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YouTube Video Transcript and Subtitles Scraper API

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YouTube video transcript scraper and subtitles API. Get transcripts, captions, timestamps and video metadata in bulk from videos, Shorts, playlists and channels. Pay per video, no API key needed. Callable from any MCP client such as Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT. Built for RAG and LLM datasets.

Pricing

from $0.80 / 1,000 transcript extracteds

Rating

0.0

(0)

Developer

George Kioko

Actor stats

Bookmarked

427

Total users

Monthly active users

13 days ago

Last modified

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.

Type:object

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