YouTube Live Stream & Replay Chat Extractor
Collect chat messages, Super Chats, Super Stickers, and membership events from an active YouTube livestream or an ended stream's saved chat replay, with author and timestamp detail.
Open in Apify Store$0.99 / 1K on Free
Short answer
YouTube Live Stream & Replay Chat Extractor is an Apify Store Actor for YouTube data that returns 15 published output fields, including videoId, videoTitle, eventType, authorName. It lists $0.99 per 1,000 results on the Free plan (pay per event), $0.49 on the Business plan. It takes 24 input settings, none required. It covers 2 of the 8 core YouTube fields this site tracks. Last updated Nov 3, 2026.
From the public Store listing and published build schema, synced 2026-11-12.What it returns
15 fields from the published dataset schema. Export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read the dataset through the Apify API.
videoIdeventTypeauthorNamemessageTextvideoOffsetTextamountTextcurrencyamountValuegiftCountvideoTitlemessageCountsuperChatCountmembershipGiftCounttotalAmountByCurrencychatComplete
Not in the schema among the core YouTube fields: channel, views, duration, published_at, url, transcript. The field matrix shows which other tools return them.
How it differs from the other YouTube Actors
Among the 17 catalogue Actors for YouTube with a published schema, only this one returns currency, amountValue, giftCount, superChatCount, membershipGiftCount, totalAmountByCurrency, chatComplete.
Pick another Actor if you need
| Actor | Fields it adds | Price / 1K |
|---|---|---|
| YouTube Search Results & Entity Type Scraper | channelName, viewCount, publishedAt, publishedTimeText | $0.99 |
| YouTube Shorts Metadata Extractor for Channels & Hashtags | viewCount, likes, duration, uploadDate | $0.99 |
| YouTube Channel Video Catalog & Profile Scraper | viewCount, duration, publishedTimeText, url | $0.99 |
| YouTube Caption & Whisper AI Transcript Extractor | channel_name, publishedAt, transcript_language, segment_count | $0.99 |
| YouTube Hashtag Video & Shorts Ranking Scraper | hashtag, url, channelName, viewCount | $0.99 |
Input
| Setting | Type | Required | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| videoRefs | array | No | – | YouTube watch, live, shorts or youtu.be links, 11-character video IDs, or a channel live link such as @handle/live. |
| channelRefs | array | No | – | Channel handles (@name), channel URLs or UC… channel IDs. The actor discovers current live streams and recent stream replays from each channel. |
| mode | string | No | auto | Auto detects live versus replay. Active captures an ongoing live chat. Replay reads the saved chat of an ended stream. |
| channelDiscoveryMode | string | No | current_live_then_replays | Which streams to pick from each channel. Used with channel references. |
| maxVideosPerChannel | integer | No | 5 | Maximum streams to process from each channel. |
| lookbackDays | integer | No | 30 | How far back to include ended streams from a channel. Use 0 for no limit. |
| includeUpcomingLives | boolean | No | false | Emit an upcoming status row for scheduled channel streams instead of skipping them. |
| maxMessagesPerVideo | integer | No | 5000 | Maximum unique chat events collected from each video. Use 0 to collect every available event. |
| maxTotalItems | integer | No | 0 | Whole-run cap across all videos and summary rows. Use 0 for no limit. |
| maxTimePerVideoSecs | integer | No | 600 | Safety limit for replay pagination on one video, in seconds. A run that reaches it reports partial_capture. |
Show the other 14 settings
| Setting | Type | Required | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| includeNormalMessages | boolean | No | true | Include standard text chat messages. |
| includeSuperChats | boolean | No | true | Include paid Super Chat messages and paid Super Stickers. |
| includeMembershipEvents | boolean | No | true | Include new and renewed channel membership events. |
| includeGiftEvents | boolean | No | true | Include gift membership purchases, gift membership redemptions and paid gift messages. |
| includeSystemEvents | boolean | No | true | Include engagement notices, slow-mode changes, restricted participation and other system rows. |
| includePlaceholders | boolean | No | false | Include raw placeholder rows that contain only an ID and timestamp. |
| includeSummary | boolean | No | false | Add one stream_summary row per video with event counts, per-currency totals, top supporters and completeness. |
| startOffsetSecs | integer | No | 0 | Replay only. Skip events before this video offset. Use 0 to start at the beginning. |
| endOffsetSecs | integer | No | 0 | Replay only. Stop after this video offset. Use 0 to read to the end. |
| liveCollectSecs | integer | No | 60 | How long to keep polling an active chat before stopping. Live captures are always partial. |
| pollIntervalMs | integer | No | 2000 | Minimum delay between live chat polls. YouTube's own timeout is honoured when it is longer. |
| language | string | No | en | Interface language used when requesting YouTube pages and chat. |
| regionCode | string | No | US | Region used for YouTube page and chat requests. |
| includeMetadata | boolean | No | true | Repeat video and stream metadata on each chat row. |
Example input
Built from the input form's published example values and defaults.
{
"videoRefs": [
"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQbNtLOVlwU"
],
"mode": "auto",
"channelDiscoveryMode": "current_live",
"maxVideosPerChannel": 1,
"lookbackDays": 30,
"includeUpcomingLives": false,
"maxMessagesPerVideo": 3,
"maxTotalItems": 3,
"maxTimePerVideoSecs": 120,
"includeNormalMessages": true,
"includeSuperChats": true,
"includeMembershipEvents": true,
"includeGiftEvents": true,
"includeSystemEvents": true,
"includePlaceholders": false,
"includeSummary": false,
"startOffsetSecs": 0,
"endOffsetSecs": 0,
"liveCollectSecs": 10,
"pollIntervalMs": 2000,
"language": "en",
"regionCode": "US",
"includeMetadata": true
}Run it from code or an AI agent
The same run through the Apify API, with the example input. You need an Apify API token; the run is billed to your account at the Store price.
Python
from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run_input = {
"videoRefs": [
"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQbNtLOVlwU"
],
"mode": "auto",
"channelDiscoveryMode": "current_live",
"maxVideosPerChannel": 1,
"lookbackDays": 30,
"includeUpcomingLives": False,
"maxMessagesPerVideo": 3,
"maxTotalItems": 3,
"maxTimePerVideoSecs": 120,
"includeNormalMessages": True,
"includeSuperChats": True,
"includeMembershipEvents": True,
"includeGiftEvents": True,
"includeSystemEvents": True,
"includePlaceholders": False,
"includeSummary": False,
"startOffsetSecs": 0,
"endOffsetSecs": 0,
"liveCollectSecs": 10,
"pollIntervalMs": 2000,
"language": "en",
"regionCode": "US",
"includeMetadata": True
}
run = client.actor("dataspryva/youtube-live-stream-and-replay-chat-extractor").call(run_input=run_input)
if run is None:
raise RuntimeError("The Actor run was not found.")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
print(item)pip install apify-client
JavaScript
import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: "<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" });
const input = {
"videoRefs": [
"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQbNtLOVlwU"
],
"mode": "auto",
"channelDiscoveryMode": "current_live",
"maxVideosPerChannel": 1,
"lookbackDays": 30,
"includeUpcomingLives": false,
"maxMessagesPerVideo": 3,
"maxTotalItems": 3,
"maxTimePerVideoSecs": 120,
"includeNormalMessages": true,
"includeSuperChats": true,
"includeMembershipEvents": true,
"includeGiftEvents": true,
"includeSystemEvents": true,
"includePlaceholders": false,
"includeSummary": false,
"startOffsetSecs": 0,
"endOffsetSecs": 0,
"liveCollectSecs": 10,
"pollIntervalMs": 2000,
"language": "en",
"regionCode": "US",
"includeMetadata": true
};
const run = await client.actor("dataspryva/youtube-live-stream-and-replay-chat-extractor").call(input);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);npm install apify-client
cURL
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/dataspryva~youtube-live-stream-and-replay-chat-extractor/run-sync-get-dataset-items" -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"videoRefs":["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQbNtLOVlwU"],"mode":"auto","channelDiscoveryMode":"current_live","maxVideosPerChannel":1,"lookbackDays":30,"includeUpcomingLives":false,"maxMessagesPerVideo":3,"maxTotalItems":3,"maxTimePerVideoSecs":120,"includeNormalMessages":true,"includeSuperChats":true,"includeMembershipEvents":true,"includeGiftEvents":true,"includeSystemEvents":true,"includePlaceholders":false,"includeSummary":false,"startOffsetSecs":0,"endOffsetSecs":0,"liveCollectSecs":10,"pollIntervalMs":2000,"language":"en","regionCode":"US","includeMetadata":true}'Waits for the run and returns the dataset items (runs over 300 seconds return HTTP 408; start an async run instead).
MCP (AI agents)
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=dataspryva/youtube-live-stream-and-replay-chat-extractor",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}Adds this Actor as a tool in an MCP client that takes a remote server URL (Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code) through Apify's hosted MCP server. OAuth sign-in also works without the header. Clients that only start local servers can wrap the URL with npx mcp-remote.
What a run costs
The result rate falls on higher Apify plans. Each figure is the published per-result rate times the number of results.
| Apify plan | Per 1,000 | 10,000 results | 100,000 results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan | $0.99 | $9.90 | $99 |
| Starter plan | $0.82 | $8.20 | $82 |
| Scale plan | $0.66 | $6.60 | $66 |
| Business plan | $0.49 | $4.90 | $49 |
- Every run also has a start event, charged per GB of memory (minimum one): $0.10 on Free, $0.03 on Business. At its default memory of 4 GB a run starts at $0.40 on Free. Fewer, larger runs keep this small.
- The Free plan includes $5 of monthly usage (Apify pricing, checked 2026-11-11); at the Free rate that covers at most about 5,050 results, less start events and platform usage.
- Worked example: 10,000 results in one run on the Free plan cost $10.30 ($9.90 for results + $0.40 start), plus Apify platform usage (compute), billed separately by Apify.
- Pay per event. Platform usage (compute) is billed by Apify on top of the event prices. Compare other tools in the cost estimator.
Where it fits among YouTube routes
It ranks 16 of 17 catalogue Actors for YouTube on the published formula (fields, price, reliability, freshness). Its line is highlighted on the map.
- 1 YouTube Search Results & Entity Type Scraper 42 output fields, pay per event 7 of 8 core fields
$0.99 / 1K - 2 YouTube Shorts Metadata Extractor for Channels & Hashtags 38 output fields, pay per event 7 of 8 core fields
$0.99 / 1K - 3 YouTube Channel Video Catalog & Profile Scraper 49 output fields, pay per event 6 of 8 core fields
$0.99 / 1K - 16 YouTube Live Stream & Replay Chat Extractor 15 output fields, pay per event 2 of 8 core fields
$0.99 / 1K - + 7 other Store tools, combined Reference only 8 of 8 core fields
from $0.01 / 1K - API YouTube Data API v3 Public API fields not compared
Stops are fields. A ring means the field is in that route's published output schema; no ring means the line passes without it. Bold labels are the core fields for this website, the rest are fields that differ between routes. A white capsule means every data line stops there. The red line is the official API; its field coverage is not compared. A crossed red line means there is no open official API.
Official route: YouTube Data API v3
Public API. The Data API exposes public video, channel, playlist and comment data. Each project receives a daily quota measured in units.
No per-call fee is published; the constraint is the daily quota. Extra quota is not self-serve.
Other Store tools for YouTube
Reference only, from their public listings.
| Tool | Fields | Price / 1K |
|---|---|---|
| Youtube Channel Video Scraper | 23 | $1.00 |
| YouTube Video Transcript | 25 | $5.00 |
| YouTube Scraper: Videos, Channels & Search | 14 | $0.50 |
| YouTube Video Downloader | 26 | $5.00 |
| Youtube Video/Shorts Details Scraper Pro | 7 | $0.01 |
What people use it for
- Live chat monitoring
- Replay chat extraction
- Paid chat analysis
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Questions people ask
How much does YouTube Live Stream & Replay Chat Extractor cost?
The published result rate depends on your Apify plan: $0.99 per 1,000 on Free, $0.82 per 1,000 on Starter, $0.66 per 1,000 on Scale, $0.49 per 1,000 on Business. So 10,000 results cost about $9.90 on the Free plan and $4.90 on Business, plus a start fee of $0.10 per run per GB of memory on Free. Platform usage is billed separately.
What data does YouTube Live Stream & Replay Chat Extractor return?
Its published output schema lists 15 fields: videoId, eventType, authorName, messageText, videoOffsetText, amountText, currency, amountValue, giftCount, videoTitle, messageCount, superChatCount, and 3 more. A listed field is not guaranteed to be filled in every row.
What input does YouTube Live Stream & Replay Chat Extractor need?
No input is strictly required; the defaults run as is. Common settings: videoRefs, channelRefs, mode, channelDiscoveryMode, maxVideosPerChannel, lookbackDays.
What are the alternatives to YouTube Live Stream & Replay Chat Extractor for YouTube?
17 catalogue Actors cover YouTube. Close alternatives: YouTube Search Results & Entity Type Scraper; YouTube Shorts Metadata Extractor for Channels & Hashtags; YouTube Channel Video Catalog & Profile Scraper. The YouTube page compares all of them field by field.
How do I run YouTube Live Stream & Replay Chat Extractor from Python or the API?
Use the Apify API client: in Python, ApifyClient(token).actor("dataspryva/youtube-live-stream-and-replay-chat-extractor").call(run_input=...), then read the run's default dataset (run.default_dataset_id); in JavaScript the same call is client.actor("dataspryva/youtube-live-stream-and-replay-chat-extractor").call(input). Without a client, POST the input JSON to https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/dataspryva~youtube-live-stream-and-replay-chat-extractor/run-sync-get-dataset-items with your API token. Ready-to-paste code with the example input is on this page.
Sources
- YouTube Live Stream & Replay Chat Extractor on Apify Store
- Published build with input and output schema (JSON)
- YouTube Data API v3 documentation
Cite this page
Scraper Finder. "YouTube Live Stream & Replay Chat Extractor." https://scraperfinder.com/catalogue/youtube-live-stream-and-replay-chat-extractor/ (data checked 2026-11-12).
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