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YouTube Transcript & Subtitles Scraper API

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Extract YouTube transcripts, subtitles, captions, timestamps & metadata in bulk from videos, Shorts, playlists & channels. Pay-per-video YouTube transcript API, no API key needed. Callable from any MCP client (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT). Built for RAG, LLM datasets & content repurposing.

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from $1.00 / 1,000 transcript extracteds

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George Kioko

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Videos

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You can access the YouTube Transcript & Subtitles Scraper API 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    "urls": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"],
10    "proxyConfiguration": {
11        "useApifyProxy": True,
12        "apifyProxyGroups": ["BUYPROXIES94952"],
13    },
14}
15
16# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
17run = client.actor("george.the.developer/youtube-transcript-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
18
19# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
20print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
21for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
22    print(item)
23
24# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

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The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Transcript & Subtitles Scraper API API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

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