# Vimeo Transcript Scraper (SRT/VTT) (`crawlyard/vimeo-transcript-scraper`) Actor

Extract transcripts and subtitles from Vimeo videos — plain text, SRT and VTT per video, straight from public player data.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/crawlyard/vimeo-transcript-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Crawlyard Data](https://apify.com/crawlyard) (community)
- **Categories:** AI, Videos, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 video transcripts

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Vimeo Transcript Scraper (SRT/VTT)

Extract **transcripts and subtitles from Vimeo videos** — paste video links and get plain text, **SRT and VTT** for each video in one run. No browser, no login: results come straight from Vimeo's public player data in seconds.

### What you get

- Clean plain-text transcript per video
- Ready-to-save **SRT** and **VTT** subtitle files
- Timestamped segments plus video title, id and language
- Works for any public, embeddable Vimeo video that has captions

### Input

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `videoUrls` | Vimeo links (`vimeo.com/ID` or `player.vimeo.com/video/ID`) |
| `languages` | Preferred caption languages in priority order (default `en`) |
| `includeAllTracks` | One result per language track instead of the best match |

### Pricing

Pay per result: one charge per transcript delivered. A video without captions is not charged.

### Output example

```json
{"videoId": "76979871", "title": "The Mountain", "language": "en",
 "text": "…", "srt": "1\n00:00:01,000 --> …", "vtt": "WEBVTT…",
 "segments": [{"start": 1.0, "end": 4.0, "text": "…"}]}
```

# Actor input Schema

## `videoUrls` (type: `array`):

Vimeo video links (vimeo.com/ID or player.vimeo.com/video/ID). One transcript per video is charged.

## `languages` (type: `array`):

Language codes in priority order (e.g. \["en","es"]). Empty = first available track.

## `includeAllTracks` (type: `boolean`):

If on, one result per available language track instead of the best match.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "videoUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://vimeo.com/76979871"
    }
  ],
  "languages": [
    "en"
  ],
  "includeAllTracks": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `transcripts` (type: `string`):

All scraped transcripts with metadata as JSON.

## `transcriptsCsv` (type: `string`):

Same dataset exported as CSV.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "videoUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://vimeo.com/76979871"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("crawlyard/vimeo-transcript-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "videoUrls": [{ "url": "https://vimeo.com/76979871" }] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("crawlyard/vimeo-transcript-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "videoUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://vimeo.com/76979871"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call crawlyard/vimeo-transcript-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,crawlyard/vimeo-transcript-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Xevpt8TfIL0rEXilX/builds/cFeTCSvQ88D35ADmO/openapi.json