# Youtube View Generator (`practicaltools/yt-view-generator`) Actor This actor uses a real browser to simulate real user views on YouTube videos. Each view is generated in a fresh, isolated browser instance to ensure uniqueness and maximize effectiveness. - **URL**: https://apify.com/practicaltools/yt-view-generator.md - **Developed by:** [Practical Tools](https://apify.com/practicaltools) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, Videos, Social media - **Stats:** 1,296 total users, 16 monthly users, 14.2% runs succeeded, 5 bookmarks - **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars ## Pricing $18.00/month + usage To use this Actor, you pay a monthly rental fee to the developer. The rent is subtracted from your prepaid usage every month after the free trial period.You also pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher Apify subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#rental-actors ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## YouTube View Generator **Boost your YouTube video metrics with organic-like views generated by real browsers.** This actor uses a real browser to simulate real user views on YouTube videos. Each view is generated in a fresh, isolated browser instance with incognito mode enabled to ensure uniqueness and maximize effectiveness. ### 🚀 Features - **Real Browser Views**: Uses fully blown browsers, not simple HTTP requests. - **Strict Isolation**: Every view opens in a new browser instance with no shared cookies or cache. - **Incognito Mode**: Ensures no data persistence between sessions. - **Proxy Support**: Fully integrated with Apify Proxies (Residential proxies recommended for best results). - **Configurable**: Control view duration, concurrency, and total view count. - **IMPORTANT**: Views take time to be counted by YouTube's algorithm. It may take up to 24 hours for views to be visible in your YouTube account. - **Runtime**: The actor's runtime depends on the view count, view duration, and concurrency. - *Formula*: `Total Time ≈ (View Count * View Duration) / Max Concurrency` - *Example 1*: 100 views * 30s / 1 concurrency = ~50 minutes. - *Example 2*: 100 views * 30s / 10 concurrency = ~5 minutes. ### 💰 Pricing This actor is priced to be affordable while maintaining high quality. - **Rental Fee**: $18.00 / month - **Usage Cost**: Approximately **$0.05 per view** (based on a standard 30-second view). *Note: Usage costs may vary slightly based on compute usage and proxy bandwidth.* ### 🛠 Usage Simply provide the YouTube video URL and configure the desired number of views. #### Input Parameters | Field | Type | Default | Description | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | `videoUrl` | String | **Required** | The full URL of the YouTube video (e.g., `https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...`). | | `viewCount` | Integer | `1` | The total number of views you want to generate. | | `viewDurationSeconds` | Integer | `30` | Duration to watch the video in seconds. Minimum 10s. | | `maxConcurrency` | Integer | `1` | Maximum number of parallel browsers. Higher concurrency finishes the job faster but uses more compute. | | `proxyConfiguration` | Object | `Auto` | Proxy settings. **Residential proxies are strongly recommended.** | #### Example Input ```json { "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ", "viewCount": 100, "viewDurationSeconds": 45, "maxConcurrency": 5, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ```` ### ⚠️ Important Notes - **Anti-Bot Measures**: YouTube has sophisticated anti-bot protections. While this actor uses real browsers and isolation to mimic human behavior, we cannot guarantee that every view will be counted by YouTube's algorithm. - **Proxies**: Using high-quality residential proxies significantly increases the success rate. Datacenter proxies are easily detected. - **IMPORTANT**: Views take time to be counted by YouTube's algorithm. It may take up to 24 hours for views to be visible in your YouTube account. ### 📞 Support If you encounter any issues or have feature requests, please report them in the "Issues" tab. # Actor input Schema ## `videoUrl` (type: `string`): The URL of the YouTube video to view. ## `viewCount` (type: `integer`): Number of views to generate. ## `viewDurationSeconds` (type: `integer`): How long to watch the video. ## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of concurrent viewers. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Select proxies to be used by your crawler. ## Actor input object example ```json { "viewCount": 1, "viewDurationSeconds": 30, "maxConcurrency": 1, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("practicaltools/yt-view-generator").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("practicaltools/yt-view-generator").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 '{}' | apify call practicaltools/yt-view-generator --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=practicaltools/yt-view-generator", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Youtube View Generator", "description": "This actor uses a real browser to simulate real user views on YouTube videos. Each view is generated in a fresh, isolated browser instance to ensure uniqueness and maximize effectiveness.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "CseF0PldRrdRHcyoN" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/practicaltools~yt-view-generator/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-practicaltools-yt-view-generator", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/practicaltools~yt-view-generator/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-practicaltools-yt-view-generator", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/practicaltools~yt-view-generator/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-practicaltools-yt-view-generator", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "videoUrl" ], "properties": { "videoUrl": { "title": "Video URL", "type": "string", "description": "The URL of the YouTube video to view." }, "viewCount": { "title": "View Count", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Number of views to generate.", "default": 1 }, "viewDurationSeconds": { "title": "View Duration (seconds)", "minimum": 30, "type": "integer", "description": "How long to watch the video.", "default": 30 }, "maxConcurrency": { "title": "Max Concurrency", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of concurrent viewers.", "default": 1 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Select proxies to be used by your crawler.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```