YouTube Comments Downloader
AI-generatedSummary
Download comments from specified YouTube content such as videos, channels, playlists, shorts, live streams, community posts, or custom lists, returning the comments either as parsed JSON data directly in the workflow or as downloadable files in various formats. Supports new content sub-types for channel and list items such as Live Chat and Live Comments.
Inputs
- URL (required) — URL of the YouTube content
- Content Type (required) — Type of YouTube content to download comments from (e.g. video, channel, playlist, live, community, custom-list, short, live-comments)
- Items Type — For channel, playlist, and custom-list content types, select which items' comments to download, including new options like Community Posts, Live Chat, Live Comments, Shorts, or Videos
- Return Format (required) — Format of the output—either JSON parsed data directly or file download
- File Format — If Return Format is File Download, select the exact file format for the download (CSV, Excel, HTML, JSON, or Text). For bulk downloads, this format applies to files inside the returned ZIP archive.
Output shape
a list of JSON objects representing individual YouTube comments if Return Format is JSON; otherwise a single item with a binary file attachment containing the comments in the requested file format (or ZIP archive containing multiple files).
For JSON output, each comment is returned as a separate JSON item paired with its input item. For file output, one binary file is attached per input item, with naming reflecting the download ID. The operation internally polls until the comment download is complete before returning data. Errors during download cause workflow errors unless 'Continue On Fail' is enabled, in which case error details are returned per item.