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YouTube Transcript Extractor

YouTube Transcript Extractor

knowbaseai/youtube-transcript-extractor
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Professional YouTube transcript extraction tool. Features multi-language support, timestamped chunks in JSON format, and complete transcript text. Ideal for content analysis, research, and creating searchable video archives.

You can access the YouTube Transcript Extractor programmatically from your own JavaScript 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 token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11    "youtube_urls": [
12        "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc"
13    ]
14};
15
16// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
17const run = await client.actor("knowbaseai/youtube-transcript-extractor").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/docs

Free YouTube Captions & Transcript Downloader · Apify API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Transcript Extractor API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

npm install apify-client

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  • 5 monthly users
  • 1 star
  • 65.8% runs succeeded
  • Created in Nov 2024
  • Modified 5 days ago
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