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Extract YouTube Transcripts for RAG and AI Search

Extract spoken text from a captioned YouTube video as source material for a RAG knowledge base or AI search. This task saves the full transcript plus title, URL, and language as a Dataset row. Replace the example URL with your own, then chunk and embed the text in your pipeline. This Actor does not create embeddings or answer questions.

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YouTube Transcript Scraper | Text & Timestamps
YouTube Transcript Scraper | Text & Timestampsapizy/youtube-transcript-scraper
Video id
Title
Video
Language
+2 fields
Text
Number
Boolean
List
Object

Input

Video URLs(required):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc
Include Timestamps:false

Output fields

Video id
Title
Video
Language
Transcript
Scraped At

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The YouTube Transcript Scraper | Text & Timestamps Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like video urls and include timestamps, 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 video id, title, video, 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 "Extract YouTube Transcripts for RAG and AI Search" task via API.

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