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YouTube Transcript API

Extract transcripts, captions, and subtitles from YouTube videos. Supports 100+ languages, auto-generated captions, SRT/VTT export, playlists, and channels.

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YouTube Transcript API API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use YouTube Transcript API locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install Apify CLI

Using installation script (macOS/Linux):

$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash

Using installation script (Windows):

$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex

Using Homebrew:

$brew install apify-cli

Using npm:

$npm install -g apify-cli

Other API clients include:

YouTube Transcript API API in Python

YouTube Transcript API API in JavaScript

YouTube Transcript API OpenAPI definition

YouTube Transcript API API

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