YouTube Video Downloader 🎥

Download YouTube videos easily with this powerful Apify actor. Perfect for content creators, researchers, and anyone needing to save YouTube content for offline use.

🌟 Features

• Bulk Downloads - Process multiple YouTube videos simultaneously
• Quality Selection - Choose your preferred video quality
• Format Options - Multiple format options including best quality, lowest quality, or separate video/audio
• Concurrent Processing - Optimized performance with configurable concurrent downloads
• Metadata Extraction - Get comprehensive video metadata along with downloads

🏆 Why Choose Our Downloader?

Our YouTube Video Downloader stands out from traditional downloaders in several key ways:

Feature	Our Downloader	Traditional Downloaders
Concurrent Downloads	✅ Up to 5	❌ Usually single
Quality Selection	✅ Flexible	⚠️ Limited
Metadata Extraction	✅ Comprehensive	❌ Basic or none
Bulk Processing	✅ Efficient	⚠️ Manual/Limited
API Integration	✅ Full Apify	❌ Usually none
Error Handling	✅ Robust	⚠️ Basic
Resource Management	✅ Optimized	❌ Unoptimized
Automation Support	✅ Full	❌ Limited/None

Key Advantages:

• Enterprise-Ready: Built for scale with professional-grade infrastructure
• Rich Metadata: Get comprehensive video data alongside your downloads
• Performance Optimized: Smart concurrent processing and resource management
• Automation Friendly: Full API support for seamless integration
• Reliable: Built on Apify's battle-tested platform

🔧 Input Configuration

The actor accepts the following input parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
urls	Array	List of YouTube video URLs to download. Supports regular videos, shorts, and shortened URLs.	Yes
format	String	Video quality format selection: best or worst	No
max_concurrent	Integer	Number of concurrent downloads (1-5, default: 3)	No

Example Input

1{
2  "urls": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"],
3  "format": "best",
4  "max_concurrent": 3
5}

💾 Output

The actor stores downloaded videos in your Apify storage and provides metadata including:

• Video title
• Duration
• Upload date
• View count
• Channel information
• Description
• And more!

Example Output

Here's an example of the dataset output for each processed video:

1{
2  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
3  "video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
4  "title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)",
5  "description": "The official video for "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley...",
6  "duration": 212,
7  "view_count": 1616021602,
8  "download_url": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/None/records/dQw4w9WgXcQ",
9  "processed_at": "2025-01-22T15:19:08.767554"
10}

Each result includes:

• url: Original YouTube video URL
• video_id: Unique YouTube video identifier
• title: Video title
• description: Full video description
• duration: Video length in seconds
• view_count: Number of views
• download_url: Direct URL to download the processed video
• processed_at: Timestamp of when the video was processed

⚡ Performance

The actor is optimized for performance:

• Efficient concurrent downloads
• Smart memory management
• Automatic quality fallback
• Progress tracking and status updates

🚀 Getting Started

1. Create a new task in your Apify Console
2. Set your input parameters (URLs, quality preferences)
3. Run the actor and wait for your downloads

📊 Resource Usage

Memory: 2048 MB Timeout: 3600 secs

The actor is optimized to be cost-effective while maintaining high performance.