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YouTube Transcripts & Subtitles (Timestamps, 20+ Languages)

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Extract YouTube transcripts and subtitles with timestamps. One video or thousands, manual or auto-generated captions, language selection and translation. Clear per-video error rows instead of silent failures.

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Waseem Ahmed

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You can access the YouTube Transcripts & Subtitles (Timestamps, 20+ Languages) 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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YouTube Transcripts Scraper - Subtitles with Timestamps OpenAPI definition

OpenAPI is a standard for designing and describing RESTful APIs, allowing developers to define API structure, endpoints, and data formats in a machine-readable way. It simplifies API development, integration, and documentation.

OpenAPI is effective when used with AI agents and GPTs by standardizing how these systems interact with various APIs, for reliable integrations and efficient communication.

By defining machine-readable API specifications, OpenAPI allows AI models like GPTs to understand and use varied data sources, improving accuracy. This accelerates development, reduces errors, and provides context-aware responses, making OpenAPI a core component for AI applications.

You can download the OpenAPI definitions for YouTube Transcripts & Subtitles (Timestamps, 20+ Languages) from the options below:

OpenAPI.json

If you’d like to learn more about how OpenAPI powers GPTs, read our blog post.

You can also check out our other API clients:

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