📺 Youtube Transcripts Scraper API

Turn Youtube videos into clean, structured transcripts with a single API call.
Designed for developers, data teams, and AI agents who need reliable Chinese video speech-to-text at scale.

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🧭 Overview

Youtube Transcripts Scraper extracts full transcripts and time-aligned segments from any public Youtube video URL.

No browser automation.
No manual downloading.
Just URL in → structured transcript out.

This API is ideal for turning long-form Chinese video content into data that machines — and humans — can actually use.

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📦 What You Can Get From This API

From a single videoUrl, you receive:

• 📝 Full transcript text (auto speech-to-text)
• ⏱️ Segment-level timestamps for precise alignment
• 🎞️ Video & audio URLs (when available)
• 📊 Rich metadata, including:
  • Title & description
  • Author info
  • Views, likes
  • Duration & publish time

All results are returned in structured JSON, ready for downstream processing.

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💡 Typical Use Cases

This API is commonly used for:

• 🤖 AI Agent pipelines
  • Video → transcript → summarization / Q&A / embedding
• 📚 Content analysis & research
  • Knowledge extraction from long Youtube videos
• 🔍 Search & indexing systems
  • Build searchable transcript databases
• 🧠 LLM training & fine-tuning
  • High-quality Chinese spoken content
• 📈 Content repurposing
  • Turn videos into articles, notes, or highlights

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💰 Cost of Usage

Simple, predictable, and cost-effective.

Pay only for successful results — no subscriptions.

• 💵 $1.00 / 1,000 results
• 🎧 Cost-effective audio-to-text (auto transcription)
• 📊 Ideal for both small tests and large-scale production

One result = one successfully processed video transcript.

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📥 Input Parameters

(1) Input Format

Field	Type	Required	Description
videoUrl	string	Yes	Public Youtube video URL

(2) Input Example

{ "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwC-WvSwm1I" }

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📤 Output Parameters

(1) Output Format

Field	Type	Description
url	string	Original Youtube video URL
videoId	string	Youtube Video ID
channelId	string	Youtube channelId ID
title	string	Video title
shortDescription	string	Video description
publishDate	number	Publish timestamp (Unix)
duration	number	Video duration (seconds)
thumbnail	string	Cover image URL
view	number	View count
like	number	Like count
author	string	Author nickname
avatarUri	string	Author avatar URL
videoUrl	string	Direct video URL
audioUrl	string	Direct audio URL
category	string	Video category
text	string	Full transcript text
segments	array	Timestamped transcript segments
errMsg	string	Error message (empty if success)
timestamp	string	API response time (ISO format)

(2) Output Example

[
  {
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwC-WvSwm1I",
    "videoId": "iwC-WvSwm1I",
    "title": "📲Vantage App -  обзор нового суперприложения!",
    "channelId": "UCeQpv1_gx2b80rnqxp8eaYQ",
    "shortDescription": "Что если трейдинг, пассивный доход, Copy Trading и карта для расходов будут в одном приложении?\n\nВ этом видео разбираю новый Vantage App — платформу, которая может серьёзно изменить рынок в 2026.\n\nРазберём:\n✅ CFD трейдинг\n✅ Earn\n✅ Copy Trading\n✅ Сравнение с конкурентами\n\nVantage  - https://vantagemarkets.onelink.me/eGEJ/kp8f7ec7\nLinkedin: @Vantage https://www.linkedin.com/company/vantagemarkets/\nINS: @vantagemarkets https://www.instagram.com/vantagemarkets\nFacebook: @Vantage https://www.facebook.com/vantagemarkets.glb\nTikTok: @vantagemarkets_global https://www.tiktok.com/@vantagemarkets_global\nYoutube: @vantagemarkets https://www.youtube.com/@vantagemarkets\nX: @vantagemkts https://x.com/vantagemkts\n▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬\n ✅Please  Subscribe   📲 Telegram channel ▶  https://t.me/+m8fVhCrOEDcwZTUy\n                                         📲 TikTok ▶ https://bit.ly/3syAq8G\n                                         📲 X ( TWITTER ) ▶ https://x.com/7RWcrypto\n▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬\n ✅For cooperation     🔊 Рlease contact us directly at email : maximus71999@gmail.com\n                                        🔊 Telegram : https://t.me/RW719 или @RW719 \n▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬        \n  ⛔ Видео создано для ознакомления и не является призывом к каким-либо действиям. Автор не  несет ответственности за любые убытки или потери, связанные с любыми продуктами или услугами, упомянутыми в видео.\n\n#RWcrypto\n#VantageAllinOne #VantageApp #TradingSimplified #VantageTrader #VantageFollower #VantageEarner #VantageSpender",
    "videoUrl": "https://rr1---sn-uhvcpax0n5-hjvk.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1778486674&ei=MjkBao-JGvubzLUPjK3_qAg&ip=172.56.75.178&id=o-ACFC2BEuwvZiHvNMtgZGOljMItV3EtNqH2wWpWTi0KZv&itag=18&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&xpc=EgVo2aDSNQ%3D%3D&met=1778465074%2C&mh=hj&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-uhvcpax0n5-hjvk%2Csn-qxo7rnee&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=1&pl=23&rms=au%2Cau&initcwndbps=1418750&bui=AbKmrwq-BYyt2LnI0Vu6iHc2kDvpk36RvvCDKOSDG4ns8KIY73UldxOBvRknEyrjJ_Ko7TOtwkdMWDtt&spc=96Xrv-UsX_y7duEl2BIHpTEC962rv9RX_2kUbYGOj7BzcrYDHSJxU69I1ZxdI9Pp&vprv=1&svpuc=1&mime=video%2Fmp4&rqh=1&gir=yes&clen=8581569&ratebypass=yes&dur=142.779&lmt=1777754096748740&mt=1778464608&fvip=2&fexp=51565116%2C51565681&c=ANDROID&txp=5319224&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cxpc%2Cbui%2Cspc%2Cvprv%2Csvpuc%2Cmime%2Crqh%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cratebypass%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AHEqNM4wRgIhANTEfM9ANeFeMot-k1TVl_9aYQlBirybJb4TRgGPJw2yAiEA6oJ2O-zfFtS99J8_rerpHiyAjqHQPf6LT6XrpiZ3jaU%3D&lsparams=met%2Cmh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Crms%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=APaTxxMwRgIhAJIlK4lJVpOGy3YMQEbjFIPqglmnPxwCJTwT_Ws8RkYRAiEAwBix6LIqmITUnfOd7TZ9WErXDMhALCeV0UbabqG0pq4%3D",
    "publishDate": 1777719143000,
    "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iwC-WvSwm1I/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEhCK4FEIIDSFryq4qpAxMIARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJD&rs=AOn4CLA7ZeI6tQdGa8jfKYGEH9KVTSMgmA",
    "author": "RW Crypto Insights | Trading, Analysis, Web3",
    "viewCount": 15964,
    "likeCount": 586,
    "duration": 143,
    "category": "Entertainment",
    "avatarUri": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/M30-wuVKwcZta2TRrioAllsk1xYSxvkWc5cXMDcEYZFEsPU27i5Dl_hs_s5EtZoOYPPTSQX0=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
    "errMsg": "",
    "audioUrl": "https://rr1---sn-uhvcpax0n5-hjvk.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1778486674&ei=MjkBao-JGvubzLUPjK3_qAg&ip=172.56.75.178&id=o-ACFC2BEuwvZiHvNMtgZGOljMItV3EtNqH2wWpWTi0KZv&itag=140&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&xpc=EgVo2aDSNQ%3D%3D&met=1778465074%2C&mh=hj&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-uhvcpax0n5-hjvk%2Csn-qxo7rnee&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=1&pl=23&rms=au%2Cau&initcwndbps=1418750&bui=AbKmrwqonIyWeWQJTyVk5NPBaxZICT1baAj3vKpXBsmSmklQvLOXiyc8iGMm1jfXCqMXMr77k_Pd-vSh&spc=96Xrv-UvX_y7duEl2BIHpTEC962qv9RX_2kUbYGOj7BzcrYDHSJxU6940HRd8w&vprv=1&svpuc=1&xtags=acont%3Doriginal%3Alang%3Dru&mime=audio%2Fmp4&rqh=1&gir=yes&clen=2312132&dur=142.779&lmt=1777755835705990&mt=1778464608&fvip=2&keepalive=yes&fexp=51565116%2C51565681&c=ANDROID&txp=5308224&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cxpc%2Cbui%2Cspc%2Cvprv%2Csvpuc%2Cxtags%2Cmime%2Crqh%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AHEqNM4wRgIhAIYyphGjPGIxvgWpdcLNi2Nw4NWyuayuAdYWCupzcZhvAiEA6VWOzPNzLxpus0N6eGb8wPddPVlXGjTcmu7xuXE6V-Y%3D&lsparams=met%2Cmh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Crms%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=APaTxxMwRgIhAJIlK4lJVpOGy3YMQEbjFIPqglmnPxwCJTwT_Ws8RkYRAiEAwBix6LIqmITUnfOd7TZ9WErXDMhALCeV0UbabqG0pq4%3D",
    "segments": [
      {
        "start": 2.159,
        "end": 5.68,
        "text": "Хватит разбрасывать свои деньги по"
      },
      {
        "start": 3.679,
        "end": 7.759,
        "text": "десяткам различных приложений. Одно для"
      },
      {
        "start": 5.68,
        "end": 11.04,
        "text": "крипты, одно для графиков, одно для"
      },
	  ...
    ],
    "text": "Хватит разбрасывать свои деньги по десяткам различных приложений. Одно для крипты, одно для графиков, одно для акций. Хватит это делать. В 2026 году это просто потеря времени и денег. И сегодня я вам расскажу, как работает настоящая экосистема. И мы разберём с вами One Up. Это единый центр, где вы торгуете, копируете профи и заставляете свои активы работать на полном пассиве. никакого хаоса, только одна кнопка для управления всем вашим капиталом. И давайте разберёмся, почему это меняет правила игры. Нage - это не новичок, это глобальный игрок с пятнадцатилетней историей. Пока другие только обещают, ...",
    "timestamp": "2026-05-11T02:04:34.926Z"
  }
]

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🚀 Why This API Is Different

Most transcript tools stop at “just text”.
This one is built for real production workflows.

• ⚙️ Developer-first JSON structure
• 🧩 Segment-level timestamps, not just plain text
• 🤖 AI-agent ready — perfect for chaining with LLMs
• 📈 Built for scale, not manual use
• 💰 Pay-per-result pricing, no wasted cost

You get data, not screenshots or scraped HTML.

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📝 Notes

• Only public Youtube video URLs are supported
• Transcripts are generated via automatic speech recognition
• Accuracy may vary depending on audio quality, accents, and background noise
• This API focuses on URL-based extraction only (no search mode)
• Free users can only try video transcription with a duration of no more than 5 minutes, while paid users are not limited by the duration.

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🧑‍💻 Support

Need help, feature suggestions, or enterprise usage?

📧 Email: support@apismith.online