You can access the YouTube To Transcript 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

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = { "videoUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" }] }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("hexa-api/youtube-to-transcript").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
15for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Youtube to transcript - Apify API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use YouTube To Transcript API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

YouTube To Transcript API in JavaScript

YouTube To Transcript API through CLI

YouTube To Transcript OpenAPI definition

YouTube To Transcript API

AI YouTube Transcript Analyzer

hexa-api/youtube-transcript-ai-analyzer

Prompt + YouTube URL -> { ❤️‍🔥 }

Hexa API

5.0

Youtube Transcript Search

maged120/youtube-transcript-search

search youtube transcripts

Maged

Youtube Transcript

canadesk/youtube-transcript

Extract transcripts (with timestamps) from YouTube videos.

Canadesk Support

YouTube Transcript Scraper

happy_b/youtube-transcript-scraper

Extract YouTube video transcripts with timestamps, word counts, and full video metadata.

Happy B

5.0

YouTube Transcript API

punctual_understanding/my-actor-3

xtracts transcripts from any YouTube video.

하늘 박

Youtube Transcript

dz_omar/youtube-transcript-metadata-extractor

🎥Extract complete transcripts with precise timestamps ⏱️ and comprehensive video metadata from any YouTube video —> ⚡Fast, reliable, and ready to use.

FlowExtract API

740

5.0

Youtube Transcript API

vivid_astronaut/youtube-transcript

Fabio Suizu

Youtube Transcript Scraper

easyapi/youtube-transcript-scraper

Extract YouTube video transcripts and captions effortlessly using multiple transcript services. Perfect for content analysis, subtitles extraction, and video accessibility.