YouTube Video Scraper

This repository contains two scripts for scraping YouTube video data. One uses Google Apps Script with the YouTube API, and the other is a browser-based script that captures video data directly from the console.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Google Account: Required to use the Google Apps Script with YouTube API.
• YouTube Data API Key: Required to fetch data from YouTube API.
• Browser with Developer Tools: Required to run the console script.

Script 1: Google Apps Script (YouTube API)

Overview:

This script fetches YouTube video data using the YouTube API and stores it in a Google Spreadsheet.

Setup Instructions:

1. Open a Google Spreadsheet.
2. Go to Extensions > Apps Script.
3. Paste the code from youtube_data_appscript.gs.
4. Replace API_KEY with your YouTube Data API key.
5. Save and run the script to populate your spreadsheet with video data.

Feature

1. Search by Channel ID
2. Search by keyword

DEMO

Youtube.Data.API.mp4

Script 2: Browser Console Script

Overview:

This script scrapes YouTube video data directly from the browser console and copies it to your clipboard.

Setup Instructions:

1. Open Specific YouTube channel in your browser, scroll all the video until the end.
2. Press F12 or press ⌥⌘+i in Mac to open Developer Tools.
3. Go to the Console tab.
4. Paste the code from browser_script.js and hit Enter.
5. The data will be copied to your clipboard.

Demo

Scrape.Data.Youtube.mp4

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.