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YouTube Transcripts Scraper

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Download timestamped transcripts from YouTube videos, playlists and channels in bulk. Manual captions are used before auto-generated ones, and you only pay for transcripts actually delivered.

Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 results

Rating

0.0

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Developer

Philip Kirkbride

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Monthly active users

5 days ago

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Categories

Videos

Social media

You can access the YouTube Transcripts 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.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = { "sources": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw"] }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("barefoot_grade/youtube-transcripts-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
15for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

YouTube Transcripts Scraper — Videos, Channels & Playlists API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Transcripts Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

YouTube Transcripts Scraper API in JavaScript

YouTube Transcripts Scraper API through CLI

YouTube Transcripts Scraper OpenAPI definition

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