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YouTube Transcript Scraper

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Transcripts from YouTube videos, Shorts, whole channels and playlists, with timestamps, SRT/VTT and AI-ready chunks. Watch channels for new videos on a schedule. Pay only for transcripts delivered.

Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 transcripts

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Developer

Lean Pilar

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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.

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YouTube Transcript Scraper & API: channels, SRT, AI chunks OpenAPI definition

OpenAPI is a standard for designing and describing RESTful APIs, allowing developers to define API structure, endpoints, and data formats in a machine-readable way. It simplifies API development, integration, and documentation.

OpenAPI is effective when used with AI agents and GPTs by standardizing how these systems interact with various APIs, for reliable integrations and efficient communication.

By defining machine-readable API specifications, OpenAPI allows AI models like GPTs to understand and use varied data sources, improving accuracy. This accelerates development, reduces errors, and provides context-aware responses, making OpenAPI a core component for AI applications.

You can download the OpenAPI definitions for YouTube Transcript Scraper from the options below:

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If you’d like to learn more about how OpenAPI powers GPTs, read our blog post.

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