Youtube Search Scraper

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This actor scrapes YouTube search results based on a user-provided search query.

Features

• Dynamic search query input
• Automatically constructs YouTube search URL
• Scrapes video metadata from search results
• Supports max result limit
• Infinite scroll to load more results
• Outputs structured JSON dataset

Input

{
"search_query":"cocomelon",
"max_results":20,
"debugMode":false
}

Input Fields

How It Works

1. Accepts search_query from user input
2. Constructs search URL: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query={{search_query}}
3. Opens YouTube search results page with Puppeteer
4. Scrolls the page to load more results
5. Extracts video metadata from all loaded video cards

Note: By default Actor.pushData(data) writes to the default dataset (local path storage/datasets/default/). Opening a named dataset such as the former if you want all results in the default dataset; the latter if you need a dedicated dataset with its own view schema.

Example Record

{
"id":"xxxxxxx",
"title":"Cocomelon - Wheels on the Bus",
"description":"Sing along with JJ and friends...",
"type":"video",
"viewCount":2100000000,
"duration":"3:30",
"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxxxxx",
"thumbnail":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xxxxxxx/hqdefault.jpg",
"date":"2021-02-26T00:00:00Z",
"channelName":"Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes",
"channelUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/@Cocomelon",
"channelHandle":"@Cocomelon",
"channelThumbnail":null,
"searchQuery":"cocomelon",
"scrapedAt":"2026-02-26T15:00:00.000Z",
"raw":{
"type":"video",
"videoId":"xxxxxxx",
"title":"Cocomelon - Wheels on the Bus",
"channelTitle":"Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes",
"channelId":null,
"channelHandle":"@Cocomelon",
"description":"Sing along with JJ and friends...",
"viewCountText":"2.1B views",
"viewCount":"2100000000",
"publishedTimeText":"5 years ago",
"publishDate":null,
"publishedAt":null,
"lengthText":"3:30",
"thumbnail":[
{
"url":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xxxxxxx/hqdefault.jpg",
"width":480,
"height":360
}
]
}
}

Output Schema

Example

Search Query: cocomelon

Generated URL: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cocomelon