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YouTube Transcript Scraper

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from $5.00 / 1,000 video base extractions

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YouTube Transcript Scraper

YouTube Transcript Scraper

Extract YouTube transcripts and captions at scale — timestamps, SRT/VTT, language select, channel URL expansion, Shorts. Bulk video URLs. Research, SEO, and AI pipelines. Pay per result.

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from $5.00 / 1,000 video base extractions

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Extract YouTube captions and transcripts at scale — with timestamps, language selection, SRT/VTT, and video metadata.

Features

  • Bulk video URLs (Shorts supported)
  • Preferred caption language + optional auto-translate
  • Timed segments (offset, duration) plus plain text
  • Optional SRT and WebVTT fields
  • Title, channel, views, publish date, thumbnail
  • Empty/missing-caption videos are skipped (not charged)

Input

FieldDescription
urlsYouTube video URLs
preferredLanguagee.g. en, es, fr
translateToOptional YouTube tlang target
includeTimestampsKeep timing on segments (default true)
includeMetadataTitle/channel/views (default true)
includeSrtAdd SRT string (default true)
includeVttAdd WebVTT string (default false)

Output

One dataset item per successful video: plainText, transcript[], optional srt/vtt, language info, metadata.

Pricing (PPE)

  • Video Base Extraction (dataset item)
  • Transcript by Minute
  • Transcript Data Segments

No charge when a video has no captions.

SoftCTA (dataset)

Each successful run also pushes a transcripts-batch-summary row with a softCta funnel to Watson, Contact Info Scraper, Website Leads, Google News Scraper, and Skip Trace PRO (SoftCTA-only / FROZEN). Continue your journey →

Channel URLs

Pass channelUrls (or channelUrl) plus optional maxVideos (default 5, max 25) to expand a channel/@handle into newest videos, then transcribe — rival parity with starvibe/johnvc.