Scrape YouTube Captions Text by Video URL
Get the caption text and timed caption lines of public YouTube videos from their URLs, with the caption language and whether the captions are creator-made or auto-generated. Captions are included in the per-video price, for videos up to 5 hours. Starts with one demo video.
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The YouTube Video Scraper — Views, Likes, Tags & Captions Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like youtube video urls, include captions text, and more, to match your specific use case.
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Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as source url, title, caption language, and more.
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The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also run the "Scrape YouTube Captions Text by Video URL" task via API.

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