YouTube Channel and Video List Scraper MCP Server
Allows scraping public YouTube channels, playlists, and search results, returning video rows with title, views, date, and length, plus channel rows with subscriber counts, total views, and links.
This server does not currently have a deployable release on Glama. Follow the repository's setup instructions to install and configure it for your MCP client, including any required credentials and local dependencies.
YouTube Channel and Video List Scraper MCP Server
An MCP server for the Mamba Labs YouTube Channel and Video List Scraper actor on Apify. Scrape public YouTube channels, playlists, and search lists as flat rows.
What's Inside
Related MCP server: mcp-server-youtube
What it does
Give YouTube channels, playlists, or search terms. You get a row per video, with title, rounded views, relative date, and length, a row per channel with subscribers, total views, and links, and a free report per source that says whether its list was read to the end.
All of the work runs on Apify. This package is a thin client that starts the actor run, waits for it, and hands back the dataset rows.
Quick start
You need Node.js 18 or newer and an Apify account with an API token.
Add this to your Claude Desktop config (claude_desktop_config.json), Cursor, or any MCP client:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mamba-youtube-video-channel-scraper": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mambalabsdev/mcp-youtube-video-channel-scraper"
],
"env": {
"APIFY_TOKEN": "your-apify-token"
}
}
}
}Restart the client. The scrape_youtube_videos_channels tool appears.
Prerequisites
Node.js 18 or newer.
An Apify API token from console.apify.com/account/integrations, set as
APIFY_TOKEN. The server lists its tool without a token; a call needs one.
Example prompts
"List the last 20 videos from the NASA channel with their views."
"Search YouTube for home espresso and give me the top 10 videos."
"How many subscribers does Veritasium have, and what links does the channel publish?"
Tool
scrape_youtube_videos_channels. One tool. Example arguments:
{
"urls": [
"https://www.youtube.com/@NASA"
],
"max_videos_per_source": 5
}Inputs
Every buyer facing input of the actor. Omitted inputs take the actor's own defaults.
Input | Type | Required | Description |
| array | no | Channel, @handle, playlist, or search result addresses, or a bare channel ID or @handle. Up to 200 sources a run, counted with search terms. A single video address returns one free row: this actor does not open video pages. Clay users: wrap a column in a one item list. |
| array | no | Terms to search on YouTube. Each term returns videos in YouTube's order, for a logged out US visitor. Clay users: wrap a column in a one item list. |
| number | no | Per channel, playlist, or search term. Default 30, maximum 5000. Set 0 on a channel to get only its channel row. |
| boolean | no | yes (default) adds one row per channel source with subscribers, total views, video count, joined date, country, and links. no skips it. |
| string | no | Which channel list to read: videos (default), shorts, or streams. |
| string | no | Optional. The run stops before a charge that would pass this amount. Reports are always delivered. |
Pricing
Pay per event on Apify, billed to your Apify account. Prices in USD.
Event | Free plan | Bronze | Silver | Gold |
| $0.0012 | $0.00114 | $0.00108 | $0.00102 |
| $0.001 | $0.00095 | $0.0009 | $0.00085 |
| $0.0025 | $0.0025 | $0.0025 | $0.0025 |
Source reports, refused pages, and refused input are free. Mamba Labs pays the platform costs of the run, Apify proxy traffic included.
Full actor documentation
apify.com/mambalabs/youtube-video-channel-scraper
License
MIT. See LICENSE.
This server cannot be deployed
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