Youtube Transcripts
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The YouTube Transcript Scraper is a simple tool designed to extract the transcript from any YouTube video. By providing a YouTube video URL, the scraper will retrieve the full transcript if available. This tool is useful for researchers, content creators, and anyone that needs a YouTube transcript
You can access the Youtube Transcripts programmatically from your own JavaScript 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.
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 "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
12};
13
14// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
15const run = await client.actor("digitalatscale/youtube-transcripts").call(input);
16
17// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
18console.log('Results from dataset');
19console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
20const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
21items.forEach((item) => {
22 console.dir(item);
23});
24
25// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docsYoutube Transcripts API in JavaScript
The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Youtube Transcripts API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
npm install apify-clientOther API clients include:
AnswerAI
