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YouTube Captions Downloader - Transcript & Subtitles Scraper

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Download the captions and transcript of any YouTube video, or subtitles for a whole list: timestamped caption segments and full text in your language, manual or auto-generated, with title, channel, duration and views. Shorts and live links work. $5 per 1,000 videos; no captions or failures are free.

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from $5.00 / 1,000 transcripts

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Tenfold Fleet

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You can access the YouTube Captions Downloader - Transcript & Subtitles Scraper 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

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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 = {
9    "videos": [
10        "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
11        "https://youtu.be/jNQXAC9IVRw",
12        "kJQP7kiw5Fk",
13    ],
14    "languages": ["en"],
15}
16
17# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
18run = client.actor("tenfoldfleet/youtube-transcript-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
19
20# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
21print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
22for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
23    print(item)
24
25# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

YouTube Captions Downloader: Transcripts & Subtitles API API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Captions Downloader - Transcript & Subtitles Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

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