# Youtube Playlist Extractor (`easyapi/youtube-playlist-extractor`) Actor

Exractor Youtube playlist on the fly. It helps you quickly extract and export information from YouTube playlists. Such as video name, video number, video description, video url, and so on. All you have to do is snap your finger and access your information.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-playlist-extractor.md
- **Developed by:** [EasyApi](https://apify.com/easyapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Videos
- **Stats:** 390 total users, 0 monthly users, 86.1% runs succeeded, 4 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $2.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

- ## What is Youtube Playlist Extractor?

  Youtube Playlist Extractor scrape Youtube playlist on the fly. It helps you quickly extract and export information from YouTube playlist. Such as video name, video number, video description, video url, and so on. All you have to do is snap your finger and access your information.

- ## How to use data extracted from Youtube playlist?

  The data extracted from Youtube Playlist Extractor can be used for a variety of purposes, including:

  ✨ Conducting sentiment analysis and finding **authentic product reviews**

  👩‍🔬 Obtaining data for research and **social listening experiments**

  🦠 **Analyzing trends,** and viral campaigns

  🥸 **Identifying unverified content** and inaccurate information with high public value

  📚 Preparing for or analyzing a **Youtube marketing campaign**

- ## How do I use Youtube Playlist Extractor?

  Youtube Playlist Extractor is designed to be user-friendly, even for those who have never extracted data from the web before! Here’s how you can use Youtube Playlist Extractor to extract playlist data:

- [Create](https://console.apify.com/sign-up) a free Apify account using your email.

- Open Youtube Playlist Extractor.

- Input Youtube playlist id or url to scrape data.

- Click the “Start” button and wait for the data to be extracted.

- Download your data in JSON, XML, CSV, Excel, or HTML.

- ## Input

  A full explanation of an input example in JSON.

  ```
  {
      "id": "PLrDeLRAEJG0ZbA7P-q2h5gQZEFA611PUN",
      "options": {
          "limit": 100
      }
  }
  ```

- ## Output sample

  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 if you apply the input parameters above:

  And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

  ```
  [
  {
    "video_title": "Crumbling a Piece of Paper - Post-Stroke Exercise",
    "video_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqBHIX-2xHY",
    "video_id": "gqBHIX-2xHY",
    "video_length": "1:18",
    "video_milis_length": 78000,
    "video_thumbnail_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gqBHIX-2xHY/hqdefault.jpg",
    "video_author": {
      "name": "American Heart Association",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@American_Heart"
    },
    "playlist_info": {
      "title": "American Stroke Association: Post-Stroke Exercises",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrDeLRAEJG0ZbA7P-q2h5gQZEFA611PUN",
      "id": "PLrDeLRAEJG0ZbA7P-q2h5gQZEFA611PUN",
      "video_count": 29,
      "view_count": 49961,
      "description": "",
      "isUnlisted": false,
      "isAlbum": false,
      "thumbnail_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gqBHIX-2xHY/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEXCOADEI4CSFryq4qpAwkIARUAAIhCGAE=&rs=AOn4CLBZvXpkYrPiBfgH5v1XhAFCFgYKfw",
      "author": {
        "name": "American Heart Association",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@American_Heart",
        "avatar_url": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AIdro_kmvY2O01dmqNN2sbiqpW3w5gbm0ebsKX_R09E-qCDwGGoj=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj"
      }
    }
  }
  ...
  ```

# Actor input Schema

## `id` (type: `string`):

Youtube playlist's id or playlist's URL

## `maxLimit` (type: `integer`):

Limit the amount of videos you want to scrap

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "id": "PLO4GMKt6dsVzDk9hRqi1fCXVBW5T1qYEk",
  "maxLimit": 20
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "id": "PLO4GMKt6dsVzDk9hRqi1fCXVBW5T1qYEk",
    "maxLimit": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("easyapi/youtube-playlist-extractor").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "id": "PLO4GMKt6dsVzDk9hRqi1fCXVBW5T1qYEk",
    "maxLimit": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("easyapi/youtube-playlist-extractor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "id": "PLO4GMKt6dsVzDk9hRqi1fCXVBW5T1qYEk",
  "maxLimit": 20
}' |
apify call easyapi/youtube-playlist-extractor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=easyapi/youtube-playlist-extractor",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/2mdjbRUdRjdix0O6d/builds/OBZD4czlQRWoVEotX/openapi.json