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YouTube Transcript Downloader & Extractor - Subtitles to JSON

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Paste YouTube video links or ids and download each video's full transcript as JSON: the complete text, its language, word count and optional timestamps per line. Manual or auto-generated subtitles in any language, in bulk. For AI pipelines, research and content teams. Pay per transcript.

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$5.00 / 1,000 video transcripts

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You can access the YouTube Transcript Downloader & Extractor - Subtitles to JSON 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.

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("s-r/free-youtube-transcript").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
15for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).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 Downloader & API - Subtitles to JSON API in Python

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