url (string, required)
Must be exactly a YouTube watch URL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID (VIDEO_ID is 11 chars).
lang (string, required)
Transcript language in ISO 639-1 (two letters, e.g., en, nb, fr).

Example input

{
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3NwAkaBuFg",
  "lang": "en"
}

Output

A single JSON object with these fields:

Field	Type	Description
`video_id`	string	11-char YouTube video ID
`title`	string	Video title
`channel_id`	string	Channel ID
`channel_name`	string	Channel name
`upload_date`	string (ISO 8601)	Published date/time, e.g. `"2024-06-01T12:34:56+00:00"`
`url`	string	Canonical watch URL
`duration_seconds`	integer	Video length in seconds
`language`	string	Requested ISO 639-1 language code
`transcript`	array of objects	Each item: `{ "text": string, "start": "sec.ms", "end": "sec.ms" }`

Example output

{
  "video_id": "h3NwAkaBuFg",
  "title": "Sample Title",
  "channel_id": "UCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "channel_name": "Sample Channel",
  "upload_date": "2024-06-01T12:34:56+00:00",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3NwAkaBuFg",
  "duration_seconds": 213,
  "language": "en",
  "transcript": [
    { "start": "0.000", "end": "2.000", "text": "Intro line one" },
    { "start": "2.001", "end": "4.500", "text": "Intro line two" }
  ]
}

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