Youtube Community Scraper

YouTube Community Scraper

A script for scraping the YouTube Community tab.

Overview

This script is designed for the Apify platform and utilizes Playwright to scrape posts from the YouTube Community tab.

Features

• Scrapes comments from posts.

Input

Parameters

• channel_id: The ID of the YouTube channel.

Format

1{
2  "channel_id": "UCRpjHHu8ivVWs73uxHlWwFA",
3  "channel_name": "@EurovisionSongContest"
4}

Output

The script outputs a JSON array where each object represents a post with details such as comment count, date, images, likes, text, video and URL.

Example Output

1[
2  {
3    "author_image": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/ytc/AIdro_kdFLxNgghzvf6gkL6orIsx9PaGJVn0Ov11YMP6gnskKw=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj-mo",
4    "comment_count": 2,
5    "date": "1 month ago",
6    "images": [
7      "https://googleusercontent.jpg",
8      "https://googleusercontent.jpg"
9    ],
10    "likes": 13,
11    "poll": "54 votes",
12    "text": "post text <3",
13    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/xxxxxxxxxxxx/community?lb=xxxxxxxxx"
14    "videos": [
15      "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxxxxxxx"
16    ]
17  }
18]

How to Use

1. Set up a new task on the Apify platform.
2. Configure the input JSON with the desired channel ID.
3. Run the task. The script will process the input and return posts for the specified channel.

Disclaimer

This script is provided "as is" without any warranties. Users assume full responsibility for its use. Ensure compliance with YouTube's terms of service and applicable legal regulations when using this scraper.