YouTube Video Transcript and Metadata Extractor

Overview

Unlock the power of YouTube video data with this Apify Actor! Effortlessly fetch transcript/subtitles and rich metadata (title, channel, view count, and more) for any YouTube video. Perfect for researchers, content creators, and analysts who need structured video data without the hassle of direct scraping. Save time and get reliable, structured data straight to your Apify dataset!

Input

Provide a YouTube video URL. The Actor requires the following fields, defined in input_schema.json:

Field	Type	Description	Required
youtube_url	String	The URL of the YouTube (e.g., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ).	Yes
language	String	The Transcript language (e.g., en).	No

Example Input:

{
  "youtube_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EeDKyS7pV8"
}

Output

The Actor saves data to the Apify dataset in a structured JSON format, as defined in dataset_schema.json. The output includes:

Field	Type	Description
video_id	String	The unique identifier of the YouTube video.
title	String	The title of the YouTube video.
channel_name	String	The name of the YouTube channel.
channel_id	String	The unique identifier of the YouTube channel.
timestamp	Integer	The Unix timestamp of when the video was published.
published_at	String	The UTC date and time of video upload (format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SSZ).
view_count	Integer	The number of views the video has received.
transcript	Array	An array of transcript segments, each with text, start, duration, language, and language_code.
url	String	The URL of the YouTube video.
language	String	The primary language of the transcript (e.g., en for English).
duration_seconds	Integer	The total duration of the video in seconds.

Sample Output (TED Talk Video in English):

[
  {
    "channel_id": "UCAuUUnT6oDeKwE6v1NGQxug",
    "channel_name": "TED",
    "comment_count": 10953,
    "duration_seconds": 1159,
    "language": "en",
    "like_count": 388218,
    "timestamp": 1559575676,
    "title": "Sleep Is Your Superpower | Matt Walker | TED",
    "transcript": [
      {
        "duration": 1.5,
        "language": "English (auto-generated)",
        "language_code": "en",
        "start": 0.83,
        "text": "Thank you very much."
      },
      {
        "duration": 4,
        "language": "English (auto-generated)",
        "language_code": "en",
        "start": 2.37,
        "text": "Well, I would like\nto start with testicles."
      },
    ...
      {
        "duration": 1.17,
        "language": "English (auto-generated)",
        "language_code": "en",
        "start": 1141.58,
        "text": "Great job, Matt."
      },
      {
        "duration": 2.21,
        "language": "English (auto-generated)",
        "language_code": "en",
        "start": 1142.75,
        "text": "MW: You're very welcome.\nThank you very much."
      }
    ],
    "published_at": "2019-06-03T15:27:56Z",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MuIMqhT8DM",
    "video_id": "5MuIMqhT8DM",
    "view_count": 15062630,
    "geo_restrict": null,
    "status": "success",
    "message": "Successfully fetched the transcript for the video with ID '5MuIMqhT8DM'"
  }
]

Why Use This Actor?

• Efficiency: Get YouTube video data in seconds via your internal API.
• Flexibility: Works with any API endpoint that returns structured JSON data.
• Reliability: Built-in validation and logging ensure robust performance.
• Scalability: Easily integrate with Apify's ecosystem for data processing and export.