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YouTube Transcript API – Captions & AI Transcription

Extract YouTube transcripts from videos and Shorts using existing captions first, with AI transcription fallback when needed. Supports batch processing, timestamps, SRT, WebVTT, language selection, and video metadata.

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You can access the YouTube Transcript API – Captions & AI Transcription 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.

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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
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("lance_api/youtube-transcripts-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
15for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

YouTube Transcript API – Captions & AI Transcription API in Python

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

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

YouTube Transcript API – Captions & AI Transcription API in JavaScript

YouTube Transcript API – Captions & AI Transcription API through CLI

YouTube Transcript API – Captions & AI Transcription OpenAPI definition

YouTube Transcript API – Captions & AI Transcription API

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YouTube Transcript Scraper PRO

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Vladimir Efimenco

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Andok

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epicscrapers/youtube-transcript-scraper

Extract YouTube transcripts with AI-powered fallback when captions are unavailable. Enter a URL or search query, get clean timestamped JSON with segments and word-level timings. Ideal for content repurposing, LLM training data, and video accessibility workflows.

Epic Scrapers

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Extract full verbatim transcripts from any YouTube video, even without captions. Works as a standalone batch API or an MCP server for AI agents. Pay per transcript.

Andok

YouTube Transcript & Subtitles Scraper API

johnvc/YoutubeTranscripts

Scrape YouTube transcripts, subtitles, and captions in bulk, the cheapest pay-per-video YouTube transcript API on Apify. Callable from any MCP client (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT). Supports YouTube videos, Shorts, and every URL format.

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Actor Youtube Transcript

foudhil/actor-youtube-transcript

Extract transcripts from any YouTube video — no API key needed. Supports batch processing, parallel fetching, auto-retry with residential proxies, and multi-language captions. Output is LLM-ready Markdown, built for RAG pipelines, LangChain, LlamaIndex, and AI automation workflows.

Foudhil Riahi

YouTube Transcript Scraper Pro (Captions + AI Fallback)

codepoetry/youtube-transcript-ai-scraper

Extract YouTube transcripts at scale without burning through your budget. It starts with free captions whenever they're available, then switches to AI only for videos that don't have them. You stay in control of costs, and the output — JSON, SRT, VTT, plain text, or LLM-ready format