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YouTube Transcript Scraper: Captions & Subtitles

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Get the transcript of any YouTube video from its URL or ID. Returns full text, optional timestamped segments, language, title and channel. Manual captions preferred over auto-generated. Export JSON, CSV or Excel, use the API, or schedule runs.

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YouTube Transcript Scraper

Get the transcript (captions) of any YouTube video from its link or ID. Paste one video or thousands, and get clean text plus optional timestamped segments as JSON, CSV or Excel.

What you get for each video

Full transcript as one block of text, ready for search, summaries or AI tools
Timestamped segments (start time and duration in seconds), optional
Language, and whether the captions are auto-generated or written by a person
Video title, channel name and ID, length and view count
The list of all caption languages the video offers

How to use it

Paste video links or IDs into Videos, one per line. Watch, youtu.be, Shorts, embed and live links work.
Set the Preferred language (default en). Manual captions are used before auto-generated ones.
Press Start, then download the results or read them through the API.

Input

Field	Meaning
Videos	Links or 11-character IDs
Preferred language	Language code such as `en`, `es`, `de`
Use another language if missing	Return the first available language instead of failing
Include timestamped segments	Turn off for text only
Maximum videos	Stop after this many transcripts

Output example

{
  "videoId": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Video) (4K Remaster)",
  "channel": "Rick Astley",
  "language": "en",
  "isAutoGenerated": false,
  "wordCount": 487,
  "transcriptText": "We're no strangers to love ...",
  "segments": [{ "start": 18.6, "duration": 3.2, "text": "We're no strangers to love" }]
}

Pricing

You pay per transcript delivered, plus a tiny start fee. Videos without captions, private or removed videos are not charged. Set a maximum spend per run and the Actor stops when it is reached.

Notes

Only videos that have captions (manual or auto-generated) can return a transcript. Videos with captions turned off return an error, listed in the FAILED_VIDEOS record of the run's key-value store.
The Actor reads publicly available caption data. Use transcripts in line with YouTube's terms and the rights of the video owners.
Need something else, such as playlists or channel lists? Open an issue on the Actor page.

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