Scrape YouTube

YouTube crawler and video scraper. Alternative YouTube API with no limits or quotas. Extract and download channel name, likes, number of views, and number of subscribers.

liveverifiedasyncdegraded · 6.9s~30s typical

youtubevideoschannelssearch

$0.0020

per result + $0.01 call

plus $0.001 platform fee per run

Usage-based actor: event charges passed through at cost plus 25%

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-scraper for me.

Input

Field	Type	Description
searchQueries	array	Enter search terms just like you would enter it in YouTube's search bar.
maxResults	integer	Limit the number of videos you want to crawl. If you scrape a channel, acts as a limit for regular videos. default 0
maxResultsShorts	integer	Limit the number of Shorts videos you want to crawl. default 0
maxResultStreams	integer	Limit the number of Stream videos you want to crawl. default 0
startUrls	array	Enter a link to a <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xObhZ0Ga7EQ' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>YouTube video</a>, <a href='https://www.youtube.com/c/Apify' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>channel</a>, <a href='https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLObrtcm1Kw6PmbXg8bmfJN-o2Hgx8sidf' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>playlist</a>, <a href='https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/apify' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>hashtag</a> or <a href='https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=crawlee' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>search results page</a>. You can also import a CSV file or Google Sheet with a list of URLs.<br><b>Note:</b> Input from <i>Search term</i> will be ignored when using this option. If you only want to scrape shorts/streams, set Maximum search results to 0, otherwise they represented number of regular videos requested default []
downloadSubtitles	boolean	If set to true, the scraper will download subtitles for the video and convert them to .srt format.
subtitlesLanguage	string (any \| en \| de \| es \| fr \| it)	Language to download subtitles in.<br><b>Note:</b> <i>Download subtitles</i> must be turned on for this option to work. default "en"
subtitlesFormat	string (srt \| vtt \| xml \| plaintext)	Select in what format you want to download subtitles default "srt"
sortingOrder	string (relevance \| rating \| date \| views)	Select Youtube sorting parameter for search
dateFilter	string (hour \| today \| week \| month \| year)	Select Youtube upload date filter for search
videoType	string (video \| movie)	Select Youtube video type filter for search
lengthFilter	string (under4 \| between420 \| plus20)	Select Youtube video length filter for search
isHD	boolean	Will apply the HD filter for search
hasSubtitles	boolean	Will apply the Subtitles/CC filter for search
hasCC	boolean	Will apply the Creative Commons filter for search
is3D	boolean	Will apply the 3D filter for search
isLive	boolean	Will apply the Live filter for search
isBought	boolean	Will apply the Purchased filter for search
is4K	boolean	Will apply the 4K filter for search
is360	boolean	Will apply the 360 degrees filter for search
hasLocation	boolean	Will apply the Location filter for search
isHDR	boolean	Will apply the HDR filter for search
isVR180	boolean	Will apply the VR180 filter for search
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.
aiVideoDescription	boolean	If enabled, uses AI to generate a time-segmented description of the video, covering both visual and audio content for each segment. default false
aiVideoSummary	boolean	If enabled, uses AI to generate a concise conceptual summary of the video covering both visual and audio content. default false
saveSubsToKVS	boolean	If set to true, the scraper will save the downloaded subtitles to the key-value store. <br><b>Note:</b> <i>Download subtitles</i> must be turned on for this option to work.
preferAutoGeneratedSubtitles	boolean	If set to true, automatically generated subtitles are preferred to user subtitles.<b> Note:</b> A subtitle language must be selected and download subtitles must be turned on for this option to work.

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-scraper","input":{"searchQueries":["peptide therapy"],"maxResults":20},"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-scraper -i '{"searchQueries":["peptide therapy"],"maxResults":20}' -w 120

mcp

run_tool({ provider: "apify", endpoint: "/streamers/youtube-scraper", input: {"searchQueries":["peptide therapy"],"maxResults":20}, wait: false })

Try it

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