YouTube Transcript Scraper API - Captions and Subtitles
Pricing
from $5.92 / 1,000 transcript returneds
Extracts YouTube transcripts (manual captions and auto-generated). Tells you whether a video is private, has no captions, or was blocked - instead of returning a blank row - and charges only for transcripts that actually contain text.
You can access the YouTube Transcript Scraper API - Captions and Subtitles 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.
$echo '{< "videos": [< "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aircAruvnKk"< ]<}' |<apify call neverempty/youtube-transcript-reliable --silent --output-datasetThe Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use YouTube Transcript Scraper API - Captions and Subtitles locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Using installation script (macOS/Linux):
$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bashUsing installation script (Windows):
$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iexUsing Homebrew:
$brew install apify-cliUsing npm:
$npm install -g apify-cliOther API clients include: