YouTube Transcript Scraper
Pricing
Pay per event
Get YouTube transcripts as timed segments or plain text, plus title, channel, duration and views. Works on videos, Shorts, playlists and channels; picks your preferred caption language. No browser, no API key. Videos without captions are not charged.
You can access the YouTube Transcript Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token5const client = new ApifyClient({6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',7});8
9// Prepare Actor input10const input = {11 "videoUrls": [12 "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc",13 "https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ",14 "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-_aMgxyQo_8"15 ],16 "languages": [17 "en"18 ],19 "proxyConfiguration": {20 "useApifyProxy": true,21 "apifyProxyGroups": [22 "RESIDENTIAL"23 ]24 }25};26
27// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish28const run = await client.actor("axlymxp/youtube-transcript-scraper").call(input);29
30// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)31console.log('Results from dataset');32console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);33const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();34items.forEach((item) => {35 console.dir(item);36});37
38// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docsThe Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Transcript Scraper API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$npm install apify-clientOther API clients include: