YouTube Transcript Scraper And Formatter quickly fetches auto-generated transcripts (Plain, SRT, and VTT) from YouTube video URLs, perfect for automating workflows and analysis.

Features

Extracts auto-generated transcripts directly from YouTube.
Supports multiple YouTube URLs simultaneously.
Provides transcripts in plain text, VTT, and SRT formats.
Clearly reports errors encountered with problematic URLs.
Efficient concurrency control for faster results.

Data Output Structure

video_url: The original YouTube URL provided.
success: Boolean indicating successful transcript extraction.
segments: Number of transcript segments extracted.
plain: Full transcript as plain text.
srt: Transcript formatted as SRT.
vtt: Transcript formatted as WebVTT.
error: Error message if extraction fails.

Example Output

{
    "video_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID",
    "success": true,
    "plain": "This is an example transcript. It combines all segments into one readable paragraph.",
    "srt": "1\n00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:05,000\nThis is an example segment.\n\n2\n00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:10,000\nSecond segment of the transcript.",
    "vtt": "WEBVTT\n\n00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:05.000\nThis is an example segment.\n\n00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:10.000\nSecond segment of the transcript.",
    "error": null,
    "segments": 5
}

Example of Error Output

{
    "video_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INVALID_ID",
    "success": false,
    "plain": "Invalid video ID",
    "srt": "",
    "vtt": "",
    "error": "Invalid video ID"
    "segments": 0
}

Workflow Usage

Example payload for workflow integration:

{
    "videoUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=valid_video_id"
        },
        {
            "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=another_valid_video_id"
        }
    ]
}

Important Notes

Only supports videos with auto-generated transcripts enabled on YouTube.

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