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YouTube Video Transcript & Channel Scraper

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Extract full YouTube transcripts with timestamps and rich video metadata. Process individual videos or entire channels, filter by publish date, and select any manual or auto-generated caption language. No API key.

Pricing

from $1.50 / 1,000 results

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0.0

(0)

Developer

Thirdwatch

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Total users

Monthly active users

4 hours ago

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Categories

Videos

Social media

You can access the YouTube Video Transcript & Channel 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.

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JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11    "videoUrls": [
12        "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
13    ],
14    "maxResults": 5
15};
16
17// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
18const run = await client.actor("thirdwatch/youtube-transcripts-scraper").call(input);
19
20// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
21console.log('Results from dataset');
22console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
23const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
24items.forEach((item) => {
25    console.dir(item);
26});
27
28// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

YouTube Video Transcript & Channel Scraper API in JavaScript

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

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

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