YouTube Transcript with Translation (VidScribe)
Pricing
Pay per usage
Extract subtitles & captions from any YouTube video in seconds. Supports auto-generated and manual captions in 150+ languages. Optionally translate transcripts into 30 languages using AI. Output as JSON, plain text, or SRT subtitle files.
You can access the YouTube Transcript with Translation (VidScribe) 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.
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token5const client = new ApifyClient({6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',7});8
9// Prepare Actor input10const input = {11 "urls": [12 "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"13 ]14};15
16// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish17const run = await client.actor("kelvinosse/youtube-transcript-with-translation").call(input);18
19// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)20console.log('Results from dataset');21console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);22const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();23items.forEach((item) => {24 console.dir(item);25});26
27// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docsThe Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Transcript with Translation (VidScribe) API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$npm install apify-clientOther API clients include: