# YouTube Transcript Scraper — quick start

**Use case:** 

Ready-to-run example of YouTube Transcript Scraper – Timestamped JSON for RAG: Scrape YouTube transcripts with timestamps, chapters and video metadata as RAG-ready JSON chunks. Bulk video, playlist or channel URLs. No API key.

## Input

```json
{
  "videoUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arj7oStGLkU"
  ],
  "videoIds": [],
  "languages": [
    "en"
  ],
  "strictLanguage": false,
  "allowAutoGenerated": true,
  "includeSegments": true,
  "includeChunks": true,
  "chunkMaxChars": 1200,
  "chunkOverlapChars": 100,
  "respectChapters": true,
  "includeChapters": true,
  "includeVideoMetadata": true,
  "textFormats": [
    "plain"
  ],
  "maxResults": 3,
  "maxConcurrency": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "videoId": {
    "label": "Video id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "channelName": {
    "label": "Channel",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "transcriptStatus": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "transcriptText": {
    "label": "Transcript (preview)",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "wordCount": {
    "label": "Words",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "language": {
    "label": "Language",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "chunkCount": {
    "label": "Chunks",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "durationSeconds": {
    "label": "Duration (s)",
    "format": "number"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The YouTube Transcript Scraper – Timestamped JSON for RAG Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "YouTube Transcript Scraper — quick start". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/TVjuLc3DsxQ8tvWfT) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "YouTube Transcript Scraper — quick start" task

The YouTube Transcript Scraper – Timestamped JSON for RAG Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like video / playlist / channel urls, bare video ids, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "YouTube Transcript Scraper — quick start" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as video id, title, channel, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "YouTube Transcript Scraper — quick start" task via API](https://apify.com/leadsbrary/youtube-transcript-rag-feed.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [YouTube Transcript Scraper – Timestamped JSON for RAG](https://apify.com/leadsbrary/youtube-transcript-rag-feed.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/leadsbrary/youtube-transcript-rag-feed.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/leadsbrary/youtube-transcript-rag-feed.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).