YouTube Transcript Scraper
Pricing
from $7.00 / 1,000 transcripts
Get YouTube video transcripts with timestamps plus video and channel metadata, for single videos, lists of videos, or a whole channel within a date range. No API key needed. You only pay for videos that return a transcript.
You can access the YouTube Transcript 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, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
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