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Youtube Transcript Scraper

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mohamed el hadi msaid

This Actor extracts the English transcript (captions/subtitles) from a given YouTube video URL and saves the full text and timing details to an Apify dataset.

5.0 (2)

Pricing

$15.00/month + usage

Total users

Monthly users

Runs succeeded

>99%

Last modified

3 days ago

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Extract full transcripts (captions/subtitles) from any public YouTube video by simply providing its URL. This Apify actor fetches the English transcript (if available) and returns both the full text and detailed timing information for each snippet.

Features

Extracts YouTube video transcripts (captions/subtitles) in English
Returns both full transcript text and snippet timing (start, duration, text)
Easy input: just provide a YouTube video URL
Results stored in Apify Dataset for easy download and integration

How It Works

Provide a YouTube video URL as input.
The actor fetches and extracts the English transcript, if available.
The transcript is returned as both a full text and as an array of timed snippets.
Results are saved to the Apify dataset for your use.

Input

url (string, required): The URL of the YouTube video you want to extract the transcript from.

Example:

{
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
}

Output

Each dataset item contains:

lang: Language of the transcript (e.g., "English")
text: The full transcript as a single string
snippets: An array of objects with text, start, and duration for each caption line

Example:

{
  "lang": "English",
  "text": "Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down ...",
  "snippets": [
    { "text": "Never gonna give you up", "start": 0.0, "duration": 3.5 },
    { "text": "Never gonna let you down", "start": 3.5, "duration": 4.2 }
    // ... more snippets
  ]
}

Use Cases

Quickly extract subtitles for accessibility or translation projects
Generate searchable text from YouTube videos for research or content analysis
Archive or repurpose video content in text form
Build tools for language learning or subtitle synchronization

Built with ❤️ using Apify.

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