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YouTube Transcript Scraper

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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.

Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 video base extractions

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IntelScrape

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You can access the YouTube Transcript Scraper 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 API & Integrations 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 = {
9    "urls": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw"],
10    "channelUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/@GoogleDevelopers"],
11}
12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
14run = client.actor("intelscrape/youtube-transcript-scraper-pro").call(run_input=run_input)
15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
17print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
18for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
19    print(item)
20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

YouTube Transcript Scraper — Captions API in Python

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

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$pip install apify-client

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