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YouTube Channel Transcript Scraper: Bulk Subtitles

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Turn whole YouTube channels or playlists into text: subtitles for hundreds of videos per run, no API key or browser. Each video returns plain text, timed segments, language, title, channel, views, likes and publish date; auto-translation optional. JSON/CSV, API or scheduled runs.

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from $3.50 / 1,000 transcripts

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Kyungmin Lee

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You can access the YouTube Channel Transcript Scraper: Bulk Subtitles 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 API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

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MCP

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 = {
9    "videoUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"],
10    "languages": ["en"],
11    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
12}
13
14# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
15run = client.actor("kyungminlee/youtube-transcript-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
16
17# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
18print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
19for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
20    print(item)
21
22# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

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