# Yandex Video Scraper (`codingfrontend/yandex-video-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes video search results from Yandex Videos (yandex.com/video). Extracts title, URL, thumbnail, duration, channel, views, publish date, description, and platform.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/codingfrontend/yandex-video-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Coding Frontned](https://apify.com/codingfrontend) (community)
- **Categories:** Videos, Developer tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Yandex Video Scraper

Extract verified public video-search results from Yandex's server-rendered pages without launching a browser. The Actor records stable Yandex preview IDs and direct publisher video URLs, validates and deduplicates them, and retains page/rank provenance.

### Input

- `query`: required search text, up to 120 characters.
- `maxItems`: 1–20 results.
- `maxPages`: 1–5 pages; Yandex currently exposes four server-rendered results per page.
- `language`: two-letter lowercase language code.
- `country`: default, United States, or Russia region mapping.
- `proxyConfiguration`: optional Apify/custom proxy; direct requests are the default.

```json
{ "query": "artificial intelligence", "maxItems": 8, "maxPages": 2, "language": "en", "country": "us" }
```

### Output

Every record contains a stable preview ID, full title, canonical external video URL/domain, query, source page, page/rank, language, and timestamp. Available source metadata adds thumbnail, duration and seconds, channel, view label and normalized count, publication date, and platform. Missing optional values are omitted rather than padded with nulls.

Requests use bounded timeouts and one retry. Challenges, malformed pages, or zero verified results fail clearly without storing a partial dataset. Results and metadata are live and belong to their respective publishers.

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

The video search query to look up on Yandex Videos.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of video results to scrape.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum result pages to request. Yandex currently exposes four server-rendered results per page.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Optional supported Yandex region mapping.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Language code for search results (e.g. 'en', 'ru').

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional proxy settings. Direct requests are used by default.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "maxItems": 20,
  "maxPages": 5,
  "country": "",
  "language": "en",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

## `output` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "query": "artificial intelligence",
    "maxItems": 20,
    "language": "en",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("codingfrontend/yandex-video-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "query": "artificial intelligence",
    "maxItems": 20,
    "language": "en",
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("codingfrontend/yandex-video-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "maxItems": 20,
  "language": "en",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call codingfrontend/yandex-video-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,codingfrontend/yandex-video-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/nB7iPScLKNt7BgKiq/builds/BQtfk8wCe0I7j7ZDg/openapi.json