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YouTube Transcript Scraper

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Collect public YouTube captions with real timestamps, language selection and optional text exports. Also validate and search supplied transcript records. No paid transcript API or Google API key required.

Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 successful video transcripts

Rating

0.0

(0)

Developer

Inus Grobler

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Total users

Monthly active users

7 days ago

Last modified

Categories

Videos

Social media

SEO tools

Security

You can access the YouTube Transcript 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

OpenAPI

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    "videoUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw"],
10    "maxResults": 10,
11    "preferredLanguages": [
12        "en",
13        "en-us",
14    ],
15    "providedRecords": [],
16    "maxChars": 100000,
17    "fetchVideoMeta": True,
18    "maxVideoRuntimeSecs": 60,
19    "useResidentialProxy": True,
20    "exportVideoText": False,
21}
22
23# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
24run = client.actor("thescrapelab/apify-youtube-transcript-scraper-2-0").call(run_input=run_input)
25
26# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
27print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
28for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
29    print(item)
30
31# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

YouTube Transcript Scraper | Timestamped Captions API in Python

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

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