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Google video results for AI agents: YouTube, TikTok and more, with channel and duration.

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What it does

  1. Reads
  2. Writes
  3. High impact

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What it costs

Free

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What it asks for at sign-in

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From the sign-in at console-backend.apify.com, as the endpoint publishes it. You approve it there.

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Google Videos Scraper & API: YouTube and video results

Run on Apify

Google Videos Scraper is an Apify Actor that returns Google's video results for any search, across YouTube, TikTok, Vimeo, Facebook and news sites: title, URL, platform, channel, duration, publish date, snippet and thumbnail, with duration and time filters, at $1 per 1,000 videos.

Price: $1 per 1,000 videos ($0.80 on Gold and above) · Run it: https://apify.com/automationnation/google-videos-scraper · Guide: https://retracn.github.io/automationnation-actors/google-videos-scraper/

Quick facts

  • One row per video: title, URL, platform, channel, duration (and seconds), upload date, snippet, YouTube ID and thumbnail.
  • Filters: duration (under 4 minutes, 4–20 minutes, over 20) and time.
  • Any country and language, up to 300 videos per search.
  • Price: $1 per 1,000 videos.

Example input

json
{
  "queries": [
    "how to make sourdough bread"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 30
}

Run it from code

REST API

bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/automationnation~google-videos-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"queries": ["how to make sourdough bread"], "maxResultsPerQuery": 30}'

Python — see examples/python_example.py

python
# pip install apify-client
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("automationnation/google-videos-scraper").call(run_input={
  "queries": [
    "how to make sourdough bread"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 30
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item.get("title"), item.get("channel"), item.get("duration"), item.get("url"))

JavaScript — see examples/node_example.mjs

js
// npm install apify-client
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('automationnation/google-videos-scraper').call({
  "queries": [
    "how to make sourdough bread"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 30
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
for (const item of items) console.log(item.title, item.channel, item.duration, item.url);

Use it with AI agents (MCP)

Hosted MCP server URL (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other clients with remote MCP support):

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=automationnation/google-videos-scraper

Local config for Claude Desktop / Cursor — mcp/claude_desktop_config.json:

json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-videos-scraper": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@apify/actors-mcp-server",
        "--tools",
        "automationnation/google-videos-scraper"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APIFY_TOKEN": "YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

FAQ

Is it only YouTube? No. Google's Videos tab covers YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Vimeo, news sites and more.

Can I get transcripts? Yes, send the YouTube URLs to YouTube Transcript Scraper.

More from AutomationNation

This repository holds usage examples. The scraper itself runs on the Apify platform; you need a free Apify account and API token. Examples are MIT licensed.

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