YouTube Video Downloader

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What is YouTube Video Downloader?

YouTube Video Downloader automates the download of videos from YouTube. Just add one or more YouTube video URLs to get all the publicly available videos you need.

Why download YouTube videos?

YouTube videos can provide valuable content for reposting, help you save entertaining clips, allow offline viewing, enable you to analyze trending content, or preserve important moments before they potentially disappear from the platform.

How to download YouTube videos

YouTube Video Downloader is designed to be fast and easy to use so there aren't too many parameters or settings. Just follow the steps below:

1. Create a free Apify account.
2. Open YouTube Video Downloader.
3. Add one or more YouTube video URLs.
4. Click "Save & Start" and wait for the datasets to be extracted.
5. Download your data in JSON, XML, CSV, Excel, or HTML.

Input example

The input for YouTube Video Downloader should be a YouTube video URL. You can add one or multiple video URLs.

👁 YouTube Video Downloader input

Here's a sample of downloading video from YouTube.

In JSON it looks like this:

{
"urls":[
{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"}
],
"quality":"480",
"proxy":{
"useApifyProxy":false
}
}

Output example

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the Storage tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get:

👁 YouTube Video Downloader output

Here is the same data but in JSON. You can download the dataset extracted by YouTube Video Downloader in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

{
"id":"dQw4w9WgXcQ",
"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
"videoUrl":"https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/2sORfdsGD9YEOpOC3/records/dQw4w9WgXcQ.mp4"
}

Integrate YouTube Video Downloader and automate your workflow

Last but not least, YouTube Video Downloader can be connected with almost any cloud service or web app thanks to integrations on the Apify platform.

These include:

• Make
• Zapier
• Slack
• Airbyte
• GitHub
• Google Drive
• and much more.

Alternatively, you can use webhooks to carry out an action whenever an event occurs. For example, you can get a notification whenever YouTube Video Downloader successfully finishes a run.

Want to download videos from other platforms?

Looking for video downloaders for other social media platforms? We offer specialized video downloaders for Instagram, X (Twitter), and other platforms. Each downloader is optimized for its specific platform to ensure fast, reliable downloads with minimal configuration.

Your feedback

We're always working on improving our Actors' performance. If you have any technical feedback for YouTube Video Downloader or simply found a bug, please create an issue on the Actor's Issues tab in Apify Console.

FAQ

How can I use YouTube Video Downloader with the Apify API?

The Apify API gives you programmatic access to the Apify platform. The API is organized around RESTful HTTP endpoints that enable you to manage, schedule, and run Apify actors. The API also lets you access any datasets, monitor actor performance, fetch results, create and update versions, and more.

To access the API using Node.js, use the apify-client NPM package. To access the API using Python, use the apify-client PyPI package.

Check out the Apify API reference docs for full details or click on the YouTube Video Downloader API tab for code examples.

How much does it cost to use YouTube Video Downloader?

YouTube Video Downloader uses the Pay-per-event pricing model, so your costs can be easily calculated: it will cost you $0.006 for every time the Actor starts. An additional $0.06 is charged per every 10 MB video download.

Given that with the Apify Free plan, you get $5 in credits monthly for free, this tool might be your best free YouTube video downloader of all.