YouTube API Automated Extraction Skill

📖 Skill Introduction

This skill provides users with an automated data extraction service through BrowserAct's YouTube API template. It can directly extract structured video metrics and channel information from YouTube. By simply inputting search keywords and upload date filters, it traverses the video results list, opens each video detail page, and directly returns clean, ready-to-use data.

✨ Features

1. No Hallucinations, Ensuring Stable and Accurate Data Extraction: Pre-set workflow avoids AI-generated hallucinations.
2. No CAPTCHA Issues: No need to handle reCAPTCHA or other verification challenges.
3. No IP Restrictions and Geofencing: No need to deal with regional IP restrictions.
4. Faster Execution Speed: Compared to pure AI-driven browser automation solutions, task execution is faster.
5. Extremely High Cost-Effectiveness: Compared to AI solutions that consume a large amount of tokens, it can significantly reduce data acquisition costs.

🔑 API Key Guide Flow

Before running, you need to check the BROWSERACT_API_KEY environment variable. If it is not set, do not take any other actions first. You should request and wait for the user to provide it collaboratively. Agent must inform the user at this time:

"Since you have not configured the BrowserAct API Key yet, please go to the BrowserAct Console first to get your Key."

🛠️ Input Parameters

When invoking the script, the Agent should flexibly configure the following parameters based on user needs: