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YouTube Transcript Scraper

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Extract full transcripts from YouTube videos with timestamps: subtitles, auto-captions, any language. Batch multiple videos per run, language preference with smart fallback, plain-text output ready for AI and LLM pipelines. No browser. Pay per result - only successful transcripts are charged.

Pricing

from $8.00 / 1,000 transcripts

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electra bot

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Monthly active users

21 days ago

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Videos

Automation

You can access the YouTube Transcript 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 Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

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 = { "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True } }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("electrabot.info/youtube-transcript-scraper").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-start

YouTube Transcript Scraper - Video Transcripts to Text API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Transcript Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

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