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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.

Pricing

from $4.50 / 1,000 extracted transcripts

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Broke to Built

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You can access the YouTube Video Transcript Extractor - No API Key, SRT 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 API & Integrations 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 = {
9    "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aircAruvnKk",
10    "videoUrls": [],
11}
12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
14run = client.actor("eliai/youtube-transcript-clean").call(run_input=run_input)
15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
17print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
18for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
19    print(item)
20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

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