Fast YouTube Channel Scraper

This alternative YouTube Data API has no limits or quotas. Use it to scrape one or multiple YouTube channels: channel info, URL, total number of subscribers, videos and views, creation date. Try it an

liveverifiedasyncdegraded · 6.8s~30s typical

videossocial mediayoutubechannel

$0.0016

per result + $0.005 call

plus $0.001 platform fee per run

Actor charges $0.0013 per result; Cracked adds 25% plus a $0.005 call fee

Bring your own Apify Store key: provider portion drops to $0.

Provider Upstream docs

$Set up https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/SKILL.md, then use Cracked to run apify /streamers/youtube-channel-scraper for me.

Input

Field	Type	Description
startUrls*	array	Enter a link to a <a href='https://www.youtube.com/c/Apify' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>channel</a>. You can also import a CSV file or Google Sheet with a list of URLs.<br>
maxResults	integer	Limit the number of regular videos (not streams, not shorts) you want to get from one channel. If you use several urls on the input you will get this number for each channel. default 0
maxResultsShorts	integer	Limit the number of Shorts videos you want to get from the channel. default 0
maxResultStreams	integer	Limit the number of Stream videos you want to get from the channel. default 0
oldestPostDate	string	Only posts uploaded after or on this date will be scraped. Alternatively, specify how old the scraped videos should be in days. Putting <code>1 day</code> will get you only today's posts, <code>2 days</code> - yesterday's and today's, and so on. Note, that if you select this, sorting parameter will be auto-reset to NEWEST
sortVideosBy	string (NEWEST \| POPULAR \| OLDEST)	Maps to the sorting buttons on the top of the channel's 'Videos', 'Shorts' and 'Live' pages.

Call it

curl

curl https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ck_live_..." -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"provider":"apify","endpoint":"/streamers/youtube-channel-scraper","input":{"startUrls":[{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/@Apify"}],"maxResults":3,"maxResultsShorts":0,"maxResultStreams":0,"oldestPostDate":"2024-01-01","sortVideosBy":"NEWEST"},"wait":false}'

poll

curl "https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/v1/runs/<runId>?wait=30" -H "Authorization: Bearer ck_live_..."

cli

npx cracked-ai run -p apify -e /streamers/youtube-channel-scraper -i '{"startUrls":[{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/@Apify"}],"maxResults":3,"maxResultsShorts":0,"maxResultStreams":0,"oldestPostDate":"2024-01-01","sortVideosBy":"NEWEST"}' -w 120

mcp

run_tool({ provider: "apify", endpoint: "/streamers/youtube-channel-scraper", input: {"startUrls":[{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/@Apify"}],"maxResults":3,"maxResultsShorts":0,"maxResultStreams":0,"oldestPostDate":"2024-01-01","sortVideosBy":"NEWEST"}, wait: false })

Try it

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