Pricing

from $0.08 / 1,000 transcript extracteds

YouTube Transcript Scraper

Extract transcripts and timestamped caption segments from public YouTube videos. Export text for summaries, RAG, content research, and AI-agent workflows.

Pricing

from $0.08 / 1,000 transcript extracteds

Rating

0.0

(0)

Developer

Hanna Nosova

Actor stats

Bookmarked

Total users

Monthly active users

4 days ago

Last modified

Categories

Videos

Developer tools

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

$echo '{
<  "videoUrls": [
<    {
<      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
<    }
<  ],
<  "videoIds": [
<    "dQw4w9WgXcQ"
<  ],
<  "language": "en",
<  "proxyConfiguration": {
<    "useApifyProxy": true,
<    "apifyProxyGroups": [
<      "RESIDENTIAL"
<    ]
<  }
<}' |
<apify call fetch_cat/youtube-transcript-scraper --silent --output-dataset

Extract YouTube Transcripts for AI & RAG API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use YouTube Transcript Scraper 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

Other API clients include:

YouTube Transcript Scraper API in Python

YouTube Transcript Scraper API in JavaScript

YouTube Transcript Scraper OpenAPI definition

YouTube Transcript Scraper API

YouTube Transcript Scraper

thescrappa/youtube-transcript-scraper

Extract YouTube transcript segments and full transcript text by video ID.

Scrappa

Youtube Transcript Scraper

scrapebase/youtube-transcript-scraper

ScrapeBase

Youtube Transcript Scraper

scraperforge/youtube-transcript-scraper

ScraperForge

Youtube Transcript Scraper

scrapium/youtube-transcript-scraper

Scrapium

Youtube Transcript - 1$/month

insight_api_labs/youtube-transcript

Youtube Transcript (with video details and transcript timestamps)

InsightAPILabs

939

3.1

Youtube Transcript API

vivid_astronaut/youtube-transcript

Fabio Suizu

YouTube Transcript Scraper & Captions

harvestlab/youtube-scraper

YouTube transcript scraper and transcript API alternative for public videos, channels, and searches. Export captions, subtitles, timestamped segments, metadata, comments, AI chapters, and MCP connector summaries.

Nick

YouTube Transcript Scraper

devscrapper/youtube-transcript-scraper

YouTube Transcript Scraper – Fast, Clean & Reliable

Oussama Production

Youtube Transcript Scraper

scrapeengine/youtube-transcript-scraper

🎬 YouTube Transcript Scraper (youtube-transcript-scraper) pulls clean video transcripts/captions with timestamps, multi-language, and batch export (JSON/CSV). 🔎 Ideal for SEO, keyword research, summaries, accessibility, and content repurposing. ⚡ Fast, reliable, API-ready.