# Transcripts of a channel's new videos (past week)

**Use case:** 

Get the transcripts of only the videos a YouTube channel published in the past week. Schedule it daily or weekly and every run returns just the new uploads, with full transcript text, language, views and publish date. The 8-day window overlaps a weekly schedule, so no upload is missed. Videos already fetched in the cache window are not charged again. Example input: BBC News.

## Input

```json
{
  "inputs": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@BBCNews"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerSource": 30,
  "channelTabs": [
    "videos",
    "shorts",
    "streams"
  ],
  "publishedWithinDays": 8,
  "durationMinSeconds": 0,
  "durationMaxSeconds": 0,
  "includeLikes": false,
  "includeTranscript": true,
  "transcriptLanguages": [
    "en"
  ],
  "strictTranscriptLanguage": false,
  "includeTranscriptSegments": false,
  "includeComments": false,
  "maxCommentsPerVideo": 20,
  "maxRepliesPerComment": 0,
  "maxAgeHours": 24,
  "resetFingerprintBaseline": false,
  "concurrency": 8,
  "language": "en",
  "region": "US",
  "maxItems": 0,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  },
  "site": "youtube"
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "title": {
    "label": "Title"
  },
  "video_type": {
    "label": "Video type"
  },
  "views": {
    "label": "Views (exact)"
  },
  "likes": {
    "label": "Likes"
  },
  "published_at": {
    "label": "Published (RFC-3339)"
  },
  "duration_s": {
    "label": "Duration (s)"
  },
  "transcript_status": {
    "label": "Transcript status"
  },
  "category": {
    "label": "Category"
  },
  "video_id": {
    "label": "Video ID"
  },
  "channel": {
    "label": "Channel"
  },
  "subscriber_count": {
    "label": "Subscribers (approx.)"
  },
  "keywords": {
    "label": "Keywords"
  },
  "thumbnail": {
    "label": "Thumbnail",
    "format": "image"
  },
  "description": {
    "label": "Description"
  },
  "transcript": {
    "label": "Transcript"
  },
  "transcript_language": {
    "label": "Transcript language"
  },
  "transcript_language_matched": {
    "label": "Transcript language matched",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "transcript_is_generated": {
    "label": "Auto-generated"
  },
  "transcript_cue_count": {
    "label": "Transcript cues"
  },
  "transcript_segments": {
    "label": "Transcript segments"
  },
  "channel_id": {
    "label": "Channel ID"
  },
  "channel_description": {
    "label": "Channel description"
  },
  "is_live": {
    "label": "Live"
  },
  "is_private": {
    "label": "Private"
  },
  "is_crawlable": {
    "label": "Crawlable"
  },
  "_source_url": {
    "label": "Source URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "_cached": {
    "label": "From cache"
  },
  "_cached_at": {
    "label": "Cached at"
  },
  "_input": {
    "label": "Input"
  },
  "_site": {
    "label": "Site"
  },
  "_error_kind": {
    "label": "Error kind"
  },
  "_error": {
    "label": "Error"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The YouTube Transcript API: Any Video, Channel or Playlist Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Transcripts of a channel's new videos (past week)". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/rD9SNje0nyb5Qwnh9) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Transcripts of a channel's new videos (past week)" task

The YouTube Transcript API: Any Video, Channel or Playlist Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like channels, playlists, videos or search terms, max videos per channel, playlist or search, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Transcripts of a channel's new videos (past week)" output

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 title, video type, views (exact), and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Transcripts of a channel's new videos (past week)" task via API](https://apify.com/aquixlabs/youtube-channel-scraper.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [YouTube Transcript API: Any Video, Channel or Playlist](https://apify.com/aquixlabs/youtube-channel-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/aquixlabs/youtube-channel-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/aquixlabs/youtube-channel-scraper.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).