
YouTube Transcript & Metadata Scraper Extractor
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YouTube Transcript & Metadata Scraper Extractor
Verified 99.4% Success Rate. Scrape & extract high-quality transcripts and metadata from YouTube videos using the Transcript Downloader API. The actor supports auto language detection, batch processing & optional comment extraction. Great for research, podcasting, content repurposing & SEO analysis.
5.0 (2)
Pricing
Pay per usage
0
Total users
7
Monthly users
7
Runs succeeded
89%
Last modified
17 days ago
You can access the YouTube Transcript & Metadata Scraper Extractor programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, youβll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token5const client = new ApifyClient({6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',7});8
9// Prepare Actor input10const input = {11 "videoIds": [12 "dQw4w9WgXcQ"13 ]14};15
16// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish17const run = await client.actor("transcriptdl/transcript-downloader-youtube-transcript-and-metadata-scraper").call(input);18
19// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)20console.log('Results from dataset');21console.log(`πΎ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);22const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();23items.forEach((item) => {24 console.dir(item);25});26
27// π Want to learn more π? Go to β https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs
YouTube Transcript & Metadata Extractor API in JavaScript
The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Transcript & Metadata Scraper Extractor API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$npm install apify-client
Other API clients include: