timestamp

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### ⚙️ Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|:---:|---|
| `channelId` | String | `UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ` | Channel ID starting with `UC`. |
| `maxVideos` | Integer | `5` | Max recent uploads to inspect. |
| `resetBaseline` | Boolean | `false` | Reset memory and capture a fresh snapshot. |

***

### 🏷️ Keywords & Search Tags

`#youtube #video-tracker #shorts #competitor-tracking #channel-monitor #xml-feed #instant-alerts #media-monitoring #ai-agent`

# Actor input Schema

## `channelId` (type: `string`):

24-character YouTube Channel ID starting with 'UC' (e.g. UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ for Marques Brownlee / MKBHD).

## `maxVideos` (type: `integer`):

Max recent videos to examine from channel feed.

## `resetBaseline` (type: `boolean`):

Clear memory and record a fresh baseline of current videos.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channelId": "UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ",
  "maxVideos": 5,
  "resetBaseline": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `deltas` (type: `string`):

Clean delta dataset containing only changed or newly detected records.

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "channelId": "UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ",
    "maxVideos": 5,
    "resetBaseline": false
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("titan_coder/youtube-new-video-delta").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "channelId": "UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ",
    "maxVideos": 5,
    "resetBaseline": False,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("titan_coder/youtube-new-video-delta").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "channelId": "UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ",
  "maxVideos": 5,
  "resetBaseline": false
}' |
apify call titan_coder/youtube-new-video-delta --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,titan_coder/youtube-new-video-delta"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/55n1ZINsIRsDdfNz1/builds/eh3glD5Gd0dT8Y3bx/openapi.json