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Accepts a full channel URL (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast), a handle (@MrBeast), a channel ID (UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA), or a plain channel name (best-effort lookup)." }, "maxShorts": { "title": "Max Shorts to scrape", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of Shorts to collect from the channel, starting with the most recent. Set to 0 to fetch all available Shorts (can be slow for large channels).", "default": 25 }, "extendedMetadata": { "title": "Fetch extended metadata", "type": "boolean", "description": "If enabled, fetches full details for each Short (view/like/comment counts, upload date, description, tags). This is slower since it makes one extra request per Short. Automatically enabled when downloading videos.", "default": true }, "downloadVideos": { "title": "Download videos", "type": "boolean", "description": "If enabled, downloads the actual video file for each Short and stores it in the run's Key-Value Store. A direct download link is added to each dataset item.", "default": false }, "videoQuality": { "title": "Video quality", "enum": [ "best", "1080p", "720p", "480p", "audio" ], "type": "string", "description": "Preferred quality/format for downloaded videos. Only used when 'Download videos' is enabled.", "default": "best" }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Proxy settings used to access YouTube. Using Apify Proxy is strongly recommended to avoid rate limiting/blocking.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true } }, "mcpConnector": { "title": "Deliver to (MCP connector)", "type": "string", "description": "Optionally deliver scraped Shorts into a connector you have authorized — Notion, Slack, Linear, Airtable, Jira, GitHub, or any MCP-compatible connector. Leave empty to only save results to the dataset." }, "deliveryMode": { "title": "Delivery mode", "enum": [ "summary", "chunked", "perShort", "none" ], "type": "string", "description": "How to deliver to the connector: 'summary' (one call covering every scraped Short), 'chunked' (split many Shorts across a few calls/pages so services like Notion never time out), 'perShort' (one call per individual Short), or 'none' (save to dataset only).", "default": "summary" }, "mcpTool": { "title": "Connector tool name", "type": "string", "description": "Name of the tool to call on the connector (e.g. 'create_page' for Notion, 'send_message' for Slack, 'create_issue' for Jira/GitHub). If unsure, run once with a connector selected — the log lists the connector's available tools.", "default": "" }, "mcpArguments": { "title": "Connector tool arguments", "type": "object", "description": "Arguments passed to the connector tool. String values support {placeholders}. In 'summary'/'chunked' mode: {channelName}, {channelUrl}, {shortCount}, {shortsText} (formatted list of Shorts), {message} (the rendered template below); 'chunked' also gives {part}/{partCount} (1-based part number and total — put these in a page title, e.g. 'Shorts {channelName} (part {part}/{partCount})'). In 'perShort' mode: {channelName}, {channelUrl}, {id}, {title}, {url}, {viewCount}, {likeCount}, {commentCount}, {uploadDate}, {duration}, {description}, {hashtags}, {downloadStatus}, {videoDownloadUrl}, {thumbnailUrl}, {message}. Example for Slack: {\"channel\": \"#shorts\", \"text\": \"{message}\"}.", "default": {} }, "mcpMessageTemplate": { "title": "Message template", "type": "string", "description": "Optional template rendered and exposed as the {message} placeholder in the tool arguments. Summary/chunked example: 'Shorts from {channelName} ({shortCount} total):\\n\\n{shortsText}'. Per-Short example: '{title} — {url} ({viewCount} views, {likeCount} likes)'.", "default": "" } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } }