YouTube Transcript Extractor
Pricing
Pay per event
YouTube Transcript Extractor
Extract accurate, timestamped transcripts from any YouTube video for just $1 per 1000 results. Includes views, likes, channel info, and publish dates—all in structured JSON. Scalable, fast, and ideal for developers, analysts, and content creators alike.
4.8 (5)
Pricing
Pay per event
17
Total users
140
Monthly users
94
Runs succeeded
>99%
Issues response
2.1 days
Last modified
4 days ago
You can access the YouTube Transcript Extractor programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token5const client = new ApifyClient({6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',7});8
9// Prepare Actor input10const input = {11 "youtubeUrl": [12 {13 "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=videoID"14 },15 {16 "url": "https://youtu.be/videoID"17 },18 {19 "url": "https://youtu.be/nC8ilIMH8sk"20 }21 ]22};23
24// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish25const run = await client.actor("dz_omar/youtube-transcript-extractor").call(input);26
27// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)28console.log('Results from dataset');29console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);30const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();31items.forEach((item) => {32 console.dir(item);33});34
35// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docsYouTube Transcript Extractor - Video Captions to Text API in JavaScript
The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Transcript Extractor API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$npm install apify-clientOther API clients include:
