YouTube Transcript Extractor
Pricing
Pay per usage
YouTube Transcript Extractor
Extract accurate, timestamped transcripts from any YouTube video for just $1 per 1,000 results. Includes views, likes, channel info, and publish dates—all in structured JSON. Scalable, fast, and ideal for developers, analysts, and content creators alike.
5.0 (2)
Pricing
Pay per usage
3
Monthly users
16
Runs succeeded
>99%
Last modified
14 hours ago
You can access the YouTube Transcript Extractor programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11 "youtubeUrl": [
12 {
13 "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=videoID"
14 },
15 {
16 "url": "https://youtu.be/videoID"
17 },
18 {
19 "url": "https://youtu.be/nC8ilIMH8sk"
20 }
21 ]
22};
23
24// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
25const run = await client.actor("dz_omar/youtube-transcript-extractor").call(input);
26
27// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
28console.log('Results from dataset');
29console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${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:
Pricing
Pricing model
Pay per usageThis Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage.
