YouTube Video Transcription - Video to Text at Scale
Pricing
from $5.00 / 1,000 transcripts
Get the full spoken text of any YouTube video, formatted like something a person would read: real paragraphs, grouped under the video's own chapters, with a timestamp on every line. Works on single videos or an entire channel, and you only pay for the transcripts you receive.
You can access the YouTube Video Transcription - Video to Text at Scale programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token5const client = new ApifyClient({6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',7});8
9// Prepare Actor input10const input = {11 "urls": [12 "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw"13 ],14 "formats": [15 "text"16 ],17 "proxyConfiguration": {18 "useApifyProxy": true,19 "apifyProxyGroups": [20 "RESIDENTIAL"21 ]22 }23};24
25// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish26const run = await client.actor("vonsensey/youtube-video-transcription").call(input);27
28// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)29console.log('Results from dataset');30console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);31const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();32items.forEach((item) => {33 console.dir(item);34});35
36// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docsThe Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Video Transcription - Video to Text at Scale API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$npm install apify-clientOther API clients include: