Summary: We attempted to use the topaz_sharingan~YouTube-Shorts-Actor via the /run-sync-get-dataset-items endpoint to scrape YouTube Shorts data. The actor runs, but consistently fails with the following error in the Apify logs:

TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'click')
WARN  PuppeteerCrawler: Reclaiming failed request back to the list or queue. Cannot read properties of null (reading 'click')
ERROR PuppeteerCrawler: Request failed and reached maximum retries. TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'click')

Input Used:

{
  "startUrls": ["<channel name or URL>"],
  "number_of_videos": 20,
  "all_videos": false
}

Observed Behavior:

The actor does not return any results.
The error appears to be caused by a missing element on the YouTube Shorts page, likely due to a change in YouTube’s page structure.

Steps to Reproduce:

Call the actor with a valid YouTube Shorts channel URL or channel name.
Observe the run logs and the error above.

Impact:

No data is returned for any input.
The actor is currently unusable for YouTube Shorts scraping.

Request:
Please investigate and update the actor to handle the current YouTube Shorts page structure, or provide guidance if there is a workaround.

Thank you!

Moses Bilal (topaz_sharingan)

Hey There,

Thanks for bringing this to my attention, and sorry for the inconvenience caused by this issue. I'll be on this ASAP and will resolve it promptly.

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