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YouTube Transcript & AI Summary Extractor

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YouTube Transcript & AI Summary Extractor

YouTube Transcript & AI Summary Extractor

Extract YouTube transcripts from videos and Shorts URLs. Get clean transcript text, metadata, token counts, and optional AI-generated summaries in a structured dataset.

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Pay per usage

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Rupesh

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YouTube Transcript AI Extractor

Turn YouTube videos and Shorts into usable text and summaries in one dataset row per URL.

What it does

  • Resolves watch URLs, Shorts URLs, and raw video IDs.
  • Fetches readable transcript text with metadata.
  • Supports proxy fallback for restricted video pages.
  • Optional sub-200-word AI summary per video.
  • One dataset row per input URL.

Example 1: single-video transcript

{
"startUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"],
"mode": "auto",
"maxVideos": 1,
"includeRawTranscript": true,
"includeSummary": false
}

Example 2: batch Shorts rundown

{
"startUrls": [
"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123",
"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=def456"
],
"mode": "auto",
"maxVideos": 10,
"includeRawTranscript": false,
"includeSummary": true,
"summaryModel": "gpt-4o-mini",
"maxTranscriptLength": 8000
}

Run costs

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing:

  • per dataset row written
  • per run

Run cost depends on run count and row count. Check Apify console after you create a run.