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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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George Kioko

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Monthly active users

11 days ago

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Categories

Videos

Developer tools

YouTube URLs

urls

Required

List of YouTube video URLs, playlist URLs, or channel URLs. Supports: youtube.com/watch?v=, youtu.be/, youtube.com/playlist?list=, youtube.com/@channel, youtube.com/shorts/

Type:array

Preferred Language

language

Optional

Preferred transcript language code (e.g., 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'de', 'ja'). Falls back to auto-generated captions if manual captions unavailable. Leave empty for default language.

Type:string

Default:en

Include Timestamps

includeTimestamps

Optional

Include start time and duration for each transcript segment. Useful for building video indexes or jumping to specific parts.

Type:boolean

Default:true

Output Format

outputFormat

Optional

How to format the transcript text. 'full-text' = single concatenated string (best for AI/LLM input). 'segments' = array of timestamped segments. 'both' = includes both formats.

Type:string

Default:both

Options:

full-textsegmentsboth

Max Videos

maxVideos

Optional

Maximum number of videos to process. Useful when scraping playlists or channels to limit costs.

Type:integer

Minimum:1

Maximum:5000

Default:50

Include Video Metadata

includeMetadata

Optional

Include video title, channel name, description, view count, publish date, duration, and tags alongside the transcript.

Type:boolean

Default:true

Max Concurrency

maxConcurrency

Optional

Maximum number of concurrent requests. Higher = faster but more likely to hit rate limits.

Type:integer

Minimum:1

Maximum:20

Default:5

Proxy Configuration

proxyConfiguration

Optional

Apify Proxy country routing only. This actor always uses BUYPROXIES94952; custom proxy URLs and alternate groups are ignored.

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