# Startpage Video Scraper (`codingfrontend/startpage-video-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes video search results from Startpage.com. Extracts title, URL, platform, channel, duration, views, publish date, and thumbnail.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/codingfrontend/startpage-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. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#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

## Startpage Video Scraper

Scrape video search results from [Startpage.com](https://www.startpage.com) — the world's most private search engine, proxying Google Video search without tracking.

### Features

- Extracts **title, URL, platform, channel, duration, views, publication date, thumbnail, description**
- **Pagination** — navigates through pages until `maxItems` is reached
- **Cross-page deduplication**
- Detects **platform** (YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, TikTok, etc.) from URL
- **Language & region targeting**

### Input Parameters

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `query` | string | *(required)* | Video search query |
| `maxItems` | integer | `50` | Maximum videos to extract |
| `language` | string | `"english"` | Language setting |
| `region` | string | `""` | Region code (`us`, `gb`, etc.) |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | — | Proxy config (residential recommended) |

### Output Fields

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `position` | integer | Rank (1-based) |
| `title` | string | Video title |
| `url` | string | Video URL |
| `platform` | string | Platform (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) |
| `channel` | string | Channel/uploader name |
| `duration` | string | Formatted duration (e.g. "10:23") |
| `durationSeconds` | integer | Duration in seconds |
| `views` | string | View count as shown |
| `publishedAt` | string | Publication date |
| `thumbnail` | string | Thumbnail URL |
| `description` | string | Video description snippet |
| `sourceDomain` | string | Platform domain |
| `searchQuery` | string | Query used |
| `language` | string | Language setting |
| `region` | string | Region code |
| `pageNumber` | integer | Page found on |
| `scrapedAt` | string | Scrape timestamp |

### Custom Solutions

📧 Email: lakshmanan.w3dev@gmail.com\
📱 WhatsApp: +91 6382775774

# Actor input Schema

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

The video search query.

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

Maximum number of videos to scrape.

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

Language for results (e.g. 'english', 'deutsch', 'français').

## `region` (type: `string`):

Region/country code (e.g. 'us', 'gb', 'de', 'in').

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

Proxy settings. Residential proxies strongly recommended.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "artificial intelligence tutorial",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "language": "english",
  "region": "",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# 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 tutorial",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "language": "english",
    "region": "",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("codingfrontend/startpage-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 tutorial",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "language": "english",
    "region": "",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

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

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).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 tutorial",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "language": "english",
  "region": "",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call codingfrontend/startpage-video-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=codingfrontend/startpage-video-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/HJlMkgYtqF6Znlvpo/builds/x5a5kgfWCAcI6ZUih/openapi.json