Download YouTube Transcript as Text, SRT and VTT

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Dami's Studio

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YouTube Transcript Scraper - Subtitles & Captions to Text

Paste links and get the transcript as plain text, timed segments, SRT and VTT. No API key, no login. Videos with captions off return an error row.

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YouTube Transcript Scraper - Subtitles & Captions to Textdami_studio/youtube-transcript-scraper

Success

Video ID

Title

Language

+5 fields

Input

Video URLs or IDs:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY+3

Additional video IDs

Preferred transcript languages:en

Parallel videos:1

Retries:4

Timeout per video:60

Proxy (optional):{1 field}

Output fields

Success

Video ID

Title

Language

Segments

Transcript

Video URL

Diagnostic

How it works

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The YouTube Transcript Scraper - Subtitles & Captions to Text Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Download YouTube Transcript as Text, SRT and VTT". Sign up or log in and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

Start the "Download YouTube Transcript as Text, SRT and VTT" task

The YouTube Transcript Scraper - Subtitles & Captions to Text Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like video urls or ids, additional video ids, and more, to match your specific use case.

Receive the "Download YouTube Transcript as Text, SRT and VTT" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as success, video id, title, and more.

Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also run the "Download YouTube Transcript as Text, SRT and VTT" task via API.