YouTube Transcript Scraper β Subtitles & Timestamps
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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.
1from apify_client import ApifyClient2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")6
7# Prepare the Actor input8run_input = {9 "videoUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"],10 "proxyConfiguration": {11 "useApifyProxy": True,12 "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],13 },14}15
16# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish17run = client.actor("istmobot/youtube-transcript-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)18
19# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)20print(f"πΎ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")21for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():22 print(item)23
24# π Want to learn more π? Go to β https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-startThe Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Transcript Scraper β Subtitles & Timestamps API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$pip install apify-clientOther API clients include: