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 Python 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.
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 = { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("digitalatscale/youtube-transcripts").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
15for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
16 print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-startYoutube Transcripts API in Python
The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Youtube Transcripts API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
pip install apify-clientOther API clients include:
AnswerAI
