YouTube Transcript & Captions Scraper
Pricing
from $2.00 / 1,000 transcribed youtube videos
Extract fast, clean YouTube video transcripts with timestamps, text, token counts, and video metadata for AI agents and LLM ingestion.
You can access the YouTube Transcript & Captions 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 API & Integrations in Apify Console.
$echo '{< "videoUrls": [< "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw"< ]<}' |<apify call drain54/youtube-transcript-scraper --silent --output-datasetThe Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use YouTube Transcript & Captions Scraper locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Using installation script (macOS/Linux):
$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bashUsing installation script (Windows):
$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iexUsing Homebrew:
$brew install apify-cliUsing npm:
$npm install -g apify-cliOther API clients include: