# YouTube Scraper – Search Results & Video Details, $1.5/1k (`tpai/youtube-search-scraper`) Actor

Scrape YouTube search results with filters (upload date, sort by views/date, duration) and full video details (views, likes, publish date, description, subscribers). No API key. $1.50 per 1,000 results.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/tpai/youtube-search-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Tom](https://apify.com/tpai) (community)
- **Categories:** Videos, Social media, SEO tools
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$1.50 / 1,000 results

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 Scraper – search results & video details, $1.50 per 1,000

Scrape **YouTube search results** like a power user: sort by **upload date, views or rating**, filter by **upload date** (last hour, today, this week, this month, this year) and **duration**, with all filters included in the price. You can also get **full details of any video**: exact views, likes, publish date, full description, hashtags and channel subscribers.

No API key, no quotas, no browser. Fast and cheap.

### What you get for each video

Title, URL, video ID, channel name, ID, URL and verified badge, views, publish time, duration (text and seconds), description snippet, live badge, thumbnail, and the rank in the results.

In details mode you also get exact view count, likes, publish date, full description, hashtags and channel subscribers.

### Use cases

- **Trend and topic research:** what's getting views this week on your subject?
- **Competitor monitoring:** schedule daily searches and watch new uploads in your niche.
- **SEO and keyword research:** see who ranks for which search terms, and at which position.
- **Influencer discovery:** find creators by topic and size.
- **AI pipelines:** feed fresh video lists into transcript, summary or classification workflows. Pair it with our **YouTube Transcript Scraper**.

### Input example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["python tutorial", "chatgpt agents"],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 100,
  "sortBy": "views",
  "uploadDate": "month",
  "duration": "medium"
}
```

### Output example

```json
{
  "rank": 1,
  "query": "python tutorial",
  "videoId": "ix9cRaBkVe0",
  "title": "Python Full Course for free 🐍",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix9cRaBkVe0",
  "channelName": "Bro Code",
  "channelId": "UC4SVo0Ue36XCfOyb5Lh1viQ",
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@BroCodez",
  "channelIsVerified": true,
  "viewCount": 13265947,
  "publishedTimeText": "2 years ago",
  "duration": "12:00:00",
  "durationSeconds": 43200,
  "isLive": false,
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ix9cRaBkVe0/hqdefault.jpg",
  "success": true
}
```

### Pricing

**$1.50 per 1,000 results** ($0.0015 per video). Sorting and date and duration filters are included at no extra cost. Failed searches are not charged. Cap your spending with **Maximum cost per run**.

### More YouTube tools from the same developer

- YouTube Transcript Scraper: transcripts with SRT and VTT.
- YouTube Comments Scraper: comments and replies.
- YouTube Channel & Playlist Scraper: all videos of a channel, with optional transcripts.

### Questions?

Open an issue in the **Issues** tab. We usually reply within 24–48 hours.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

What you would type in the YouTube search bar, one per line.

## `maxResultsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

How many videos to extract for each search term.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Search order.

## `uploadDate` (type: `string`):

Included in the price, no extra fee.

## `duration` (type: `string`):

Video length filter.

## `videoUrls` (type: `array`):

Optional. Get full details of specific videos: exact views, likes, publish date, full description, channel subscribers.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "python tutorial"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 50,
  "sortBy": "relevance",
  "uploadDate": "any",
  "duration": "any"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One item per search result or video.

# 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 = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "python tutorial"
    ]
};

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

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "searchQueries": ["python tutorial"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("tpai/youtube-search-scraper").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 '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "python tutorial"
  ]
}' |
apify call tpai/youtube-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,tpai/youtube-search-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

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/ssWyVb5FIEa8yhpb1/builds/o4FBqYF0R1icOpXHH/openapi.json