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🥷 YouTube Transcript Ninja

Advanced YouTube Transcript Scraper

Extract clean, structured, and multi-format transcripts from YouTube videos and Shorts with ease. This actor supports multiple languages, flexible transcript formats, and reliable fallback handling — all wrapped in a simple and user-friendly interface 🚀

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📌 Overview

YouTube Transcript Ninja allows you to extract transcripts from one or multiple YouTube video URLs in different formats such as:

• Timestamped transcripts
• Clean one-line text
• Sentence-wise transcripts
• Word-level transcripts with timestamps

It is ideal for researchers, content creators, educators, SEO professionals, and automation workflows.

Get this type of Transcripts :

• ⏱️ Timestamp
• 📝 One-line Text
• 📚 Sentence-wise
• 🔠 Word-level Transcript

🌍 Supported Transcript Languages

You can select a preferred transcript language from the input panel:

• English (Default / Auto Detect)
• Spanish
• Portuguese
• French
• German
• Russian
• Chinese
• Japanese
• Korean
• Arabic
• Hindi
• Bengali
• Turkish
• Vietnamese
• Thai
• Tamil
• Indonesian

🔁 Smart fallback behavior ensures a usable transcript is returned whenever possible.

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📊 What Data This Actor Provides

For each YouTube video URL, this actor provides:

• Video metadata (title, duration, thumbnail)
• Selected transcript language
• Transcript in the chosen format
• Error feedback (if transcript is unavailable)

All data is returned in a clean, structured format ready for analysis or automation.

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📦 Output Data Fields (Explained)

Each successful result contains the following fields:

Field Name	Description
url	The YouTube video or Shorts URL
title	Video title
thumbnailUrl	High-quality thumbnail image URL
id	Unique YouTube video ID
duration	Video duration in hh:mm:ss format
format	Transcript format selected by the user
transcript	Extracted transcript data (format varies)

If an error occurs, the output will include:

Field	Description
error	Human-readable explanation of the issue

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🧾 Transcript Formats (Output Types)

🟢 1. Timestamp

Returns an array of objects, each containing:

{
  "start": "00h, 01m, 05s",
  "duration": "00h, 00m, 04s",
  "text": "Welcome to the channel"
}

✅ Best for subtitles, captions, and precise syncing.

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🟢 2. One-line Text

Returns a single clean text string:

Welcome to the channel today we will discuss...

✅ Best for summaries, SEO, AI prompts, and NLP tasks.

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🟢 3. Sentence-wise

Returns an array of full sentences:

[
  "Welcome to the channel.",
  "Today we will discuss YouTube growth."
]

✅ Best for readability, translation, and content reuse.

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🟢 4. Word-level Transcript

Returns each word with its timestamp:

{
  "word": "Welcome",
  "timestamp": "00h, 00m, 02s"
}

✅ Best for linguistic analysis, subtitles, and fine-grained alignment.

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🎯 Features & Capabilities

• ✨ Multi-video support
• ✨ Works with standard videos & Shorts
• ✨ Multiple transcript formats
• ✨ Language selection with fallback
• ✨ Clean structured output
• ✨ Handles unavailable transcripts gracefully
• ✨ Designed for automation & scaling

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🚀 Benefits & Advantages

• ✅ No manual work
• ✅ Ready-to-use structured data
• ✅ Ideal for bulk processing
• ✅ Saves hours of manual transcription
• ✅ Consistent output format
• ✅ Easy to integrate with workflows

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🧪 Input Example

{
    "language": "Default (Auto Detect / English)",

     "transcriptFormat": "One-line text"

    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=figrl0aOULs",
            "method": "GET"
        },
        {
            "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv0iVoSZzN8",
            "method": "GET"
        }
    ],

   
}

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📤 Output Example

[
  {
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=figrl0aOULs",
    "title": "Click This Video To Feed 1 Person",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/figrl0aOULs/maxresdefault.jpg",
    "id": "figrl0aOULs",
    "duration": "00h, 10m, 29s",
    "format": "One-line text",
    "transcript": "Every single time someone watches this video, it helps feed som............................."
  },
  {
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv0iVoSZzN8",
    "title": "In 10 Minutes This Room Will Explode!",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Pv0iVoSZzN8/maxresdefault.jpg",
    "id": "Pv0iVoSZzN8",
    "duration": "00h, 10m, 00s",
    "format": "One-line text",
    "transcript": "I just started this ten minute timer and when it hit zero that room all the wa................................."
  }
]

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🧠 Best Practices for Best Results

• ✔ Use videos that already have captions available
• ✔ Provide valid YouTube URLs only
• ✔ Choose the correct transcript format for your use case
• ✔ Use batch URLs for bulk extraction
• ✔ Handle error records separately in automation

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⚠️ Possible Errors & How to Avoid Them

No captions found

Cause: The video has no transcript available Solution: Use videos with captions enabled

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Invalid URL

Cause: Broken or unsupported YouTube link Solution: Always verify the URL before running

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Language not available

Cause: Selected language does not exist for that video Solution: Use Default (Auto Detect) for best compatibility

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Temporary failures

Cause: Short-term access issues Solution: Re-run the actor or retry the task

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📌 Use Cases

📚 Academic research 📝 Blog & content writing 🎥 Subtitle generation 🌍 Translation workflows 🤖 AI & LLM prompt building 📈 SEO optimization

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📬 Support & Contact

If you need help, feature requests, or have questions:

📧 Email: alphascraper69@gmail.com

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⭐ Final Notes

YouTube Transcript Ninja is built to be:

• Reliable
• Flexible
• Automation-friendly
• Beginner-friendly

If you work with YouTube content at scale — this actor is your silent ninja 🥷✨

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