# YouTube Transcript Scraper | $0.55/1K | Pay Per Result (`getanyapi/youtube-transcript-scraper`) Actor

Extract the full transcript of any YouTube video, Short, or livestream replay. Add a video URL or ID and get the transcript text, language, and timed segments. Export to JSON or CSV, run it via API, or plug it into your agent. $0.55 per 1,000 transcripts, pay per result. Served by AnyAPI.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/getanyapi/youtube-transcript-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [AnyAPI](https://apify.com/getanyapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Videos, AI
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.55 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## YouTube Transcript Scraper | $0.55/1K | Pay Per Result

Give it a YouTube video URL or video ID and it returns the video's full transcript as one text field, the transcript language, and timed segments when the captions carry timing. Shorts, youtu.be links, embed links, and livestream replays all work.

### Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `url` | string | no | Full YouTube video URL. Shorts, youtu.be, live, and embed URLs all work. |
| `id` | string | no | YouTube video ID, if you would rather not paste a URL. |

### Output

Every result is written to the dataset as one JSON object:

```json
{
  "transcript": "We're no strangers to love, you know the rules and so do I...",
  "language": "en",
  "segments": [
    {
      "text": "We're no strangers to love",
      "startSeconds": 18.2,
      "durationSeconds": 3.4
    }
  ],
  "source": "AnyAPI"
}
```

### Standby mode

This Actor also runs in Standby mode. Send the same input as a JSON body in a
POST request and it answers with `{ "items": [ ... ] }`, the same rows a
standard run would write, charged the same way.

### Pricing

This Actor is billed per result, plus one small fixed charge per run. A result
event is charged for every row it writes, and the Actor Start event is charged
once when the run begins. A run that finds nothing, or that comes back with an
empty list, writes no rows and pays the start charge only. Both prices are on
this Actor's Apify Store page.

### Support

Something wrong with this Actor, a field you need, or a platform you want added?
Open an issue on this Actor, or email support@getanyapi.com and a human will
answer.

### One shape across every platform

This Actor belongs to a set of sixteen on this account that read YouTube,
Instagram, TikTok, X, Reddit, Threads, Facebook Ads Library and Google News.
They take the same kind of input, write the same kind of row, bill the same way,
and stamp every row with `"source": "AnyAPI"`, so a pipeline written against
one of them reads all of them without a second parser.

| Platform | Actors |
| --- | --- |
| YouTube | search, channel videos, comments, transcripts |
| Instagram | profile posts, post comments |
| TikTok | profile videos, keyword search, video comments |
| X | profile, user tweets |
| Reddit | search, post comments |
| Other | Threads posts, Facebook Ads Library, Google News |

# Actor input Schema

## `url` (type: `string`):

Full YouTube video URL. Shorts, youtu.be, live, and embed URLs all work.

## `id` (type: `string`):

YouTube video ID, if you would rather not paste a URL.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("getanyapi/youtube-transcript-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("getanyapi/youtube-transcript-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
}' |
apify call getanyapi/youtube-transcript-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,getanyapi/youtube-transcript-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/NQrgIOUOmz2X3fTOW/builds/dO70Fht2Gj77l7kGK/openapi.json