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YouTube Transcript Fetcher

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YouTube Transcript Fetcher

YouTube Transcript Fetcher

Extract YouTube video transcripts and captions in JSON, text, or SRT format.

Pricing

Pay per usage

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Developer

Dima Radov

Dima Radov

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2 days ago

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Fetches transcripts/captions from YouTube videos. Supports multiple output formats.

Features

  • Fetch transcripts by video URL or ID
  • Support for multiple YouTube URL formats (watch, short links, embeds, shorts)
  • Multiple output formats: JSON (structured), Plain Text, SRT (subtitles)
  • Language selection with auto-fallback
  • Handles auto-generated and manual captions
  • Batch processing - submit multiple videos at once

Input

FieldTypeDescription
videoUrlsarrayYouTube video URLs or IDs to fetch
languagestringLanguage code (e.g., 'en'). Empty = auto-detect
includeTimestampsbooleanInclude timestamp data (default: true)
outputFormatstring'json', 'text', or 'srt' (default: 'json')

Output

Returns one result per video with video ID, language, transcript content, and metadata.