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 Integrations settings 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 = { "videoUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"] }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("naz_here/youtube-transcript-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
15for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).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 Scraper 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

devscrapper/youtube-transcript-scraper

YouTube Transcript Scraper – Fast, Clean & Reliable

Oussama Production

Youtube Transcript API

vivid_astronaut/youtube-transcript

Fabio Suizu

Youtube Transcript - 1$/month

insight_api_labs/youtube-transcript

Youtube Transcript (with video details and transcript timestamps)

InsightAPILabs

925

4.0

Youtube Transcript Search

maged120/youtube-transcript-search

search youtube transcripts

Maged

Youtube Transcript Summary

rohim.bisalive/youtube-transcript-summary

Rohim Labs

Youtube Transcript Scraper

scrapeengine/youtube-transcript-scraper

🎬 YouTube Transcript Scraper (youtube-transcript-scraper) pulls clean video transcripts/captions with timestamps, multi-language, and batch export (JSON/CSV). 🔎 Ideal for SEO, keyword research, summaries, accessibility, and content repurposing. ⚡ Fast, reliable, API-ready.

ScrapeEngine

Youtube Transcript

canadesk/youtube-transcript

Extract transcripts (with timestamps) from YouTube videos.

Canadesk Support

Youtube Transcript Scraper

scrapapi/youtube-transcript-scraper

🎥 YouTube Transcript Scraper (youtube-transcript-scraper) extracts clean video transcripts & captions—timestamps, languages, and more. ⚡ Bulk scrape playlists/channels, export JSON/CSV for SEO, research, summarization & AI. 🔎 Perfect for repurposing and indexing.

ScrapAPI

YouTube Transcript Pro - Office Edition

vigilant_arboretum/youtube-transcript-pro

Bulk YouTube transcript extractor with job tracking, timestamps, and stats.

Aman Bhawsar

Youtube Transcript Scraper

scraply/youtube-transcript-scraper

🎬 YouTube Transcript Scraper (youtube-transcript-scraper) quickly pulls video captions/transcripts — with timestamps, multi-language support & exports (TXT, SRT, JSON). 🔎 Ideal for SEO, content repurposing, research, subtitles & accessibility. ⚡ Fast, developer-friendly.

Scraply