Brave Videos Scraper

Scrapes video search results from Brave Search (search.brave.com/videos). Extracts the full canonical videos-vertical schema: title, URL, channel, duration, views, likes, comments, publish date, thumbnail, platform, isLive/isShort flags, quality options, and more.

What this Actor collects

Each dataset item represents one Brave Videos result, with its source URL, platform, channel, duration, engagement data, publication time, thumbnail, flags, and search context when available.

• Uses the input limits and filters below to control the crawl.
• Stores source-backed fields defined by the 56-field dataset schema.
• Omits optional fields when the source does not expose a value instead of writing nulls or fabricated placeholders.

Use cases

• Video discovery
• Publisher and topic monitoring
• Media-catalog enrichment

Input

Provide input in JSON. Fields marked required must be supplied; source-specific alternatives and constraints are described in the field text.

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
query	string	Yes	—	The video search query.
maxItems	integer	No	50	Maximum number of videos to scrape.
country	string	No	"us"	Brave country code (e.g. 'us', 'gb', 'in').
language	string	No	"en"	Brave language code (e.g. 'en', 'de', 'fr').
timeRange	string	No	""	Upload-time filter: day, week, month, year, or empty for no filter.
duration	string	No	""	Filter by video duration. Options: "short", "medium", "long".
resolution	string	No	""	Resolution filter: high, standard, or empty for no filter.
maxRequestRetries	integer	No	3	Retries temporary rate limits and server errors.
navigationTimeoutSecs	integer	No	60	Maximum seconds for each Brave page navigation.
headless	boolean	No	true	Disable only for local visual debugging.
proxyConfiguration	object	No	—	Proxy settings. Residential proxies recommended.

Example input

{
  "query": "machine learning tutorial",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  },
  "maxRequestRetries": 3,
  "navigationTimeoutSecs": 60
}

Output

The default dataset contains one item per video result. The following are the most useful fields; engagement, quality, and channel fields appear only when Brave provides them.

Field	Type	Description
position	integer	Position
title	string	Title
url	string	URL
platform	string	Platform
channel	string	Channel
duration	string	Duration
viewCount	integer	View Count
publishedAt	string	Published At
thumbnail	string	Thumbnail
isLive	boolean	Is Live
isShort	boolean	Is Short
searchQuery	string	Search Query
country	string	Country
scrapedAt	string	Scraped At
type	string	Type
description	string	Description

Example dataset item

This compact example is taken from local Actor storage. Long text and nested collections are shortened for documentation only.

{
  "position": 1,
  "title": "Machine Learning for Everybody – Full Course",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_LwzRVP7bg",
  "platform": "YouTube",
  "channel": "freeCodeCamp.org",
  "duration": "03:53:53",
  "publishedAt": "2022-09-26T00:00:00.000Z",
  "thumbnail": "https://imgs.search.brave.com/CMdFwGE5G8dAuKI6kVFdyzgxmZxygpyV-j_P2Xgz4VA/rs:fit:200:200:1:0/g:ce/aHR0cHM6Ly9pLnl0/aW1nLmNvbS92aS9p/X0x3elJWUDdiZy9t/YXhyZXNkZWZhdWx0/LmpwZw",
  "isLive": false,
  "isShort": false,
  "searchQuery": "machine learning tutorial",
  "country": "us"
}

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