YouTube Scraper AI Agent

What This Agent Does

The YouTube Scraper AI Agent automates extraction of YouTube video and channel data. Extract videos, comments, channel info, and search results for content research.

Data Types You Can Scrape:

• Video metadata (views, likes, duration)
• Channel information and stats
• Video comments and replies
• Search results by keyword
• Playlist contents
• Video transcripts (when available)

Key Benefits:

• Research competitor channels at scale
• Analyze video performance trends
• Monitor comments and sentiment
• Discover trending content

Use Cases:

• Competitor video analysis
• Content gap identification
• Influencer research
• Trend monitoring
• Comment sentiment analysis

Data You Can Extract

Video Discovery

• discoverVideosByKeyword: Search videos by keywords - find content in your niche
• discoverVideosByChannelURL: Get all videos from a channel
• discoverVideosByHashtag: Find videos using specific hashtags
• discoverVideosBySearchFilters: Advanced search with filters (date, duration, type)

Video Data

• scrapeYouTubeVideos: Extract video data - title, description, views, likes, comments count, duration, upload date, tags

Channel Data

• scrapeYouTubeProfiles: Get channel info - name, subscribers, video count, description, join date
• discoverProfilesByKeyword: Search for channels

Engagement

• scrapeYouTubeComments: Extract all comments - text, likes, replies, commenter info, date

Required Integrations

YouTube Scraper Integration

Uses youtubescraper integration - managed by TaskAGI.

Setup Steps:

1. Deploy this agent
2. Connect Google Drive
3. Enter video URLs, channel URLs, or keywords
4. Run extraction

Configuration Steps

Form Trigger Setup

• Keywords: Search terms for video discovery
• Video URLs: Specific YouTube video links
• Channel URLs: YouTube channel links
• Hashtags: For hashtag search
• Results Limit: Number of videos
• Filename: Output file name

Example Inputs

Keywords: "python tutorial for beginners" Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/PewDiePie Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ Hashtag: #shorts

Testing Your Agent

1. Test Few Videos: Start with 5-10 videos
2. Verify Data: Check view counts match YouTube
3. Extract Channel: Get full channel video list
4. Scrape Comments: Test comment extraction
5. Scale Up: Run larger extractions

Expected Output: Video: title, description, views, likes, comments, duration, upload_date, channel_name, tags Channel: name, subscribers, video_count, description, total_views

Troubleshooting

"Video not found"

• Check video URL is correct
• Video may be private/deleted
• Age-restricted videos may fail

"Comments disabled"

• Creator disabled comments
• This is normal for some videos

"Missing likes count"

• Some creators hide like counts
• Very new videos may show 0

Next Steps

1. Competitor Analysis: Track competitor upload frequency
2. Trend Research: Monitor trending topics weekly
3. Comment Analysis: Extract for sentiment analysis
4. Content Planning: Identify gaps in your niche

Pro Tips:

• Calculate CTR: views / impressions (if you have channel access)
• Track watch time vs views ratio
• Monitor comment sentiment for feedback
• Analyze top videos for content patterns