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YouTube Transcript API & Metadata Extractor

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Extract complete YouTube transcripts from one public video per run. Get clean text, timestamped segments, grouped Markdown, caption language, and video metadata for RAG, AI agents, search, and research. No YouTube API key or browser setup.

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$0.01 / successful transcript

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You can access the YouTube Transcript API & Metadata 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, 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=BYXbuik3dgA"
13    ],
14    "language": "auto",
15    "intervalMinutes": 2
16};
17
18// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
19const run = await client.actor("useai/youtube-transcript-api").call(input);
20
21// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
22console.log('Results from dataset');
23console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
24const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
25items.forEach((item) => {
26    console.dir(item);
27});
28
29// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

YouTube Transcript Scraper API with Timestamps API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Transcript API & Metadata Extractor 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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