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Extract YouTube Transcripts in Seconds (No API Key Needed)

Scrape YouTube video transcripts reliably using a smart fallback chain: custom transcript URL templates → Invidious captions → optional yt-dlp → optional youtubetranscript.com (last resort). Outputs one transcript record per video with language, source, and error details. No YouTube API required.

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You can access the Extract YouTube Transcripts in Seconds (No API Key Needed) 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 Integrations settings in Apify Console.

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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
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("thescrapelab/apify-youtube-transcript-scraper-2-0").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
15for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Extract YouTube Transcripts in Seconds (No API Key Needed) API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Extract YouTube Transcripts in Seconds (No API Key Needed) API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

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