# X (Twitter) Video Transcript Scraper - Video to Text (`seemuapps/x-video-transcript-scraper`) Actor

Turn any X (Twitter) video into text with timestamps. Paste post links and get the full transcript, language and post details for each video in bulk.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/seemuapps/x-video-transcript-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Seemu Scraping](https://apify.com/seemuapps) (community)
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 video transcripts

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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 examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## X (Twitter) Video Transcript Scraper - Video to Text

Turn any X (Twitter) video into text. Paste post links, up to 500 per run, and get the full transcript of each video with timestamps and the detected language, plus the post's author, text, date and engagement. Works for clips, interviews, podcasts and long videos up to 60 minutes. No login and no X API key needed.

### What you get

One row per post with:

- **Transcript**: the full spoken text in `transcript`, plus `wordCount` and the detected `language`
- **Timestamps**: a `segments` list with the start and end time (in seconds) of every sentence, ready for subtitles, clipping or quotes
- **Post details**: post ID and URL, author username and display name, post text, date, views, likes, reposts and replies
- **Video details**: duration and thumbnail. Posts that quote a video are supported too (`videoFromQuotedTweet: true`)

### Use cases

- **Media monitoring**: get the exact words from news clips, press conferences and political speeches posted on X
- **Content repurposing**: turn video posts into threads, articles, newsletters and show notes
- **Research and fact-checking**: quote what was actually said, with timestamps
- **AI and LLM workflows**: feed clean transcripts into ChatGPT, Claude or your own model for summaries, sentiment and insights
- **Podcast and interview clips**: search and archive what guests said
- **Subtitles and accessibility**: export timestamped segments as captions

### How to use

1. Paste X or Twitter post links (or post IDs), one per line
2. Optionally set the **Spoken language** if you know it (it's detected automatically otherwise)
3. Run the actor and open the **Dataset** tab
4. Export to CSV, Excel, JSON or Google Sheets

### Output example

```json
{
  "inputUrl": "https://x.com/TheoVon/status/1916982720317821050",
  "status": "ok",
  "tweetId": "1916982720317821050",
  "tweetUrl": "https://x.com/TheoVon/status/1916982720317821050",
  "videoFromQuotedTweet": false,
  "author": "TheoVon",
  "durationSeconds": 84.3,
  "views": 166314,
  "likes": 909,
  "language": "en",
  "transcript": "Since you're kind of like a leader in innovation and technology in our world, you know? Um, do you, how do you know that what your convictions are? ...",
  "segments": [
    { "start": 0.001, "end": 10.711, "text": "Since you're kind of like a leader in innovation and technology in our world, you know?" },
    { "start": 10.711, "end": 20.911, "text": "Um, do you, how do you know that what your convictions are? How do you gauge if what your convictions are are the best for everybody kind of?" }
  ]
}
```

### Pricing

- **Transcript**: a small fee per video transcribed
- **Transcript minute**: a fee per minute of video (rounded up to the next minute)

Posts without a video, GIFs, videos with no spoken words, deleted posts and invalid links are free. They appear as rows with a `status` and a `message` explaining why.

Free Apify plans can transcribe up to 5 videos per run (3 runs a day). Upgrade to a paid plan to remove these limits.

### FAQ

**Which languages are supported?** Most spoken languages. The language is detected automatically and returned in `language`.

**How long can videos be?** Up to 60 minutes per video.

**Can I transcribe a post that quotes a video?** Yes. If the post itself has no video but quotes one, the quoted video is transcribed and `videoFromQuotedTweet` is `true`.

**Why is a post marked `no_speech`?** The video only contains music or sound effects, so there is nothing to transcribe. You are not charged.

# Actor input Schema

## `tweetUrls` (type: `array`):

Links to X or Twitter posts that contain a video (or quote a post with a video), or post IDs, one per line (up to 500 per run).

## `language` (type: `string`):

Two-letter language code (e.g. en, es, de) if you know the language spoken in the videos. Leave empty to detect it automatically.

## `includeTimestamps` (type: `boolean`):

Add a segments list with start and end times (in seconds) for every sentence.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "tweetUrls": [
    "https://x.com/TheoVon/status/1916982720317821050"
  ],
  "includeTimestamps": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One row per post: transcript text, word count, language, timestamped segments, and the post's author, text, date, video duration and engagement counts.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "tweetUrls": [
        "https://x.com/TheoVon/status/1916982720317821050"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("seemuapps/x-video-transcript-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "tweetUrls": ["https://x.com/TheoVon/status/1916982720317821050"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("seemuapps/x-video-transcript-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "tweetUrls": [
    "https://x.com/TheoVon/status/1916982720317821050"
  ]
}' |
apify call seemuapps/x-video-transcript-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,seemuapps/x-video-transcript-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/rkI7Q4STdpMQied0B/builds/gKbmFKHsAkDgRU2Ee/openapi.json