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How to get YouTube Merch Shelf by webhook

Store URLs and merch objects attached to a watch page. A run saves one row per result.

Set up the Apify actor

Apify is where this run is collected. An actor is the program that collects the rows. A task is that program saved with your settings, so the next section can ask for the latest rows. You need a free Apify account.

  1. 01
    Open YouTube Merch Shelf and click Try for free. Create an Apify account if you do not have one. The Free plan does not ask for a card.
  2. 02
    You are on the input form. Keep the sample for this first run.
    {
    "videos": [
        "0e3GPea1Tyg"
    ],
    "maxItems": 5
}
  3. 03
    Leave the proxy setting as it is. Click Start and wait until the run says Succeeded.
  4. 04
    Open Storage, then Dataset. You should see videoId, videoUrl, videoTitle, channelName.
  5. 05
    When you want the real list, raise maxItems. The sample cap is only there so the first run stays small.
  6. 06
    Go back to the input and choose Save as a new task. Name it after this list.
  7. 07
    Open the task. Copy the task ID from the address bar. Excel, Sheets, Power BI, and the other guides ask for this ID.
  8. 08
    On the task, open Schedules and add a weekly run if you want fresh rows. Each run pays the start charge and the charge for the rows. The amounts are in the price list on this page.
  9. 09
    Open Settings, then API & Integrations, and copy an API token. Excel, Sheets, and the other guides put this token in a download link. Anyone with that link can download the rows, so treat it like a password.

How to set up a webhook

Use the task ID and the API token from Set up the Apify actor, above.

  1. 01
    In Apify, open YouTube Merch Shelf and go to Integrations.
  2. 02
    Add a webhook for Actor run succeeded. Point it at the URL that should receive the run.
  3. 03
    The payload includes the dataset id. Read the rows from that dataset, or from the task URL in the sections above.
  4. 04
    The weekly schedule from Set up the Apify actor, above, is what makes this fire every week.

Schema

Examples come from the actor sample, not a live result.

NameDescriptionExample
videoIdVideo Id0e3GPea1Tyg
videoUrlVideo Urlempty
videoTitleVideo Titleempty
channelNameChannel Nameempty
hasMerchHas Merchtrue
productTitleProduct Titleempty
productUrlProduct Urlempty
sourceSourcedescription_url
  • videoIdVideo Id0e3GPea1Tyg
  • videoUrlVideo Urlempty
  • videoTitleVideo Titleempty
  • channelNameChannel Nameempty
  • hasMerchHas Merchtrue
  • productTitleProduct Titleempty
  • productUrlProduct Urlempty
  • sourceSourcedescription_url