YouTube Transcript Scraper

Get YouTube video transcripts (captions/subtitles) by URL or video ID. Auto-detect language or pick a specific track. No API key, no Google credentials.

For content research, video summarization pipelines, SEO content scraping, accessibility tooling.

Input

Field	Type	Description
videos	Array (required)	YouTube URLs or 11-char video IDs.
language	String	Preferred language code (en, pt, es, etc). Default en.
preferAutoGenerated	Boolean	Accept auto-captions when manual missing. Default true.

Output

{
  "videoId": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up",
  "language": "en",
  "isAutoGenerated": false,
  "durationSec": 213,
  "lineCount": 42,
  "transcript": "We are no strangers to love...",
  "segments": [{ "start": 0, "duration": 3.4, "text": "We are no strangers to love" }]
}

Pricing

$0.007/transcript.

Limitations

• Videos with disabled captions return error: 'no_captions' and are not billed.
• Music videos, age-restricted videos, and Premium-only content may fail.

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