Use YouTube Channel Contact Email Finder with Python

Find publicly listed contact emails for YouTube channels by scanning each About page and the Instagram, TikTok, and Linktree profiles it links to. No login or API key needed.

1. Choose the data you need

Review the published README for supported collection modes, examples, and limits. The recipe below uses the current published input definition.

2. Prepare a source-based input

This JSON contains published prefills and required-field defaults. Review every value for your task before running it; it is not a promise of successful collection.

{
  "channels": [
    "@mkbhd",
    "@LinusTechTips"
  ],
  "includeVideoDescriptions": true,
  "includeWebsite": true,
  "maxChannels": 2,
  "maxEmailsPerChannel": 5,
  "mode": "channels",
  "onlyWithEmail": false
}

Download input.example.json and save your reviewed copy as input.json.

Field	Type	Required	Description
`mode`	string	required	Choose whether to scrape the channels you provide or discover channels from search queries.
`channels`	array	optional	YouTube channel URLs, @handles, UC... channel IDs, or video URLs (mode=channels). Video URLs resolve to their channel.
`searchQueries`	array	optional	Keywords used to discover channels through YouTube search (mode=search). Each query returns up to about 20 channels; duplicates and maxChannels are applied across queries.
`maxChannels`	integer	optional	Maximum number of unique channels processed per run, across both modes.
`includeWebsite`	boolean	optional	Visit up to two linked websites (home, contact/about pages and common paths) and one link-in-bio hub per channel.
`includeVideoDescriptions`	boolean	optional	Read the descriptions of the latest five videos on each channel.
`onlyWithEmail`	boolean	optional	When enabled, channels with no public email are left out of the dataset. Error records are still reported.
`emailDomains`	array	optional	Optional list of domains to keep, for example brand.com or gmail.com. Leave empty to keep every discovered email.
`maxEmailsPerChannel`	integer	optional	Upper bound on the emails returned for each channel. The highest-value public contact is chosen as primaryEmail.
`proxyConfiguration`	object	optional	Optional. The actor works without a proxy; set this only when your runs need a specific Apify Proxy connection.

3. Start an Actor run

Set APIFY_TOKEN in your environment. Python 3.10 or newer is sufficient; this recipe uses no third-party packages.

Execution may incur charges. Review current pricing on Apify. The request asks for a 120-second timeout and a charge limit; these settings are subject to Apify’s pricing and do not guarantee an all-inclusive spending cap.

import json
import os
import urllib.request

# Save the schema-derived example as input.json; review and edit it first.
with open("input.json", encoding="utf-8") as stream:
    actor_input = json.load(stream)

token = os.environ["APIFY_TOKEN"]
request = urllib.request.Request(
    "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/iUDQnZLC66Ye2jePm/runs?timeout=120&maxTotalChargeUsd=0.50",
    data=json.dumps(actor_input).encode("utf-8"),
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + token, "Content-Type": "application/json"},
    method="POST",
)
# This starts a potentially billable run. Do not automatically retry this POST.
with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=40) as response:
    run = json.load(response)["data"]
print("Run ID:", run["id"])
print("Status:", run["status"])
# Inspect and download results in Apify Console once the run succeeds.

4. Inspect the actual results

Open the run in Apify Console and wait for a successful completion. Use the published output schema to locate results and the dataset schema to understand declared views. Missing or optional record fields must not be treated as guaranteed values.

Dataset of YouTube channel contact records with channel metadata, public emails and their sources, links, socials, and hidden-email flags.

Questions before you run

Which inputs are required?

The published required fields are mode

What does this guide verify?

The fields, prefills, and schema links are rendered from the published build. This is a usage recipe, not a paid live extraction test. Source availability and collection results can vary.

What if the run request times out?

Check Apify Console before retrying. The first request may already have created a run. Do not automatically repeat a run-creation POST.

Open on Apify Full Actor reference

Generated from source build UaThvrincu7zNKHUy and its README and schemas. Source changes regenerate this guide; no third-party editorial claims are inferred.