# Get a YouTube Video Transcript from a URL

**Use case:** 

Paste any YouTube link and export the full transcript — timestamped segments plus clean text — as JSON, CSV or Excel.

## Input

```json
{
  "videos": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
  ]
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "videoId": {
    "label": "Video ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Video URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "text": {
    "label": "Transcript",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "language": {
    "label": "Lang",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "segmentCount": {
    "label": "Segments",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "durationSeconds": {
    "label": "Duration (s)",
    "format": "number"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [YouTube Transcript Scraper – Video Captions & Subtitles by URL](https://apify.com/endspec/youtube-instant-transcript-scraper) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/endspec/youtube-instant-transcript-scraper) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.