A modern web application for analyzing YouTube videos associated with specific Roblox hashtags. This tool fetches video details, statistics, and comments for videos published within specified date ranges.
The application features a clean, modern interface with multiple sections for comprehensive hashtag analysis:
- Secure YouTube Data API key input with show/hide functionality
- Direct links to Google Cloud Console for easy API key setup
- Clear instructions for obtaining API credentials
- Add hashtags individually or in bulk (comma-separated)
- Visual hashtag chips with easy removal
- Real-time validation and duplicate prevention
- Multiple customizable date ranges for comparative analysis
- Intuitive date picker interface
- Add/remove date ranges as needed
- Live progress bars for each hashtag being processed
- Status indicators (pending, running, completed, error)
- Real-time statistics showing videos found and comments collected
- Comprehensive results summary with total statistics
- Individual CSV file downloads for each hashtag
- Detailed file information showing video and comment counts
- Multi-hashtag Analysis: Analyze multiple Roblox hashtags simultaneously
- Flexible Date Ranges: Compare data across different time periods (2022-2023, 2023-2024, custom ranges)
- Comprehensive Data Collection:
- Video details (title, description, publish date)
- Video statistics (view count, like count, dislike count)
- Complete comment threads
- Real-time Progress: Live updates during the scraping process
- CSV Export: Download results in CSV format for further analysis
- Responsive Design: Works seamlessly on desktop and mobile devices
- Frontend: React 18 + TypeScript
- Styling: Tailwind CSS
- Icons: Lucide React
- Build Tool: Vite
- API: YouTube Data API v3
- YouTube Data API v3 key from Google Cloud Console
- Modern web browser with JavaScript enabled
- Visit the live application
- Enter your YouTube Data API key
- Add hashtags you want to analyze
- Configure date ranges
- Click "Start Scraping" and wait for results
- Download CSV files when complete
- Clone the repository
- Install dependencies:
npm install - Start development server:
npm run dev - Open
http://localhost:5173in your browser
The application generates CSV files with the following columns:
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| year | Year of video publication |
| date | Full publication date |
| videoId | YouTube video ID |
| videoUrl | Complete YouTube video URL |
| title | Video title |
| description | Video description |
| publishedAt | ISO timestamp of publication |
| viewCount | Number of views |
| likeCount | Number of likes |
| dislikeCount | Number of dislikes |
| textDisplay | Formatted comment text |
| textOriginal | Original comment text |
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Create Google Cloud Project
- Visit Google Cloud Console
- Create a new project or select existing one
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Enable YouTube Data API
- Navigate to "APIs & Services" > "Library"
- Search for "YouTube Data API v3"
- Click "Enable"
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Create API Key
- Go to "APIs & Services" > "Credentials"
- Click "Create Credentials" > "API Key"
- Copy the generated key
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Configure API Key
- Paste the key into the application's API key field
- Optionally restrict the key to YouTube Data API for security
- Content Research: Analyze trending Roblox content and engagement patterns
- Market Analysis: Compare hashtag performance across different time periods
- Community Insights: Extract and analyze community feedback through comments
- Competitive Analysis: Study successful content strategies in the Roblox space
- API keys are stored locally in your browser session only
- No data is transmitted to external servers except YouTube's official API
- All processing happens client-side for maximum privacy
- Asynchronous processing for optimal performance
- Rate limiting compliance with YouTube API guidelines
- Progress tracking for long-running operations
- Efficient memory usage for large datasets
Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit issues, feature requests, or pull requests.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
- Respect YouTube's API usage limits and terms of service
- The application is designed specifically for Roblox-related hashtag analysis
- Ensure you have proper permissions for any data you collect
- API rate limits may affect processing speed for large datasets
Built with ❤️ for the Roblox community