YouTube Transcript Scraper
Pricing
from $1.60 / 1,000 transcripts
YouTube transcript API: captions and subtitles of videos, Shorts, playlists and whole channels as clean text, timestamped segments, SRT or VTT. Language picking, video metadata, auto residential fallback. 20% cheaper than the leader; failed videos are free.
You can access the YouTube Transcript Scraper 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.
$echo '{< "youtube_url": [< "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",< "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw"< ],< "languages": [< "en"< ],< "proxyConfiguration": {< "useApifyProxy": true< }<}' |<apify call lagenuina_agency/youtube-transcript-scraper --silent --output-datasetThe Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use YouTube Transcript Scraper locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Using installation script (macOS/Linux):
$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bashUsing installation script (Windows):
$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iexUsing Homebrew:
$brew install apify-cliUsing npm:
$npm install -g apify-cliOther API clients include: