YouTube Channel Video Feed Quick Scraper: MCP config, n8n workflow and API

{
  "channelUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@Apify"
  ],
  "maxVideos": 3,
  "videoSource": "videosTab",
  "sortVideosBy": "newest",
  "sortShortsBy": "latest",
  "includeCommentCounts": false,
  "onlyNewVideos": false,
  "includeAbout": true,
  "includePlaylists": false,
  "maxPlaylists": 20,
  "includeShorts": false,
  "maxShorts": 20,
  "includeLiveVideos": false,
  "maxLiveVideos": 20,
  "market": "US",
  "language": "en"
}

---
name: youtube-channel-video-feed-quick-scraper
description: "One row per video with recordType/sourceUrl, exact publish date, like count, category, tags, optional comment count, view/like metrics, Shorts and live flags, plus the channel's authorMetadata with subscriber counts, About-page links and derived channel analytics (lastUploadDate, averageViews, uploadFrequencyDays, videosAnalyzed). Runs the Apify Actor nimbryxo-studio/youtube-channel-video-feed-quick-scraper. Use when the user needs YouTube data with fields such as recordType, title, videoId, viewCount, likeCount, publishDate and an Apify token is available."
compatibility: "Needs network access, curl, and an APIFY_TOKEN environment variable. Runs are billed to the token owner's Apify account."
metadata:
  actor: "nimbryxo-studio/youtube-channel-video-feed-quick-scraper"
  store-url: "https://apify.com/nimbryxo-studio/youtube-channel-video-feed-quick-scraper"
---

# YouTube Channel Video Feed Quick Scraper

Use this skill to fetch YouTube data with the Apify Actor `nimbryxo-studio/youtube-channel-video-feed-quick-scraper` and work with the returned rows.

## Before running

1. Check that `APIFY_TOKEN` is set in the environment. Never print it or write it to a file.
2. Build `input.json` from the user's request using the fields below. Keep limits small for a first run.
3. Confirm the search terms or URLs with the user if the request is ambiguous.

## Input fields

| Field | Type | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `channelUrls` | array, required | YouTube channel URLs, handles (@username), or channel IDs (UCxxx). Accepts any format. |
| `maxVideos` | integer | Maximum number of videos to scrape per channel. Set to 0 to get only channel info without videos. The 10,000 cap is an intentional policy limit for a bounded run. |
| `videoSource` | one of `videosTab`, `uploadsPlaylist`, `both` | Where to read the video list from. The uploads playlist is a complete chronological feed that also includes Shorts and uploads the Videos tab omits. 'Both' merges the two sources, de-duplicated by video ID, then applies the chosen sort. |
| `sortVideosBy` | one of `newest`, `popular`, `oldest` | How to order the channel's videos. The uploads playlist is already newest-first; Popular/Oldest are applied client-side to a scan window of max(maxVideos, min(2 * maxVideos, 60)) videos. The Videos tab uses YouTube's native sort chips across its full history. |
| `sortShortsBy` | one of `latest`, `popular`, `oldest` | Order of the Shorts tab when 'Include Channel Shorts' is on. The Shorts tab exposes Latest, Popular and Oldest filters. |
| `includeCommentCounts` | boolean | Fetch the exact public comment count for every video. Costs up to two extra requests per video: a /next seed (reused from the description-enrichment call when that already ran) plus a comments-continuation request when the count is not in the seed. |
| `onlyNewVideos` | boolean | Monitor mode: return only videos not returned by an earlier run for the same channel. State is kept in the actor's named key-value store, which persists across runs. Only emitted rows are marked seen, so maxVideos pauses the remainder instead of skipping it. |
| `includeAbout` | boolean | Extract total views, join date, location, external links and channel analytics from the channel About page and video sample. |
| `includePlaylists` | boolean | Scrape the channel Playlists tab and include playlist metadata in the output. |
| `maxPlaylists` | integer | Maximum number of playlists to scrape (when includePlaylists is enabled). |
| `includeShorts` | boolean | Scrape the channel Shorts tab and include Shorts in the output. Also marks matching uploads-playlist videos with isShort. |
| `maxShorts` | integer | Maximum number of Shorts to return (when includeShorts is enabled). |
| `includeLiveVideos` | boolean | Scrape the channel Live/Streams tab and include live/archived streams. |
| `maxLiveVideos` | integer | Maximum live/stream videos to return. |

Example `input.json` (the Actor's published prefill):

```json
{
  "channelUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@Apify"
  ],
  "maxVideos": 3,
  "videoSource": "videosTab",
  "sortVideosBy": "newest",
  "sortShortsBy": "latest",
  "includeCommentCounts": false,
  "onlyNewVideos": false,
  "includeAbout": true,
  "includePlaylists": false,
  "maxPlaylists": 20,
  "includeShorts": false,
  "maxShorts": 20,
  "includeLiveVideos": false,
  "maxLiveVideos": 20,
  "market": "US",
  "language": "en"
}
```

## Run

```bash
curl -sS -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/nimbryxo-studio~youtube-channel-video-feed-quick-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @input.json > results.json
```

The call waits for the run to finish and returns the dataset items as a JSON array. If the run needs more than 300 seconds the API answers with HTTP 408; then start the run with `POST /v2/acts/nimbryxo-studio~youtube-channel-video-feed-quick-scraper/runs`, poll `GET /v2/actor-runs/{runId}` until `SUCCEEDED`, and read `GET /v2/datasets/{defaultDatasetId}/items`.

## Output

Each item is one record. Published fields include: `recordType`, `title`, `videoId`, `viewCount`, `likeCount`, `publishDate`, `duration`, `url`, `sourceUrl`, `isShort`, `authorMetadata.channelName`, `authorMetadata.subscriberCount`, `viewCountText`, `commentCount`, `uploadDate`, `category`, `tags`, `publishedTimeText`, `durationSeconds`, `thumbnailUrl`.

Summarise what was found, cite the record URLs when present, and say how many items came back. Do not invent values for empty fields.