YouTube Transcript & Metadata Scraper
Pricing
Pay per usage
YouTube Transcript & Metadata Scraper
Extract high-quality transcripts and metadata from YouTube videos using the Transcript Downloader API. This actor supports auto language detection, batch processing, and optional comment extraction. Great for research, podcasting, content repurposing, and SEO analysis.
5.0 (1)
Pricing
Pay per usage
0
Total users
3
Monthly users
3
Runs succeeded
>99%
Last modified
14 hours ago
You can access the YouTube Transcript & Metadata 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 Integrations settings in Apify Console.
1from apify_client import ApifyClient2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")6
7# Prepare the Actor input8run_input = { "videoIds": ["dQw4w9WgXcQ"] }9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish11run = client.actor("transcriptdl/transcript-downloader-youtube-transcript-and-metadata-scraper").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-startYouTube Transcript & Metadata Extractor API in Python
The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Transcript & Metadata Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$pip install apify-clientOther API clients include:
