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

1. Paste video links or IDs into Videos, one per line. Watch, youtu.be, Shorts, embed and live links work.
2. Set the Preferred language (default en). Manual captions are used before auto-generated ones.
3. 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.

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