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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 Python 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 ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = { "youtube_urls": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc"] }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("knowbaseai/youtube-transcript-extractor").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
15for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Free YouTube Captions & Transcript Downloader · Apify API in Python

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

Install the apify-client

pip 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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