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Get a YouTube Shorts transcript by URL

Paste a YouTube Shorts link and get its spoken words as text. Shorts links work exactly like normal video links. Useful for trend research, captions and repurposing short-form content.

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YouTube Transcript Scraper
YouTube Transcript Scrapernokia2k/youtube-transcript-scraper
Thumbnail URL
Title
Status
Language code
+8 fields
Text
Number
Boolean
List
Object

Input

📄 Output formats:text+1
📺 YouTube videos:https://www.youtube.com/shorts/N6O8b7U6Ti8

Output fields

Thumbnail URL
Title
Status
Language code
Auto-generated
Duration (seconds)
Words
Text
Channel name
Views
Video URL
Message

How it works

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The YouTube Transcript Scraper Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Get a YouTube Shorts transcript by URL". Sign up or log in and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

Start the "Get a YouTube Shorts transcript by URL" task

The YouTube Transcript Scraper Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like 📄 output formats and 📺 youtube videos, to match your specific use case.

Receive the "Get a YouTube Shorts transcript by URL" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as thumbnail url, title, status, and more.

Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also run the "Get a YouTube Shorts transcript by URL" task via API.

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