You can access the YouTube Transcript Fetcher 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 = { "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("mapsize17/youtube-transcript-fetcher").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 Fetcher API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Transcript Fetcher 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 Fetcher API in JavaScript

YouTube Transcript Fetcher API through CLI

YouTube Transcript Fetcher OpenAPI definition

YouTube Transcript Fetcher API

Youtube Transcript Scraper

scrapebase/youtube-transcript-scraper

ScrapeBase

Youtube Transcript API

vivid_astronaut/youtube-transcript

BRAINIALL Team

Data Fetcher

build_matrix/data-fetcher

Build Matrix

YouTube Transcript Scraper

devscrapper/youtube-transcript-scraper

YouTube Transcript Scraper – Fast, Clean & Reliable

Oussama Production

YouTube Transcript Fetcher

hermesexp/youtube-transcript-fetcher

Download transcripts and captions from any YouTube video. Supports multiple languages, timestamps, and plain text output for content analysis.

Dima Radov

Youtube Transcript - 1$/month

insight_api_labs/youtube-transcript

Youtube Transcript (with video details and transcript timestamps)

InsightAPILabs

940

3.1

youtube transcript fetcher

arrontaylor/transcript-fetcher

Extracts the full transcript text from a YouTube video by automatically opening the transcript panel and collecting all spoken segments. The transcript is saved as plain text in the actor’s dataset for easy analysis, search, or AI processing.