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YouTube Captions Downloader — CC to Text, SRT & VTT

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Download YouTube closed captions (CC) as plain text, SRT and VTT, with timestamped segments and video metadata, in any available language. Works with manual and auto-generated captions.

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from $3.00 / 1,000 video captions

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Crawlyard Data

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18 days ago

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Videos

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You can access the YouTube Captions Downloader — CC to Text, SRT & VTT 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 = {
9    "videoUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"],
10    "proxyConfiguration": {
11        "useApifyProxy": True,
12        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
13    },
14}
15
16# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
17run = client.actor("crawlyard/youtube-captions-downloader").call(run_input=run_input)
18
19# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
20print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
21for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
22    print(item)
23
24# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

YouTube Captions Downloader - CC to Text & SRT API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Captions Downloader — CC to Text, SRT & VTT API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

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