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from $0.003 / video scraped

YouTube Transcript Scraper & Captions

YouTube transcript scraper and transcript API alternative for public videos, channels, and searches. Export captions, subtitles, timestamped segments, metadata, comments, and optional AI chapters. No YouTube API key required.

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from $0.003 / video scraped

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Nick

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Monthly active users

6 days ago

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Categories

Social media

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Scraping Mode

mode

Optional

Choose the type of YouTube content to scrape. Transcript Export is the fastest first-run path for RAG-ready transcript text and timestamped segments from video URLs.

Type:string

Default:transcript

Options:

transcriptvideochannelsearch

Channel URLs

channelUrls

Optional

YouTube channel URLs (used in 'channel' mode). Supported formats: https://youtube.com/@handle (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast), https://youtube.com/channel/UCxxx, or https://youtube.com/c/CustomName.

Type:array | null

Channel URL (CLI alias)

channelUrl

Optional

CLI alias for channelUrls (single-URL form). Hidden from Console form; exposed so apify call -i '{"channelUrl":"..."}' works consistently across the portfolio.

Type:string | null

Search Query

searchQuery

Optional

Search term to find videos on YouTube (e.g. 'AI tutorials', 'machine learning 2026', 'python crash course'). Used in 'search' mode.

Type:string | null

Search Query (CLI alias)

query

Optional

CLI alias for searchQuery. Hidden from Console form.

Type:string | null

Search Query (short CLI alias)

Optional

Short CLI alias for searchQuery. Hidden from Console form.

Type:string | null

Search Query (CLI alias)

Optional

CLI alias for searchQuery. Hidden from Console form.

Type:string | null

Search Keyword (CLI alias)

keyword

Optional

CLI alias for searchQuery. Hidden from Console form.

Type:string | null

Search Term (CLI alias)

searchTerm

Optional

CLI alias for searchQuery. Hidden from Console form.

Type:string | null

Video URLs

videoUrls

Optional

YouTube video URLs to fetch details or transcripts for (used in 'transcript' and 'video' modes). Supported formats: https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID, https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID.

Type:array | null

Video URL (CLI alias)

videoUrl

Optional

CLI alias for videoUrls (single-URL form). Hidden from Console form.

Type:string | null

URL (CLI alias)

url

Optional

CLI alias for videoUrls (single-URL form). Hidden from Console form.

Type:string | null

URLs (CLI alias)

urls

Optional

CLI alias for videoUrls. Hidden from Console form.

Type:array | null

Links (CLI alias)

links

Optional

CLI alias for videoUrls. Hidden from Console form.

Type:array | null

Max Videos per Channel

maxVideos

Optional

Maximum number of videos to scrape per channel (in 'channel' mode) or total search results (in 'search' mode). Range: 1-100.

Type:integer

Minimum:1

Maximum:100

Default:10

Max Items (CLI alias)

maxItems

Optional

CLI alias for maxVideos. Hidden from Console form.

Type:integer | null

Minimum:1

Maximum:100

Include Comments

includeComments

Optional

Scrape top comments for each video. Adds ~2-3 seconds per video and requires extra HTML parsing. Disable for faster runs.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Max Comments per Video

maxCommentsPerVideo

Optional

Maximum number of top-level comments to scrape per video (only used when Include Comments is enabled). Range: 1-50.

Type:integer

Minimum:1

Maximum:50

Default:10

Include Transcripts

includeTranscripts

Optional

Download video subtitles/transcripts via YouTube's timedtext endpoint. Prefers human-uploaded captions; falls back to auto-generated (ASR). When enabled alongside AI analysis, the AI report switches to transcript-aware theme extraction (actual spoken topics, not just titles). Adds ~1-2 seconds per video and a separate $0.005 charge per transcript retrieved. Disabled by default.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Transcript Languages

transcriptLanguages

Optional

Preferred transcript language codes in priority order (e.g. ['en', 'es']). YouTube has hundreds of ASR languages; specify a short list to match your content. If none match, the first available track is returned. Only used when 'Include Transcripts' is enabled.

Type:array | null

Default:

[
  "en"
]

Generate AI Chapters

generateChapters

Optional

Auto-segment each video's transcript into 3-8 chapters with titles, summaries, and start/end timestamps - useful for podcasters and long-form creators who want searchable timestamps without writing them manually, or agencies re-packaging long-form content into clips. Requires 'Include Transcripts' AND an LLM API key. Each chapter-set costs $0.01 per video (only charged when chapters are successfully generated). Disabled by default.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Sort Videos By

sortVideosBy

Optional

Order for channel videos: 'Most Popular' (highest view count), 'Newest First' (recent uploads), or 'Oldest First' (channel's earliest uploads).

Type:string

Default:popular

Options:

popularnewestoldest

Enable AI Analysis

enableAiAnalysis

Optional

Generate AI-powered channel or content analysis with growth strategy insights, audience patterns, and content recommendations. Requires an LLM API key.

Type:boolean

Default:false

LLM Provider

llmProvider

Optional

Which AI provider to use for analysis. OpenRouter is the cheapest option.

Type:string

Default:openrouter

Options:

openrouteranthropicgoogleopenaiollama

LLM Model

llmModel

Optional

Specific model to use. Leave empty for the provider default (google/gemini-2.0-flash-001 for OpenRouter, claude-sonnet-4-20250514 for Anthropic, gemini-2.0-flash for Google AI, gpt-4o-mini for OpenAI, llama3.1 for Ollama).

Type:string | null

OpenRouter API Key

openrouterApiKey

Optional

Your OpenRouter API key. Get one free at https://openrouter.ai/keys. Required if using OpenRouter as the LLM provider. Alternatively set OPENROUTER_API_KEY env var.

Type:string | null

Anthropic API Key

anthropicApiKey

Optional

Your Anthropic API key. Get one at https://console.anthropic.com/settings/keys. Required if using Anthropic as the LLM provider. Alternatively set ANTHROPIC_API_KEY env var.

Type:string | null

Google AI API Key

googleApiKey

Optional

API key for Google AI (Gemini). Get one at https://aistudio.google.com/app/apikey. Required if using Google AI as the LLM provider. Alternatively set GOOGLE_API_KEY env var.

Type:string | null

OpenAI API Key

openaiApiKey

Optional

API key from https://platform.openai.com/api-keys. Required if using OpenAI as the LLM provider. Alternatively set OPENAI_API_KEY env var.

Type:string | null

Ollama Base URL

ollamaBaseUrl

Optional

Base URL for Ollama API. Default: http://localhost:11434

Type:string | null

Proxy Configuration

proxyConfiguration

Optional

Proxy settings. YouTube rate-limits datacenter IPs at scale - Apify residential proxy is recommended for runs scraping many channels or videos.

Type:object

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