You can access the YouTube Transcript & Subtitles Scraper API 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    "startUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw"],
10    "subtitleLanguages": ["en"],
11}
12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
14run = client.actor("titan_network/titan-youtube-subtitles").call(run_input=run_input)
15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
17print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
18for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
19    print(item)
20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

YouTube Transcript & Subtitles Scraper API API in Python

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

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

YouTube Transcript & Subtitles Scraper API API in JavaScript

YouTube Transcript & Subtitles Scraper API API through CLI

YouTube Transcript & Subtitles Scraper API OpenAPI definition

YouTube Transcript & Subtitles Scraper API API

YouTube Video Downloader - 4K, MP4 & MP3

titan_network/titan-youtube-video-downloader

Download YouTube videos in bulk for about $5/TB during our launch offer. Get MP4/WebM up to 4K from video and Shorts URLs, with direct links or S3 delivery. Pay only for successfully delivered video.

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YouTube Video Subtitles (captions) Scraper

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Extract subtitles (captions) from one or multiple YouTube videos. Download YouTube video subtitles (captions) as a HTML, JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML doc.

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YouTube MP3 Audio Downloader for Bulk URLs

titan_network/titan-youtube-audio

Limited-time launch offer: about $5/TB for successfully delivered YouTube MP3 audio. Batch URLs with metadata, direct links, and S3-compatible storage.

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YouTube video to Transcript

scrapingxpert/youtube-video-to-transcript

Fetch YouTube video transcripts automatically using Apify. Supports multiple URLs and retrieves captions from YouTube. Ideal for video content analysis, subtitle generation, or transcription needs. Customize with headers and cookies for accuracy.

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YouTube Transcript and Subtitle Data Scraper

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Extract YouTube transcripts from video URLs, channels, or search queries. Receive timestamped segments, plain text, SRT subtitles, language details, video metadata, token estimates, and LLM-ready context.

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YouTube Transcript Scraper – JSON, SRT, VTT, Plain Text

scraperhive/youtube-transcript-scraper

Extract YouTube video transcripts, subtitles, and captions in multiple formats with precise timestamps. Plain Text · JSON · SRT · WebVTT · 20+ Languages · Batch Processing · Auto + Manual Captions

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Youtube Transcript - 1$/month

insight_api_labs/youtube-transcript

Youtube Transcript (with video details and transcript timestamps)

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YouTube Transcript & Subtitles Scraper

fastcrawler/youtube-transcript-subtitles-scraper

Extract complete transcripts and subtitles from any YouTube video or Shorts. Download clean, structured text (JSON/CSV) ready for LLMs, AI agents, or content analysis. Fast, reliable, and easy to integrate via API. Pay only for successful results.

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$0.15/min REAL YouTube Transcriber & Subtitles (JSON/SRT/VTT)

practicaltools/apify-youtube-transcribe

Download and transcribe YouTube videos into text and subtitle files – quickly, locally, and without external APIs. This Apify actor Faster-Whisper to generate transcripts and captions. It saves results in TXT, JSON, SRT, and VTT formats, plus provides a summary in the Dataset.

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YouTube Transcript Scraper – Subtitles & Captions

maged120/youtube-transcript

YouTube Transcript Scraper: extract the full transcript, subtitles and captions of any YouTube video in every available language, with timestamps. Works with auto-generated and manual captions. Ready for AI summaries, translation, SEO and search indexing. Export to JSON or CSV, or via API.