# YouTube Search Scraper - videos, views, channels, dates (`xargaar_tools/youtube-search-video-scraper`) Actor

Search YouTube by keyword and get video title, channel, views, duration, publish date and links as JSON. No API key. Pay per video.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/xargaar_tools/youtube-search-video-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Tyr Xargaar](https://apify.com/xargaar_tools) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Videos, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.00 / 1,000 video scrapeds

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 Search Scraper

Search YouTube by keyword and get structured video data as JSON, CSV or Excel. No API key and no login.

### What you get per video

Video ID and link, title, channel name, channel ID and link, verified badge, view count, published time, duration, description snippet, thumbnail, live status.

### Input

- `searchQueries`: keywords to search
- `maxResultsPerQuery`: videos per query
- `uploadDate`: any, hour, today, week, month, year
- `duration`: any, short, medium, long
- Only one filter applies per query: upload date takes priority over duration

### Pricing (pay per event)

$0.002 per video returned. You pay only for results delivered.

### Use cases

Keyword and trend research, competitor and creator discovery, content planning, lead lists of channels, LLM datasets.

### Example input

```json
{"searchQueries":["web scraping tutorial"],"maxResultsPerQuery":50,"uploadDate":"month"}
```

### How to use it

- **Apify Console:** open the Actor, fill the input form, press Start, then download JSON, CSV or Excel from the Storage tab.
- **API and Python:** `ApifyClient("TOKEN").actor("xargaar_tools/youtube-search-video-scraper").call(run_input=...)` and read the dataset items.
- **No-code:** connect it to Make, n8n, Zapier or Google Sheets with the Apify integrations.
- **Scheduling:** run it hourly, daily or weekly from the Schedules page.
- **AI agents:** works as a tool through the Apify MCP server.

### FAQ

**Do I need an API key or login?** No. Only an Apify account.
**What does it cost?** Only the per-result price above. You are never charged for results that were not delivered.
**Something is missing or broken.** Open an issue on the Actor page with the input you used and I will look at it.

### More Actors by Xargaar Tools

- YouTube Transcript Extractor: https://apify.com/xargaar_tools/youtube-transcript-extractor-batch
- YouTube Comments Scraper: https://apify.com/xargaar_tools/youtube-comments-scraper-fast
- YouTube Search Scraper: https://apify.com/xargaar_tools/youtube-search-video-scraper
- Google News Scraper with Full Article Text: https://apify.com/xargaar_tools/google-news-scraper-article-text

# Actor input Schema

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

Keywords to search on YouTube.

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

Videos to return per search query.

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

Filter by upload date.

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

Short is under 4 min, medium 4-20 min, long over 20 min.

## `useResidentialProxy` (type: `boolean`):

Recommended. YouTube blocks datacenter IPs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "web scraping tutorial"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 20,
  "uploadDate": "any",
  "duration": "any",
  "useResidentialProxy": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Dataset items

# 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": [
        "web scraping tutorial"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("xargaar_tools/youtube-search-video-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": ["web scraping tutorial"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("xargaar_tools/youtube-search-video-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": [
    "web scraping tutorial"
  ]
}' |
apify call xargaar_tools/youtube-search-video-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,xargaar_tools/youtube-search-video-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/ybZlbFlXQuyaICGTe/builds/mqTyMWSaJu6TQjpF5/openapi.json