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YouTube Channel & Playlist Transcripts (Bulk, RAG Chunks)

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Get YouTube transcripts for a whole channel, playlist or search in one run: timestamped video transcripts and captions, plus RAG-ready chunks for embeddings. Callable via API. Pay per video; no captions = no charge.

Pricing

from $1.40 / 1,000 video transcribeds

Rating

0.0

(0)

Developer

Matthew Edward

Actor stats

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Total users

Monthly active users

7 days ago

Last modified

Categories

Videos

Social media

You can access the YouTube Channel & Playlist Transcripts (Bulk, RAG Chunks) 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.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11    "startUrls": [
12        {
13            "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
14        }
15    ],
16    "proxyConfiguration": {
17        "useApifyProxy": true,
18        "apifyProxyGroups": [
19            "RESIDENTIAL"
20        ]
21    }
22};
23
24// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
25const run = await client.actor("agentbuilt/youtube-transcript-bulk").call(input);
26
27// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
28console.log('Results from dataset');
29console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
30const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
31items.forEach((item) => {
32    console.dir(item);
33});
34
35// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

YouTube Channel & Playlist Transcripts - Bulk Extractor API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Channel & Playlist Transcripts (Bulk, RAG Chunks) API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

Other API clients include:

YouTube Channel & Playlist Transcripts (Bulk, RAG Chunks) API in Python

YouTube Channel & Playlist Transcripts (Bulk, RAG Chunks) API through CLI

YouTube Channel & Playlist Transcripts (Bulk, RAG Chunks) OpenAPI definition

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