YouTube Transcript Scraper β Subtitles & Timestamps
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Pay per event
Get YouTube transcripts and subtitles from any video or Short, with timestamps, SRT, video metadata and translation to 100+ languages. No API key, no login. Built for AI, RAG, LLM agents and content repurposing. Export JSON, CSV, Excel.
You can access the YouTube Transcript Scraper β Subtitles & Timestamps programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, youβll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
$echo '{< "videoUrls": [< "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"< ],< "proxyConfiguration": {< "useApifyProxy": true,< "apifyProxyGroups": [< "RESIDENTIAL"< ]< }<}' |<apify call istmobot/youtube-transcript-scraper --silent --output-datasetThe Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use YouTube Transcript Scraper β Subtitles & Timestamps locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Using installation script (macOS/Linux):
$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bashUsing installation script (Windows):
$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iexUsing Homebrew:
$brew install apify-cliUsing npm:
$npm install -g apify-cliOther API clients include: