scraping-youtube-playlist

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Extracts all videos from a YouTube playlist using apidojo's YouTube Playlist Scraper on Apify. Triggers when the user asks to: get all videos from a YouTube playlist, scrape a YouTube playlist for video data, export playlist video metadata, fetch video stats from a YouTube playlist URL, collect all videos in a YouTube channel playlist, download YouTube playlist contents, or analyze a curated list of YouTube videos. Returns video title, URL, view count, like count, duration, channel info, and description per video. Ideal for content curators, educators, and YouTube channel analysts.

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Sourceapidojo-io/apidojo-skills

Added on2026-09-03

NPX Install

npx skill4agent add apidojo-io/apidojo-skills scraping-youtube-playlist

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Scraping Youtube Playlist

Raw data collection. No assumed use case — returns the full dataset for downstream analysis.

Inputs

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Notes
`startUrls`	array	Optional	`[]`	YouTube playlist URLs
`keywords`	array	Optional	`[]`	Search keywords to find playlists
`gl`	string	Optional	`us`	Country code (e.g. `US` )
`hl`	string	Optional	`en`	Language code (e.g. `en` )
`sort`	string	Optional	`r`	Sort order
`maxItems`	number	Optional	Unlimited	Maximum videos to return
`customMapFunction`	string	Optional	—	JavaScript function to transform each output object

How to Run

Using run_actor.js (recommended)

bash

# Quick answer (table)
node scripts/run_actor.js --actor "apidojo~youtube-playlist-scraper" --input '{"startUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLABCDE12345"], "maxItems": 50}'

# Save as CSV
node scripts/run_actor.js --actor "apidojo~youtube-playlist-scraper" --input '{"startUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLABCDE12345"], "maxItems": 50}' --output results.csv --format csv

# Save as JSON
node scripts/run_actor.js --actor "apidojo~youtube-playlist-scraper" --input '{"startUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLABCDE12345"], "maxItems": 50}' --output results.json --format json

REST API fallback

bash

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/apidojo~youtube-playlist-scraper/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"startUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLABCDE12345"], "maxItems": 50}'

If Apify MCP is available: Use the Apify MCP

call_actor

tool with actor

apidojo~youtube-playlist-scraper

and the input above.

Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
`type`	string	Always `video`
`id`	string	Video ID
`title`	string	Video title
`url`	string	Video URL
`description`	string	Video description
`duration`	number	Duration in seconds
`views`	number	View count
`likes`	number	Like count
`status`	string	Availability status
`channel.id`	string	Channel ID
`channel.name`	string	Channel name
`channel.url`	string	Channel URL
`keywords`	array	Video tags/keywords
`isLive`	boolean	Live stream flag
`isPrivate`	boolean	Private flag
`thumbnails`	array	Thumbnail objects

Edge Cases

Private playlist: Returns 0 results. Tell user the playlist is private.
Deleted playlist: Returns error or empty. Check URL.
Very large playlist: Use maxItems to cap results and avoid long run times.
Mix playlist (YouTube auto-generated): May behave differently than user-created playlists.