Wulfcare Data scrapers: Google Trends, YouTube, App Store, Google Play, Steam, Shopify, Google Jobs, Hotels, Flights and AI search APIs

Ready-to-run scrapers for data that has no good official API, with Python examples, a pytrends replacement and one-line setup for AI agents (MCP). Each one runs on Apify, so you don't manage proxies, IP blocks or rate limits: you send JSON, you get JSON.

AI agents: start with AGENTS.md (which scraper for which request, one curl call each). Machine-readable: catalog.json, llms.txt, llms-full.txt, full input reference per scraper in reference/, OpenAPI spec per scraper at https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/wulfcare~<name>/builds/default/openapi.json.

Common problems these fix:

• pytrends 429 Too Many Requests / TooManyRequestsError → google-trends (drop-in TrendReq, plus more than 5 keywords on one scale and daily data for any range)
• youtube-transcript-api RequestBlocked / IpBlocked: YouTube is blocking requests from your IP → pip install youtube-transcript-unblocked and change one import (package), or call the Actor directly: youtube-transcripts
• Paying $0.01–$0.05 per transcript on another Apify YouTube transcript Actor → same input and output for $0.003 (change only the Actor id)
• YouTube Data API quotaExceeded (about 100 searches a day) → youtube
• YouTube comments and replies with no API key or quota → youtube-comments
• Paying more on the most used Apify YouTube comments Actor → same input and output field names for $0.25 per 1,000 (change only the Actor id)
• App Store reviews stuck at 500 per app (RSS feed cap) → app-store
• Google Play Developer API only returns your own apps' reviews from the last week → google-play
• No official Google Jobs API → google-jobs
• No official Google Hotels API → google-hotels
• No official Google Flights API → google-flights (prices, price tracking, total trip cost)
• No API for what ChatGPT search, Gemini, Copilot and Google AI Mode actually tell users about your brand → ai-search
• Every Steam review of a game, any language, with no API key → wulfcare/steam-reviews-scraper
• No official Shopify App Store reviews API → wulfcare/shopify-app-store-reviews-scraper
• Flight price drop alerts on a schedule (drops, rises, all-time low, under-target) → wulfcare/flight-price-tracker
• YouTube Shorts views and likes from searches or channels → wulfcare/youtube-shorts-scraper
• Everything trending on Google right now, any country → wulfcare/google-trends-trending-now
• AI training job listings spread over 15 sites → ai-training-jobs (free)

Guides: youtube-transcript-api IpBlocked · pytrends 429 · YouTube quotaExceeded · export YouTube comments to CSV · YouTube comments scrapers compared

Free history: PastCharts saves App Store and Google Play top charts and Google trending searches every day, free to browse or download as JSON and CSV. AI agents can query it with no key through its MCP server at https://pastcharts.com/mcp. Use the scrapers here when you need today's data.

All scrapers

Scraper	Apify Actor	What you get	Price
Google Trends	wulfcare/google-trends-scraper	Interest over time, by region, related queries, Trending Now; up to 100 keywords on one scale; daily data for any range	$0.003 / report
YouTube transcripts	wulfcare/youtube-transcript-scraper	Transcripts as text, timestamped segments or SRT for videos, channels, playlists, searches; drop-in input/output for other transcript Actors	$3 / 1,000
YouTube	wulfcare/youtube-scraper	Videos, Shorts, streams from searches, channels, playlists, hashtags; views, likes, comments count, channel stats	Free until 2026-11-18, then $0.90 / 1,000
YouTube comments	wulfcare/youtube-comments-scraper	Comments and replies with likes, reply counts, creator hearts, pinned flags and dates; videos, Shorts, channels, playlists, searches	$0.25 / 1,000
Google Jobs	wulfcare/google-jobs-scraper	Title, company, salary, description, every apply link; 27 countries	$0.004 / job
Google Hotels	wulfcare/google-hotels-scraper	Every booking site's price per hotel and date; hotel searches	$0.80 / 1,000 prices
Google Flights	wulfcare/google-flights-scraper	Flights, prices and Google's low / typical / high verdict; price tracking between runs; total trip cost with a hotel	$0.50 / 1,000
App Store	wulfcare/app-store-scraper	Reviews (no 500 cap), app details, privacy labels, search, charts	$0.10 / 1,000 reviews
App Store reviews	wulfcare/app-store-reviews-scraper	Every review of any app, any country	$0.10 / 1,000
Google Play	wulfcare/google-play-scraper	Reviews, app details with data safety, search, charts	$0.10 / 1,000 reviews
Google Play reviews	wulfcare/google-play-reviews-scraper	Every review of any app, any country and language	$0.10 / 1,000
ChatGPT search	wulfcare/chatgpt-search-scraper	Answer, cited sources, recommended products, brand rank	$0.05 / answer
Gemini	wulfcare/gemini-search-scraper	Answer, sources, products, brand rank	$1 / 1,000 (+ proxy)
Google AI Mode	wulfcare/google-ai-mode-scraper	Answer, sources, brand rank	$4.50 / 1,000
Microsoft Copilot	wulfcare/copilot-search-scraper	Answer, sources, brand rank	$8 / 1,000 (+ proxy)
AI visibility	wulfcare/ai-visibility-tracker	ChatGPT + Gemini + AI Overviews: visibility score, share of voice, HTML report	$0.04 / answer
Google Trends Trending Now	wulfcare/google-trends-trending-now	Every search trending on Google now: volume, % increase, related searches, news; 4/24/48/168 h windows	$0.30 / 1,000 trends
YouTube Shorts	wulfcare/youtube-shorts-scraper	Shorts from searches and channels: views, likes, comment count, date, hashtags, channel subscribers	$0.50 / 1,000
Flight price tracker	wulfcare/flight-price-tracker	Scheduled Google Flights checks: which fares dropped or rose, new/gone flights, all-time low, under-target alerts	$0.15 / 1,000 flights
Steam reviews	wulfcare/steam-reviews-scraper	Every review of any game: text, votes, playtime, language, Steam Deck, developer replies	$0.10 / 1,000
Shopify App Store reviews	wulfcare/shopify-app-store-reviews-scraper	Every review of any Shopify app: stars, text, date, merchant store and country, developer reply	$0.03 / 1,000
Bing Copilot	wulfcare/bing-copilot-scraper	Answer as markdown, cited sources, brand mentioned or cited	$3 / 1,000 ($10 with residential proxy)
AI training jobs	wulfcare/ai-training-jobs-scraper	Jobs from Mercor, Outlier, DataAnnotation, Alignerr and 11 more	Free

Failed requests and empty results are never charged. Apify's free plan includes $5 of credit every month.

YouTube transcripts in Python (easiest)

1. Get a free Apify token: sign up at https://console.apify.com/sign-up, then Settings → API & Integrations → copy the token ($5 free credit every month).
2. Install and set the token:

pip install youtube-transcript-unblocked
export APIFY_TOKEN=apify_api_...        # Windows PowerShell: $env:APIFY_TOKEN="apify_api_..."

3. Get a transcript:

from youtube_transcript_unblocked import YouTubeTranscriptApi

transcript = YouTubeTranscriptApi().fetch("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc")

print(" ".join(s.text for s in transcript))   # the whole transcript as text
for s in transcript:                           # or line by line with timestamps
    print(f"{s.start:7.1f}s  {s.text}")

Other languages: fetch(video, languages=["es", "en"]) (Spanish, else English). Many videos in one go: fetch_many([...]). Already using youtube-transcript-api? Only the import changes; your existing code keeps working, including on AWS/GCP/Azure where YouTube blocks it. Cost: $0.003 per transcript, videos without captions free. Details: packages/youtube-transcript-unblocked.

Quick start (Python, any scraper)

pip install apify-client
export APIFY_TOKEN=your_token   # free account: https://console.apify.com/sign-up → Settings → API & Integrations

from wulfcare import run   # wulfcare.py in this repo

rows = run("wulfcare/google-trends-scraper", {"searchTerms": ["coffee, tea"], "geo": "US"})

Every folder has a working example. The full input of each Actor is on its Apify page (Input tab).

Any language (HTTP)

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/wulfcare~google-trends-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"searchTerms": ["coffee, tea"], "geo": "US"}'

Swap the Actor name and the JSON input for any scraper above. For runs longer than 5 minutes, start the run with POST /v2/acts/{actor}/runs and read the dataset when it finishes (API docs).

Use them from AI agents (MCP)

Give Claude, Cursor, VS Code or any MCP client these scrapers as tools with Apify's MCP server.

One-click bundles (also listed in the official MCP Registry as io.github.wulfcare/<name>). Paste one URL into your MCP client; each scraper in it becomes one tool:

Bundle	Registry name	MCP URL
Google Flights	io.github.wulfcare/google-flights	https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=wulfcare/google-flights-scraper,wulfcare/flight-price-tracker
Google Hotels	io.github.wulfcare/google-hotels	https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=wulfcare/google-hotels-scraper
Google Trends	io.github.wulfcare/google-trends	https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=wulfcare/google-trends-scraper,wulfcare/google-trends-trending-now
ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot & AI Mode answers	io.github.wulfcare/chatgpt-gemini-copilot-search	https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=wulfcare/chatgpt-search-scraper,wulfcare/gemini-search-scraper,wulfcare/copilot-search-scraper,wulfcare/google-ai-mode-scraper
AI Brand Visibility Tracker	io.github.wulfcare/ai-brand-visibility	https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=wulfcare/ai-visibility-tracker
Google Play & App Store reviews	io.github.wulfcare/app-reviews	https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=wulfcare/google-play-reviews-scraper,wulfcare/app-store-reviews-scraper,wulfcare/google-play-scraper
Steam Reviews	io.github.wulfcare/steam-reviews	https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=wulfcare/steam-reviews-scraper
Shopify App Store Reviews	io.github.wulfcare/shopify-app-reviews	https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=wulfcare/shopify-app-store-reviews-scraper
YouTube transcripts, comments & videos	io.github.wulfcare/youtube-transcripts-comments	https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=wulfcare/youtube-transcript-scraper,wulfcare/youtube-comments-scraper,wulfcare/youtube-shorts-scraper,wulfcare/youtube-scraper
Google Jobs	io.github.wulfcare/google-jobs	https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=wulfcare/google-jobs-scraper,wulfcare/ai-training-jobs-scraper

All of them at once, or any mix you choose:

Hosted (sign in with OAuth, or send Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>):

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=wulfcare/google-trends-scraper,wulfcare/youtube-transcript-scraper,wulfcare/youtube-scraper,wulfcare/youtube-comments-scraper,wulfcare/google-jobs-scraper,wulfcare/google-hotels-scraper,wulfcare/google-flights-scraper,wulfcare/app-store-scraper,wulfcare/google-play-scraper,wulfcare/chatgpt-search-scraper,wulfcare/gemini-search-scraper,wulfcare/google-ai-mode-scraper

Local (claude_desktop_config.json, .cursor/mcp.json, ...):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wulfcare": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@apify/actors-mcp-server", "--tools",
               "wulfcare/google-trends-scraper,wulfcare/youtube-transcript-scraper,wulfcare/youtube-scraper,wulfcare/youtube-comments-scraper,wulfcare/google-jobs-scraper,wulfcare/google-hotels-scraper,wulfcare/google-flights-scraper,wulfcare/app-store-scraper,wulfcare/google-play-scraper,wulfcare/chatgpt-search-scraper,wulfcare/gemini-search-scraper,wulfcare/google-ai-mode-scraper"],
      "env": { "APIFY_TOKEN": "your_token" }
    }
  }
}

Keep only the ones you need; each becomes one tool. Agents can also read llms.txt for a plain-text summary of every scraper.

Notes

• Everything is collected from public pages as a logged-out visitor sees them. No accounts or logins are used.
• Results are what each source showed at run time and can contain errors; check anything important before you rely on it.
• Questions or a field you need: open an issue here or on the Actor's Issues tab on Apify.

MIT licensed (the examples and helpers in this repo).