YouTube to Text
Maxime Dupré
Use YouTube to Text with the public youtu.be URL. This example asks for English captions and allows creator-provided or auto-generated captions. The result returns available transcript text, caption language and source, timestamped segments, and links to SRT, VTT, Markdown, and PDF files.
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Start the "YouTube to Text" task
The YouTube Transcript API Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like youtube videos, preferred caption language, and more, to match your specific use case.
Receive the "YouTube to Text" 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, video title, channel name, and more.
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 to Text" task via API.
