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YouTube Transcript API

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Get YouTube transcripts in supplied languages from videos, Shorts, channels and playlists. Export segments, plain text and video metadata.

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YouTube Transcript API: Captions, Languages and Timestamps API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use YouTube Transcript API locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install Apify CLI

Using installation script (macOS/Linux):

$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash

Using installation script (Windows):

$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex

Using Homebrew:

$brew install apify-cli

Using npm:

$npm install -g apify-cli

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