YouTube Transcript & Subtitles Scraper API
Pricing
$2.50 / 1,000 transcripts
Get YouTube transcripts and captions from videos, playlists and channels as timed segments, plain text, SRT or VTT. Many languages, an auto-generated fallback and video metadata. Each failed video gets a clear error row and the run never hangs. Built for AI and RAG pipelines.
You can access the YouTube Transcript & Subtitles Scraper API programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token5const client = new ApifyClient({6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',7});8
9// Prepare Actor input10const input = {11 "urls": [12 "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw",13 "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"14 ],15 "languages": [16 "en"17 ],18 "maxVideosPerSource": 20,19 "maxTotalVideos": 1000,20 "proxyConfiguration": {21 "useApifyProxy": true,22 "apifyProxyGroups": [23 "RESIDENTIAL"24 ]25 }26};27
28// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish29const run = await client.actor("zovo-one/tubetext-youtube-transcript-scraper").call(input);30
31// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)32console.log('Results from dataset');33console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);34const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();35items.forEach((item) => {36 console.dir(item);37});38
39// 📚 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 Transcript & Subtitles Scraper API API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$npm install apify-clientOther API clients include: