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YouTube Channel ID Extractor

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Resolve public YouTube channel identities from handles, UC IDs, canonical URLs, legacy /user URLs, and public video owners with source provenance.

Pricing

from $2.99 / 1,000 channel identities

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w3crawler

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Input

Field	Description
`channelUrls`	Public channel references; public video URLs are accepted for compatibility.
`videoUrls`	Public `/watch`, `/shorts`, `/live`, or `youtu.be` URLs.
`videoIds`	Public 11-character video IDs.
`maxItems`	Maximum references, from 1 to 200 (default 50).
`includeDiagnostics`	Log and count failed public references without adding diagnostic dataset records (default `true`).
`enableProxyFallback`	Try ordinary Apify Proxy after non-blocking failures (default `true`). HTTP 403/429 and explicit CAPTCHA or bot challenges stop immediately.
`maxRetries`, `requestDelayMs`, `requestTimeoutSecs`	Bounded request controls.
`proxyConfiguration`	Optional credential-free Apify Proxy settings.

Example:

{
  "channelUrls": ["@GoogleDevelopers"],
  "videoIds": ["dQw4w9WgXcQ"],
  "maxItems": 2,
  "enableProxyFallback": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {"useApifyProxy": false}
}

Output

Each identity record contains the original reference and type, channel ID/name/handle/canonical URL, description, avatar/banner, displayed and parsed subscriber/total-view/video counts, join date, country, keywords, external links, optional source video ID, resolution method, source page, extraction method, and scrapedAt. Unavailable fields are omitted.

The dataset contains only resolved channel identity records. Failures are reported in logs and summary counts; they never create dataset rows. OUTPUT records item counts, failures, blocks, duration, and whether Apify Proxy routing was requested and configured. Operational request details, credentials, cookies, proxy URLs, and private data are never written.

Development

npm ci
npx apify validate-schema .actor/input_schema.json
npm test
apify run --purge --input-file qa-inputs/youtube-channel-id-extractor/local-validation.json
npm run validate-dataset

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