YouTube Transcript Scraper
Pricing
$4.00 / 1,000 transcripts
Get YouTube video and Shorts transcripts as plain text, timed segments or SRT, with title, channel, views and publish date. Pick languages in priority order. Videos without captions are never 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.
$echo '{< "videos": [< "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"< ],< "languages": [< "en"< ],< "proxyConfiguration": {< "useApifyProxy": true,< "apifyProxyGroups": [< "RESIDENTIAL"< ]< }<}' |<apify call cairnware/youtube-transcript-scraper --silent --output-datasetThe Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use YouTube Transcript Scraper locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Using installation script (macOS/Linux):
$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bashUsing installation script (Windows):
$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iexUsing Homebrew:
$brew install apify-cliUsing npm:
$npm install -g apify-cliOther API clients include: