# Yahoo Video Scraper (`searchapi/yahoo-videos-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes Yahoo Videos for any query. Extracts the full canonical video-vertical schema: title, URL, platform, channel, duration, views, dates, thumbnail, dimensions, language, category, tags, and more.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/searchapi/yahoo-videos-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Search API](https://apify.com/searchapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Videos, Developer tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 69.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.99 / 1,000 yahoo videos scraper 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

## Yahoo Video Scraper

Scrapes Yahoo Video Search for a query and returns video links, titles, descriptions, platforms, thumbnails, durations, and available publisher metadata.

### What this Actor collects

The Actor creates one dataset item per Yahoo video result, with canonical URL aliases and normalized duration fields when available.

- Uses the input limits and filters below to control the crawl.
- Stores source-backed fields defined by the 63-field dataset schema.
- Optional publisher, engagement, date, and technical fields are populated only when Yahoo exposes them.

### 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 on Yahoo Videos. |
| `maxItems` | integer | No | `50` | Maximum number of videos to scrape. |
| `country` | string | No | `"lang_en"` | Yahoo language/country code (e.g. 'lang\_en', 'lang\_de'). |
| `language` | string | No | `"en"` | Yahoo language code (e.g. 'en', 'de', 'fr'). |
| `timeRange` | string | No | `""` | Upload-date filter: `1d`, `7d`, or `30d`; empty means no date filter. |
| `duration` | string | No | `""` | Duration filter: `short`, `medium`, or `long`; empty means any duration. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | No | — | Proxy settings. Residential proxies are recommended. |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "query": "music video",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

### Output

The default dataset contains one item per video result. Channel, view, date, resolution, and engagement fields are optional because result cards vary by publisher.

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `position` | integer | Position |
| `title` | string | Title |
| `url` | string | URL |
| `thumbnail` | string | Thumbnail |
| `channel` | string | Channel |
| `duration` | string | Duration (raw) |
| `viewCount` | integer | View Count |
| `publishedAt` | string | Published At (ISO) |
| `platform` | string | Platform |
| `page` | integer | Page |
| `searchQuery` | string | Query |
| `scrapedAt` | string | Scraped At |
| `type` | string | Type |
| `description` | string | Description |
| `snippet` | string | Snippet |
| `link` | string | Link |

<details>
<summary>All 63 declared dataset fields</summary>

`position`, `page`, `title`, `titleHtml`, `description`, `descriptionHtml`, `snippet`, `snippetHtml`, `link`, `url`
`embedUrl`, `displayUrl`, `domain`, `videoId`, `platform`, `channel`, `channelId`, `channelUrl`, `channelVerified`, `channelFollowers`
`uploader`, `uploaderUrl`, `uploaderVerified`, `duration`, `durationSeconds`, `durationFormatted`, `views`, `viewCount`, `viewCountFormatted`, `likeCount`
`dislikeCount`, `commentCount`, `publishedAt`, `publishedAtRaw`, `date`, `thumbnail`, `thumbnailUrl`, `previewImage`, `tags`, `categories`
`isLive`, `isShort`, `isAd`, `isSponsored`, `qualityOptions`, `width`, `height`, `resolution`, `aspectRatio`, `fileFormat`
`favicon`, `type`, `resultType`, `engineId`, `searchQuery`, `query`, `country`, `language`, `market`, `searchUrl`
`scrapedAt`, `searchMetadata`, `engineData`

</details>

#### Example dataset item

This compact example is a subset of one item in local Actor storage; every displayed value is unmodified.

```json
{
  "position": 1,
  "title": "BTS (방탄소년단) ‘NORMAL’ Official MV",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEk4jHwfFTA",
  "thumbnail": "https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th/id/OVF.1uBQCJ6t2aA6HNFeN4fwcw?pid=Api&h=150&w=250&c=7&rs=1",
  "duration": "03:26",
  "platform": "youtube",
  "page": 1,
  "searchQuery": "music video",
  "type": "video",
  "link": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEk4jHwfFTA",
  "resultType": "video"
}
```

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# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

The video search query on Yahoo Videos.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of videos to scrape.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Yahoo language/country code (e.g. 'lang\_en', 'lang\_de').

## `language` (type: `string`):

Yahoo language code (e.g. 'en', 'de', 'fr').

## `timeRange` (type: `string`):

Filter videos by upload date.

## `duration` (type: `string`):

Filter by video duration.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. Residential proxies recommended.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "technology review",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "country": "lang_en",
  "language": "en",
  "timeRange": "",
  "duration": "",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Canonical dataset schema for yahoo-videos-scraper

# 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 = {
    "query": "technology review",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "country": "lang_en",
    "language": "en",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("searchapi/yahoo-videos-scraper").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 = {
    "query": "technology review",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "country": "lang_en",
    "language": "en",
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("searchapi/yahoo-videos-scraper").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 '{
  "query": "technology review",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "country": "lang_en",
  "language": "en",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call searchapi/yahoo-videos-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=searchapi/yahoo-videos-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/9qqOYQWVVkeRWetnQ/builds/7wLSIdTQfdGPFapBe/openapi.json