Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 video scrapeds

YouTube Transcript Scraper & Captions

YouTube transcript scraper and transcript API alternative for public videos, channels, and searches. Export captions, subtitles, timestamped segments, metadata, comments, AI chapters, and MCP connector summaries.

Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 video scrapeds

Rating

0.0

(0)

Developer

Nick

Actor stats

Bookmarked

Total users

Monthly active users

13 days ago

Last modified

Categories

Social media

MCP servers

You can access the YouTube Transcript Scraper & Captions 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 Integrations settings 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    "mode": "transcript",
12    "channelUrls": [
13        "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast"
14    ],
15    "searchQuery": "AI tutorials",
16    "videoUrls": [
17        "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
18    ],
19    "transcriptLanguages": [
20        "en"
21    ],
22    "ollamaBaseUrl": "http://localhost:11434",
23    "proxyConfiguration": {
24        "useApifyProxy": true,
25        "apifyProxyGroups": [
26            "RESIDENTIAL"
27        ]
28    }
29};
30
31// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
32const run = await client.actor("harvestlab/youtube-scraper").call(input);
33
34// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
35console.log('Results from dataset');
36console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
37const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
38items.forEach((item) => {
39    console.dir(item);
40});
41
42// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

YouTube Transcript Scraper API Alternative API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Transcript Scraper & Captions 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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YouTube Transcript Scraper & Captions API in Python

YouTube Transcript Scraper & Captions API through CLI

YouTube Transcript Scraper & Captions OpenAPI definition

YouTube Transcript Scraper & Captions API

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