YouTube dataset: YouTube video data

What is the YouTube dataset really good for? Read on to find out.

Old-timers who engage in network data know that YouTube video data is a gold mine. From the video title, playback volume to user comments, these data can do market analysis, competitive research, but also to train AI models. However, if you grab the data directly, the IP will be blocked in a minute.proxy IPCome and play the auxiliary now.

What role does proxy IP play in data collection?

Let's take a real-life scenario: you want to batch download the video information of a certain channel, and send dozens of requests in a row, and the server immediately recognizes the anomaly. But if you change the IP address for each request, it's like having a different person knock on the door for you, and the success rate directly doubles.

Here's a real case: a short video analytics team captured with a normal IP, and 20 IPs were blocked in 3 days. switch to theDynamic Residential Proxy for ipipgoAfter that, there was zero blocking for 15 consecutive days of collection, and data integrity soared from 47% to 92%.

Hands on data collection with ipipgo

Here let's use Python to give a chestnut, first ready ipipgo proxy account (their new users have 1G traffic whoring):

import requests
from itertools import cycle

 Proxy format for ipipgo account:password@ip:port
proxy_list = [
    'http://user123:pass456@gateway.ipipgo.com:3000',
    'http://user123:pass456@gateway.ipipgo.com:3001'
]
proxy_pool = cycle(proxy_list)

url = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=视频ID'

for i in range(10): proxy = next(proxy_pool)
    proxy = next(proxy_pool)
    try: response = requests.get(url, proxies={'http': proxy)
        response = requests.get(url, proxies={'http': proxy, 'https': proxy})
        print(f'The {i+1}th request was successful, proxy used: {proxy}')
    except.
        print('This proxy is not working well, switch to the next one right away!)

Focused attention:Remember to set a random request interval, preferably fluctuating between 2-5 seconds. Don't underestimate this detail, it makes the collection behavior look more like a real person's operation.

How to choose a proxy IP without stepping into a pit?

There are many proxy service providers on the market, but not many reliable ones. According to our experience in testing, these parameters must be dead on:

• IP purity: residential IP is recommended, data center IP is easy to identify
• Response speed: below 800ms can only be used, otherwise it affects efficiency
• Geographic coverage: ipipgo supports 50+ country nodes, suitable for multi-region data analysis
• Concurrency: 5 threads is enough for personal use, enterprise level needs to be on a dedicated channel.

Frequently Asked Questions QA

Q: Why use a paid proxy? Don't the free ones smell good?
A: Free proxies usually survive less than 2 hours, and 99% have been tagged. We have tested a free platform, only 3 out of 50 IP can be used, the success rate of 6% are less than.

Q: What are the exclusive advantages of ipipgo?
A: Their homeDynamic rotation techniquesIndeed cattle, each request automatically change IP not to mention, but also intelligent to avoid high-risk IP segment. The last time to help customers grab 100,000 comments, with the other home was blocked 3 times, change ip ipgo once to get it done.

Q: Is data collection considered illegal?
A: As long as you do not crack the site protection, does not involve user privacy, collection of public data is legal. But pay attention to comply with the website's robots.txt rules, control the frequency of requests don't make people's servers hang.

Guide to avoiding the pit

Three final words of advice for newbies:

1. Don't try to buy low quality proxies on the cheap, the cost of fixing the data is 10 times higher than the proxies!
2. Do a small batch test before collection to confirm IP availability before uploading
3. Important projects must have two sets of agent program, we have suffered this loss

Speaking of which, I must apologize.Disaster recovery packages for ipipgoThe IP pool is a pool of backup IPs that can be switched in seconds. Last month a competitor suddenly stopped serving, fortunately, we configured ipipgo's backup channel in advance, the project is not yellow.