# Extract metadata and transcripts from YouTube videos

**Use case:** 

Process multiple YouTube video URLs in one run and export metadata with timed transcript segments for research, indexing and content analysis.

## Input

```json
{
  "video_sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arj7oStGLkU"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqz-KE-bpKQ"
    }
  ],
  "includeRelatedContent": false,
  "includeTranscript": true,
  "includeCaption": false,
  "caption_language": "en",
  "includeSoundShorts": false,
  "maxRelatedItems": 10,
  "video_kind": "auto",
  "maxItems": 2,
  "region_code": "US",
  "language_code": "en"
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "recordType": {
    "label": "Record type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "channelTitle": {
    "label": "Channel",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "viewCount": {
    "label": "Views",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "likeCount": {
    "label": "Likes",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "lengthSeconds": {
    "label": "Seconds",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "transcript": {
    "label": "Transcript",
    "format": "array"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [YouTube Video Scraper](https://apify.com/thenetaji/youtube-video-scraper) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/thenetaji/youtube-video-scraper) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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