YouTube Transcript Scraper: Captions, Subtitles & API
Pricing
from $1.10 / 1,000 transcript scrapeds
Get YouTube transcripts (captions and subtitles) for videos, channels and playlists: full text plus timestamped segments in any language, auto-translation, and video metadata (title, channel, views, duration). No official API key.
You can access the YouTube Transcript Scraper: Captions, Subtitles & 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.
$echo '{< "videos": [< "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw"< ],< "languages": [< "en"< ],< "proxyConfiguration": {< "useApifyProxy": false< }<}' |<apify call veenkes/veenkes-youtube-transcripts --silent --output-datasetThe Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use YouTube Transcript Scraper: Captions, Subtitles & API locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Using installation script (macOS/Linux):
$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bashUsing installation script (Windows):
$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iexUsing Homebrew:
$brew install apify-cliUsing npm:
$npm install -g apify-cliOther API clients include: