YouTube Transcript Extractor
Pricing
Pay per usage
YouTube Transcript Extractor
Extract accurate, timestamped transcripts from any YouTube video for just $1 per 1,000 results. Includes views, likes, channel info, and publish dates—all in structured JSON. Scalable, fast, and ideal for developers, analysts, and content creators alike.
5.0 (2)
Pricing
Pay per usage
3
Monthly users
10
Runs succeeded
>99%
Last modified
14 hours ago
You can access the YouTube Transcript 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 Integrations settings in Apify Console.
1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = { "youtubeUrl": [
9 { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=videoID" },
10 { "url": "https://youtu.be/videoID" },
11 ] }
12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
14run = client.actor("dz_omar/youtube-transcript-extractor").call(run_input=run_input)
15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
17print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
18for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
19 print(item)
20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-startYouTube Transcript Extractor - Video Captions to Text API in Python
The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Transcript Extractor API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
pip install apify-clientOther API clients include:
Pricing
Pricing model
Pay per usageThis Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage.
