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.
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Pricing
Pay per event
17
Total users
139
Monthly users
95
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.
1from apify_client import ApifyClient2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")6
7# Prepare the Actor input8run_input = { "youtubeUrl": [9 { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=videoID" },10 { "url": "https://youtu.be/videoID" },11 { "url": "https://youtu.be/nC8ilIMH8sk" },12 ] }13
14# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish15run = client.actor("dz_omar/youtube-transcript-extractor").call(run_input=run_input)16
17# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)18print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])19for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():20 print(item)21
22# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-startYouTube Transcript Extractor - Video Captions to Text API in Python
The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Transcript Extractor API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$pip install apify-clientOther API clients include:
