{
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "exported_at": "2026-05-31T00:00:00.000Z",
  "project": {
    "name": "YouTube Video Comments Scraper",
    "description": "Scrapes YouTube video comments from one or more YouTube watch URLs. Extracts comment text, username, user channel URL, likes, published time, comment permalink, avatar URL, reply count, video URL, video ID, and video title. Navigation strategy: uses navigate.urls[] for multiple video URLs, handles common consent dialogs, progressively scrolls to load the comments section, then performs a bounded infinite-scroll loop for up to 20 scroll cycles before exporting all loaded comments. Results are appended to youtube-video-comments-scraper.csv and loop-continue advances to the next video URL. Best-effort template: YouTube is dynamic and may require consent, login, age verification, or block automated scraping; comments may be disabled; very large comment threads may require increasing the scroll-cycle guard in inject-javascript-3.",
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      "block_id": "sleep-1",
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      "block_id": "inject-javascript-2",
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        "jsCode": "(async () => {\n  const delay = ms => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));\n  const clickConsent = () => {\n    const pattern = /(accept all|i agree|agree|accept|allow all)/i;\n    const buttons = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('button, tp-yt-paper-button, yt-button-renderer button, form button, input[type=\"submit\"]'));\n    const btn = buttons.find(el => {\n      const txt = ((el.innerText || el.textContent || el.value || '') + ' ' + (el.getAttribute('aria-label') || '')).trim();\n      const rect = el.getBoundingClientRect();\n      return rect.width > 0 && rect.height > 0 && pattern.test(txt);\n    });\n    if (btn) btn.click();\n  };\n  clickConsent();\n  await delay(1000);\n  for (let i = 0; i < 40; i++) {\n    clickConsent();\n    const comments = document.querySelector('ytd-comments#comments, #comments');\n    const rows = document.querySelectorAll('ytd-comment-thread-renderer');\n    if (rows.length > 0 && i >= 2) {\n      return rows.length;\n    }\n    if (comments && i < 8) {\n      comments.scrollIntoView({ block: 'start', inline: 'nearest' });\n      window.scrollBy(0, Math.floor(window.innerHeight * 0.75));\n    } else {\n      window.scrollBy(0, Math.floor(window.innerHeight * 0.9));\n    }\n    await delay(800);\n  }\n  return document.querySelectorAll('ytd-comment-thread-renderer').length;\n})()",
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        "rowSelector": "ytd-comment-thread-renderer",
        "fileName": "youtube-video-comments-scraper.csv",
        "saveLocation": "C:\\Users\\theskd\\Documents\\UScraper\\templates",
        "includeHeaders": true,
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            "name": "video_url",
            "selector": "(() => { try { const u = new URL(window.location.href); const v = u.searchParams.get('v'); return v ? `https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=${v}` : window.location.href; } catch(e) { return window.location.href; } })()",
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          {
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            "attribute": "text",
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            "name": "comment_text",
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          {
            "name": "published_time",
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          {
            "name": "comment_id",
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            "attribute": "text",
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          {
            "name": "author_avatar_url",
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            "attribute": "text",
            "isJs": true
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          {
            "name": "reply_count",
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      "block_id": "loop-continue-1",
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      "content": "Scrapes YouTube video comments from one or more YouTube watch URLs. Extracts comment text, username, user channel URL, likes, published time, comment permalink, avatar URL, reply count, video URL, video ID, and video title. Navigation strategy: uses navigate.urls[] for multiple video URLs, handles common consent dialogs, progressively scrolls to load the comments section, then performs a bounded infinite-scroll loop for up to 20 scroll cycles before exporting all loaded comments. Results are appended to youtube-video-comments-scraper.csv and loop-continue advances to the next video URL. Best-effort template: YouTube is dynamic and may require consent, login, age verification, or block automated scraping; comments may be disabled; very large comment threads may require increasing the scroll-cycle guard in inject-javascript-3.",
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      "content": "Structured export with JS columns (video_url, video_id, video_title, username, user_channel_url). These selectors are fragile — update if the site layout changes.",
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