Dailymotion video discovery in n8n
Search Dailymotion by keyword, browse trending or topic videos, or pull a channel's uploads, with language, country, and duration filters, views, likes, tags, and owner details per video.
What this workflow does
Import it and n8n runs the Dailymotion Video Discovery by Topic & Channel Actor on Apify every day at 08:00 with the starter input below. Each row comes back with title, owner username, views, likes and 4 more. A Google Sheets append is included and stays off until you add your sheet. The only credential it needs is your Apify API token.
Read from the workflow file, built for Dailymotion Video Discovery by Topic & Channel version 1.0.2. Updated 2026-11-14.How the rows travel
6 nodes, in the order n8n runs them. The yellow stop is the call to the Apify Actor; the dashed stop is optional.
- Daily trigger Schedule trigger
- Configure input Code
- Run Apify Actor HTTP Request
- Normalize + dedupe Code
- Rows ready No operation
- Google Sheets (optional) Google Sheets, off until you switch it on
Input
The Configure input node holds the starter input. Change it there; every setting the Actor accepts is listed below.
{
"searchQueries": [
"technology news"
],
"maxItems": 25,
"mode": "search"
}| Setting | Type | Required | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mode | string | Yes | search | What to fetch from Dailymotion. 7 choices. |
| searchQueries | array | No | – | One or more keywords to search (mode=search, mode=searchUsers). Each query is paginated up to Max items. Existing tasks with the old searchQuery field keep working. |
| topic | string | No | news | Dailymotion category to browse (mode=byTopic). 17 choices. |
| videoIds | array | No | – | Specific videos to look up (mode=byVideoIds). Accepts bare IDs (x4d4447), dailymotion.com/video/... links, or dai.ly links. Unavailable IDs are skipped. |
| sortBy | string | No | relevance | Result order. Values apply where the Dailymotion API supports them: relevance needs mode=search/searchUsers; popular is mode=searchUsers only; old/id-asc are not available… 12 choices. |
| language | string | No | – | Only include videos in this language. Leave as All languages for every language. 30 choices. |
| country | string | No | – | Only include videos published from this country (mode=search, trending). Leave as All countries for every country. 249 choices. |
| verifiedOnly | boolean | No | false | Only include videos from verified Dailymotion channels (mode=search, trending). |
| liveOnly | boolean | No | false | Only include live streams instead of on-demand videos. |
| tag | string | No | – | Only include videos carrying this tag (mode=search, byTopic, byUser, byPlaylist). Example: jazz. |
| createdAfter | string | No | – | Only include videos published on or after this date, as YYYY-MM-DD (mode=search, trending, byTopic, byUser). Long ranges are fetched automatically in overlapping windows. |
| createdBefore | string | No | – | Only include videos published on or before this date, as YYYY-MM-DD (mode=search, trending, byTopic, byUser). Long ranges are fetched automatically in overlapping windows. |
| minDuration | integer | No | – | Only include videos at least this many seconds long. |
| maxDuration | integer | No | – | Only include videos at most this many seconds long. |
| maxItems | integer | No | 20 | Maximum number of records to return. Up to 1,000 comes from a single query; higher values automatically sweep Dailymotion's date windows (search/topic/channel modes, newest-first… |
| usernames | array | No | – | One or more Dailymotion channels to fetch uploads from (mode=byUser). Accepts usernames (euronews-en), profile URLs (https://www.dailymotion.com/user/euronews-en), or profile… |
| playlists | array | No | – | One or more playlists to fetch (mode=byPlaylist). Accepts playlist URLs (https://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x6pu6c) or bare playlist IDs. |
What each row holds
Every field the Actor returns stays in the row (8 in its dataset schema). Normalize + dedupe trims text, drops empty fields and adds _source and _scrapedAt. The main fields:
| Field | What it is |
|---|---|
| title | Title |
| ownerUsername | Owner Username |
| views | Views |
| likes | Likes |
| duration | Duration |
| publishedAt | Published At |
| videoUrl | Video Url |
What the first run costs
With the starter input (maxItems = 25) a first run costs about $0.42 on the Apify Free plan: $0.40 to start the run at 4 GB of memory and $0.02 for the results, plus platform usage.
The Actor lists $0.99 per 1,000 results; its catalogue page breaks the price down by Apify plan. The Apify Free plan includes $5 of usage a month.
The Actor behind it
Dailymotion Video Discovery by Topic & Channel: Search Dailymotion by keyword, browse trending or topic videos, or pull a channel's uploads, with language, country, and duration filters, views, likes, tags, and owner details per video.
The same job from an AI agent
The matching agent skill gives Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents the same Actor, input and fields. Install it in one line:
npx skills add https://scraperfinder.com --skill dailymotion-video-discovery-by-topic-and-channel The dailymotion video discovery skill, with manual install and run steps
Questions people ask
How do I import this workflow into n8n?
Copy https://scraperfinder.com/n8n/dailymotion-video-discovery-by-topic-and-channel.json. In n8n, open a new workflow, click the three-dot menu, choose Import from URL and paste it. Or download the JSON file and use Import from File; both give the same 6 nodes.
Do I need an Apify account?
Yes. The workflow calls the Dailymotion Video Discovery by Topic & Channel Actor through the Apify API with your own token, and each run is billed to your Apify account. The Free plan includes $5 of usage a month.
What does a run cost?
With the starter input (maxItems = 25) a first run costs about $0.42 on the Apify Free plan: $0.40 to start the run at 4 GB of memory and $0.02 for the results, plus platform usage. The Actor's Store page shows the current price.
Can I change what it collects?
Yes: edit the input object in the Configure input node. The Actor takes 17 settings; the table on this page lists each one with its default. Raise maxItems once the first rows look right.
Does it work without Google Sheets?
Yes. The rows wait in the Rows ready node, so you can connect any other node there: a database, Airtable, a webhook or an email. The Google Sheets node is only one option.