# Get the transcript of a coding tutorial

**Use case:** 

Long programming tutorials are hard to search inside. Pulling the transcript turns a four-hour video into text you can grep, index or summarise, with the timestamp of every line so you can jump straight to the part you need. The example video is "Python Full Course for Beginners" by Programming with Mosh.

## Input

```json
{
  "videos": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uQrJ0TkZlc"
  ],
  "languages": [
    "en"
  ],
  "includeTimestamps": true,
  "proxyMode": "auto",
  "maxRetries": 3
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "ok": {
    "label": "OK",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "videoId": {
    "label": "Video ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "author": {
    "label": "Channel",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "language": {
    "label": "Lang",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "isAutoGenerated": {
    "label": "Auto-generated",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "segmentCount": {
    "label": "Lines",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "text": {
    "label": "Transcript",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "reason": {
    "label": "Why it failed",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "URL",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [YouTube Transcript Scraper API - Captions and Subtitles](https://apify.com/neverempty/youtube-transcript-reliable.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/neverempty/youtube-transcript-reliable.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/neverempty/youtube-transcript-reliable.md

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