You can access the YouTube Video & Channel Metadata Extractor programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" }],
10    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
11}
12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
14run = client.actor("yeoso/youtube-video-channel-metadata").call(run_input=run_input)
15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
17print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
18for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
19    print(item)
20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

YouTube Video & Channel Metadata Extractor API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Video & Channel Metadata Extractor API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

YouTube Video & Channel Metadata Extractor API in JavaScript

YouTube Video & Channel Metadata Extractor API through CLI

YouTube Video & Channel Metadata Extractor OpenAPI definition

YouTube Video & Channel Metadata Extractor API

YouTube Video Data Extractor

blazing_stake/youtube-data-extractor

Extract YouTube video metadata (title, channel, views, duration, publish date, keywords, thumbnails) from any list of URLs. No API key needed.

Mehmet Kut

YouTube Channel Data Scraper

maged120/youtube-channel-data

Extract video metadata from any YouTube channel — titles, views, durations, upload dates, and thumbnails. Filter by video type (video, Short, live). No YouTube API key needed.

Maged

YouTube Channel Scraper

ezzatox/youtube-channel-scraper

Collect public YouTube channel/video metadata, titles, views, upload dates, and channel links.

Ezzat Ghazi

YouTube Videos Scraper

thescrapelab/Apify-YouTube-Videos-Scraper-2-0

Scrape YouTube video metadata from search queries, channels, and video URLs without the YouTube API. Export titles, links, views, thumbnails, and channel data.

Inus Grobler

YouTube Channel Scraper

cerebral_aluminum/youtube-channel-scraper

Scrape videos from YouTube channels or search. Get titles, views, duration, publish dates, thumbnails. No API key needed.

Benny

YouTube Transcript & Content Extractor

fixitfoundry/youtube-transcript-actor

Extract full transcripts with timestamps, video metadata (views, likes, duration, publish date), and channel info from any public YouTube video.

Jesse Casco

YouTube Channel Scraper - Videos & Stats

vernacular_reservoir/youtube-channel-scraper

Scrape any YouTube channel and extract video titles, view counts, publish dates, duration and thumbnails. Fast, reliable, no API key required. Works for any public YouTube channel.

Aleksandrs

YouTube Channel Videos Scraper — Metadata & Metrics

khadinakbar/youtube-channel-videos-scraper

Scrape public YouTube channel videos and Shorts with titles, descriptions, dates, views, likes, comments, duration, thumbnails, and channel metadata. No cookies required.