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YouTube Shorts, TikTok & Reels Transcript Scraper

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One run for all three platforms: YouTube Shorts, TikTok and Instagram Reels turned into text — transcript with timestamps, on-screen captions and the first-3-second hook. Shorts use YouTube's own captions, so they cost less. Links or whole profiles, no login.

Pricing

from $1.40 / 1,000 videos

Rating

5.0

(1)

Developer

Matvey

Actor stats

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Total users

Monthly active users

10 days ago

Last modified

Categories

Videos

Social media

You can access the YouTube Shorts, TikTok & Reels 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.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

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.tiktok.com/@duolingo/video/7683994892506270989"],
10    "compareWithAuthor": True,
11    "profiles": ["@duolingo"],
12    "resultsLimitPerProfile": 10,
13    "transcriptionMode": "captions-first",
14    "includeOnScreenText": False,
15    "aiAnalysis": False,
16    "quality": "fast",
17    "language": "auto",
18    "maximumVideoDurationSeconds": 300,
19    "ocrFps": "1.5",
20    "includeTranscriptSegments": True,
21}
22
23# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
24run = client.actor("lergassy/tiktok-reels-shorts-transcript-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
25
26# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
27print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
28for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
29    print(item)
30
31# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

YouTube Shorts, TikTok & Reels Transcript Scraper API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Shorts, TikTok & Reels Transcript Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

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