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YouTube Transcript Scraper: Captions + AI Speech-to-Text

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Get the transcript of any YouTube video, even ones without captions. Reads English captions first and falls back to AI speech-to-text, with optional speaker labels, word timestamps and translation. No login or API key. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel.

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from $0.50 / 1,000 transcriptions

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YouTube Transcript Scraper: Even Videos Without Captions API

Below, you can find a list of relevant HTTP API endpoints for calling the YouTube Transcript Scraper: Captions + AI Speech-to-Text Actor. For this, you’ll need an Apify account. Replace <YOUR_API_TOKEN> in the URLs with your Apify API token, which you can find under API & Integrations in Apify Console. For details, see the API reference.

Run Actor

POST
https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/epicscrapers~youtube-transcript-scraper/runs?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>

Note: By adding the method=POST query parameter, this API endpoint can be called using a GET request and thus used in third-party webhooks. Please refer to our Run Actor API documentation.

Run Actor synchronously and get dataset items

POST
https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/epicscrapers~youtube-transcript-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>

Note: This endpoint supports both POST and GET request methods. However, only the POST method allows you to pass input data. For more information, please refer to our Run Actor synchronously and get dataset items API documentation.

Get Actor

GET
https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/epicscrapers~youtube-transcript-scraper?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>

For more information, please refer to our Get Actor API documentation.

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You can start YouTube Transcript Scraper: Captions + AI Speech-to-Text with the Apify API by sending an HTTP POST request to the Run Actorendpoint. An Actor’s input and its content type can be passed as a payload of the POST request, and additional options can be specified using URL query parameters. The YouTube Transcript Scraper: Captions + AI Speech-to-Text is identified within the API by its ID, which is the creator’s username and the name of the Actor.

When the YouTube Transcript Scraper: Captions + AI Speech-to-Text run finishes you can list the data from its default dataset(storage) via the API or you can preview the data directly on Apify Console.

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