# Yandex Videos Scraper (`searchapi/yandex-video-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes Yandex 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/yandex-video-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Search API](https://apify.com/searchapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Videos, Developer tools, SEO tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 70.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.99 / 1,000 yandex video 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?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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?

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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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — 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

## Yandex Videos Scraper

Scrapes Yandex Videos for a query and returns video links, titles, publishers, durations, view labels, thumbnails, dates, and search context when available.

### What this Actor collects

The Actor creates one dataset item per Yandex video result and keeps raw duration and view values alongside available normalized metadata.

- Uses the input limits and filters below to control the crawl.
- Stores source-backed fields defined by the 39-field dataset schema.
- Optional publisher, timing, dimension, and category fields are populated only when Yandex 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 to look up on Yandex Videos. |
| `maxItems` | integer | No | `20` | Maximum number of video results to scrape. |
| `country` | string | No | `""` | Country code for localized results (e.g. 'us', 'ru'). |
| `language` | string | No | `"en"` | Language code for search results (e.g. 'en', 'ru'). |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | No | — | Proxy settings for the scraper. Residential proxies are recommended. |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "query": "cat",
  "maxItems": 20,
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

### Output

The default dataset contains one item per video result. Dimension and duration-second values are strings in the declared schema, matching this Actor's source representation.

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `position` | integer | Position |
| `title` | string | Title |
| `platform` | string | Platform |
| `duration` | string | Duration |
| `views` | string | Views |
| `channel` | string | Channel |
| `searchQuery` | string | Search Query |
| `scrapedAt` | string | Scraped At |
| `type` | string | Type |
| `description` | string | Description |
| `url` | string | URL |
| `link` | string | Link |
| `query` | string | Query |
| `resultType` | string | Result Type |
| `page` | integer | Page |
| `titleHtml` | string | Title HTML |

<details>
<summary>All 39 declared dataset fields</summary>

`position`, `title`, `platform`, `duration`, `views`, `channel`, `searchQuery`, `scrapedAt`, `type`, `resultType`
`page`, `titleHtml`, `url`, `link`, `embedUrl`, `domain`, `host`, `favicon`, `channelUrl`, `description`
`durationSeconds`, `viewsRaw`, `date`, `publishedAt`, `publishedAtRaw`, `relativeTime`, `thumbnail`, `thumbnailWidth`, `thumbnailHeight`, `width`
`height`, `language`, `tags`, `category`, `searchUrl`, `searchMetadata`, `query`, `country`, `region`

</details>

#### Example dataset item

No static output record is embedded because the current local storage has no trustworthy item. Run the Actor with the example input to create source-backed output; the Actor does not fabricate a sample record.

### Related Actors

- [Yandex AI Overview Scraper](https://apify.com/searchapi/yandex-ai-overview-scraper)
- [Yandex Images Scraper](https://apify.com/searchapi/yandex-image-scraper)
- [Yandex Maps Scraper](https://apify.com/searchapi/yandex-maps-scraper)

# Actor input Schema

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

The video search query to look up on Yandex Videos.

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

Maximum number of video results to scrape.

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

Country code for localized results (e.g. 'us', 'ru').

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

Language code for search results (e.g. 'en', 'ru').

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

Proxy settings for the scraper. Residential proxies recommended.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "maxItems": 20,
  "country": "",
  "language": "en",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Canonical v2 schema for Yandex Videos results.

# 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": "artificial intelligence",
    "maxItems": 20,
    "language": "en",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("searchapi/yandex-video-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": "artificial intelligence",
    "maxItems": 20,
    "language": "en",
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("searchapi/yandex-video-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": "artificial intelligence",
  "maxItems": 20,
  "language": "en",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call searchapi/yandex-video-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/6QqP0QdcZjf6TDIzW/builds/X2bxmGqXfUEeOaqcw/openapi.json