YouTube Transcript & Subtitle Scraper
Pricing
from $1.00 / 1,000 transcript fetcheds
Extract transcripts and subtitles from YouTube videos in bulk using video, playlist, channel URLs, or keyword search. Returns timed transcript segments, plain text, SRT, and WebVTT subtitle files, with optional auto-translation to other languages.
You can access the YouTube Transcript & Subtitle Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, youโll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
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1from apify_client import ApifyClient2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")6
7# Prepare the Actor input8run_input = {9 "videoUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"],10 "searchQueries": ["python tutorial"],11 "languages": ["en"],12 "proxyConfiguration": {13 "useApifyProxy": True,14 "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],15 },16}17
18# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish19run = client.actor("abotapi/youtube-transcript-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)20
21# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)22print("๐พ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])23for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():24 print(item)25
26# ๐ Want to learn more ๐? Go to โ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-startThe Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Transcript & Subtitle Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$pip install apify-clientOther API clients include: