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 Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11    "urls": [
12        {
13            "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AdKqkNmJj4"
14        },
15        {
16            "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTOAIP9DfYo"
17        },
18        {
19            "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ9xTMkGxXg"
20        },
21        {
22            "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bksYSwtJVM0"
23        },
24        {
25            "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn7T46fCjLE"
26        },
27        {
28            "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW8Cu4vcReY"
29        },
30        {
31            "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1whvDMDogU"
32        },
33        {
34            "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEg9b3YPJj0"
35        },
36        {
37            "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23yNXtR-N1s"
38        },
39        {
40            "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvBR-GoBvzk"
41        }
42    ]
43};
44
45// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
46const run = await client.actor("curious_coder/youtube-transcript-scraper").call(input);
47
48// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
49console.log('Results from dataset');
50console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
51const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
52items.forEach((item) => {
53    console.dir(item);
54});
55
56// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

Youtube Transcript Scraper API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Youtube Transcript Scraper API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Youtube Transcript Scraper API in Python

Youtube Transcript Scraper API through CLI

Youtube Transcript Scraper OpenAPI definition

Youtube Transcript Scraper API

Youtube Transcript Search

maged120/youtube-transcript-search

search youtube transcripts

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YouTube transcript extractor, subtitle downloader, captions scraper, and video transcript crawler. Extract, download, and save YouTube video transcripts, subtitles, and captions for one or many Youtube Videos.

Lume

182

5.0

Youtube Profile & Channel List Scraper

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Verified 99.4% Success Rate. Extract YouTube channel profiles & video lists. Scrape subscriber counts, metadata & transcripts using Transcript Downloader API. Perfect for competitor analysis, content research & market intelligence.

Transcript Downloader

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transcriptdl/transcript-downloader-youtube-transcript-and-metadata-scraper

Verified 99.4% Success Rate. Scrape & extract high-quality transcripts and metadata from YouTube videos using the Transcript Downloader API. The actor supports auto language detection, batch processing & optional comment extraction. Great for research, podcasting, content repurposing & SEO analysis.

Transcript Downloader

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YouTube Transcript Scraper

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YouTube Transcript Scraper – Fast, Clean & Reliable

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Youtube Transcript API

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Fabio Suizu

YouTube Transcript Scraper (Multiple Language)

dead00/youtube-transcript-scraper-multiple-language

A powerful actor that extracts transcripts/captions from YouTube videos with built-in translation support for 100+ languages.

Dead

Youtube Transcript Scraper

easyapi/youtube-transcript-scraper

Extract YouTube video transcripts and captions effortlessly using multiple transcript services. Perfect for content analysis, subtitles extraction, and video accessibility.