Video Subtitle & Caption Extractor
Pricing
Pay per event + usage
Extract subtitles, captions, and AI transcripts from any video URL across 1000+ platforms (YouTube, Vimeo, TikTok, Instagram, X/Twitter, Facebook, Twitch, TED, Bilibili). Native captions first, Whisper AI fallback when none. JSON, SRT, VTT, text, or LLM-ready markdown.
You can access the Video Subtitle & Caption Extractor 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.
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": [{ "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" }],10 "preferredLanguages": ["en"],11 "outputFormat": "json",12 "proxyConfiguration": {13 "useApifyProxy": True,14 "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],15 },16}17
18# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish19run = client.actor("khadinakbar/video-subtitle-extractor").call(run_input=run_input)20
21# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)22print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])23for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():24 print(item)25
26# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-startThe Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Video Subtitle & Caption Extractor API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$pip install apify-clientOther API clients include: