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YouTube Transcript API

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Get YouTube transcripts with timestamps, in one request per video, from any cloud server. Uses your GetYouTubeTranscript API key (free tier, no card).

Pricing

Pay per usage

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Developer

Deepak Pant

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Total users

Monthly active users

7 days ago

Last modified

Categories

Videos

Developer tools

You can access the YouTube Transcript 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

1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11    "videos": [
12        "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw"
13    ]
14};
15
16// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
17const run = await client.actor("getyoutubetranscript/youtube-transcript-api").call(input);
18
19// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
20console.log('Results from dataset');
21console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
22const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
23items.forEach((item) => {
24    console.dir(item);
25});
26
27// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

YouTube Transcript API: transcripts with timestamps API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Transcript API API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

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