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YouTube Video Transcript Extractor - No API Key, SRT

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Extracts YouTube transcripts from video URLs without an API key, from auto or manual captions, one video or a batch. Returns clean text, per-line timestamps and an SRT string per video. Videos without captions are never charged. For developers, researchers and content creators.

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from $4.50 / 1,000 extracted transcripts

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YouTube Transcript Extractor: Text, Timestamps & SRT API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use YouTube Video Transcript Extractor - No API Key, SRT locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install Apify CLI

Using installation script (macOS/Linux):

$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash

Using installation script (Windows):

$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex

Using Homebrew:

$brew install apify-cli

Using npm:

$npm install -g apify-cli

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