You can access the YouTube 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    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw" }],
10    "lang": "en",
11    "auto": True,
12    "maxItems": 50,
13    "searchTerms": [],
14}
15
16# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
17run = client.actor("myagizm/youtube-transcript-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
18
19# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
20print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
21for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
22    print(item)
23
24# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

YouTube Transcript Scraper – Subtitles to Text API in Python

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

YouTube Transcript Scraper API through CLI

YouTube Transcript Scraper OpenAPI definition

YouTube Transcript Scraper API

YouTube Transcript Scraper - Captions and Subtitles

gio21/youtube-transcript-scraper

Get YouTube video transcripts (captions/subtitles) by video URL or ID. Auto-detect language or pick a specific track. No API key.

Gio

YouTube Transcript Scraper — Get Subtitles & Captions

thriftykiwi/youtube-transcript-scraper

Extract subtitles and captions from any YouTube video. List available languages and download full transcripts. No API key required — uses the public youtube-transcript service.

Thrifty Kiwi

YouTube Transcript Scraper - Captions & Auto Subtitles

nominated_tupelo/yt-transcript-scraper

Extract transcripts and subtitles from any YouTube video. Supports auto-generated captions, manual subtitles, multiple languages, and batch video processing. No API key required.

kade

YouTube Transcripts Subtitles Captions Extractor. ⚡

lume/yt-transcripts

YouTube transcript extractor, subtitle downloader, captions scraper, and video transcript crawler. Extract, download, and save YouTube video transcripts, subtitles, and captions for one or many Youtube Videos.

Lume

339

5.0

YouTube Transcript Scraper - Subtitles and Captions

openclawmara/youtube-transcript-scraper

Extract transcripts and subtitles from YouTube videos. Get auto-generated or manual captions in any language. Bulk extraction from video URLs, channels, or playlists. Output as plain text, timestamped segments, or SRT. Perfect for content repurposing, SEO, and video analysis.

OpenClaw Mara

YouTube Transcript Scraper

jadey_orbit/youtube-transcript-scraper

Extract transcripts and subtitles from YouTube videos with timestamps — any language, auto-generated included. Pay per video.

Matt Sparks

YouTube Transcript Scraper

chilly_damask/youtube-transcript-scraper

Extract YouTube video transcripts (manual + auto-generated captions) with timestamps and full plain text from video URLs or IDs. No login, no API key, no browser. Pay only per transcript returned. CSV/JSON.

Jaxx

YouTube Transcript Scraper - Subtitles & Captions to Text

dami_studio/youtube-transcript-scraper

Extract transcripts, subtitles and closed captions from any public YouTube video as text, SRT or VTT. Auto-generated and manual captions, any language, with timestamps. No login or API key. Failed or caption-less videos are never charged.

Dami's Studio

YouTube Transcript Scraper PRO

intelscrape/youtube-transcript-scraper-pro

YouTube Transcript Scraper PRO, YouTube transcript scraper, get YouTube transcripts, download YouTube captions, extract subtitles, YouTube comments scraper, YouTube video text extractor, YouTube API alternative, LLM training data, datasets, Whisper AI transcription, scrape YouTube transcripts

IntelScrape

YouTube Transcript Extractor

scriptbase/youtube-transcript-extractor

🎬 Convert any YouTube video to text. Extract transcripts, subtitles, and captions from videos, Shorts, and live streams. Get timestamped segments or full text in JSON, SRT, or plain text. Auto-captions speech-to-text fallback. 14+ languages. No login needed.