Hey Juliencabaln1, I hope you're doing well. 🙂

Your request is doable, but currently exceeds the functionality of the Actor ( transcript scraper ). It's more of a custom function.

You could chat me up on discord @bila_l or email me directly at bilalmoses@gmail.com so we can discuss how to handle what you're requesting for.

Always happy to help out. 🙌💪

hi Bilal, thank you for your quick reply,

here is my objective:

1. Extract YouTube Data:
   • Connect to a specific YouTube playlist (PLaMPnw9iEseoAuLMbpwl061sNYreeQrGG)
   • Process each video in the playlist
2. Retrieve for Each Video:
   • The transcription (subtitles/text)
   • Metadata (title, description, views, duration, author, tags, publication date)
3. Save the Data:
   • Save each transcription in an individual text file
   • Store all metadata in a SQLite database
   • Export data to CSV and Excel files
4. Automatically Handle:
   • Privacy popups
   • Advertisements
   • Potential errors
   • Loading times

The ultimate goal is to automate the collection of transcriptions and information from all videos in a YouTube playlist for later analysis or use.

thank you for your attention and your help?

KR,

My pleasure juliencabaln1. Thank you for the detailed response. 🙂

It is all superbly technically doable and I can handle that for you. For the project being a custom add-on, I'll also like to know if you have a budget for it?

You can drop you email or any social that you want me to chat you on so we can talk further.

Cheers 🍻 🚀

Thank you moses, No I do not have a budget it is for my personal use, my situation is not really good so I try to explore different possibilities to make money online, I already start to try a code (even If I am a beginner) but it dos not work, selenium does not extract the transcription (my terminal says) so That is why i am looking for external help

Sorry about your situation 😔, I hope it gets better soon.

You can achieve your objectives in a somewhat simpler way using the Actor (Transcript Scraper).

Here's how you can go about it:

1. Get the youtube video URLs of the Playlist you want. You could do this manually if the URLs are not much, but if they are you could explore a more technical approach by following this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMgAMbL1pRE
2. Provide the URLs to the input of the Actor (Transcript Scraper), use bulk edit.
3. After running the Actor Scraper, you'll be able to download the data in excel format.

If any part is not clear, do let me know. 😉

thank you for your quick reply bilal, the problem is that each playlist has more than 130 video of 90 mn.. I am not sure I can just copy the 133 urls and do it in "one click"..

What would be your price for scraping the playlist transcription? or maybe would you be ok for a cheaper solution; would you agree to review/correct my script?

I am a newbie, excuse me if i am asking for things usually not asked.

KR,

🤔 You're right, copying 130 videos manually would definitely be a hassle.

For the solution, it depends on what works best for you:

1️⃣ I can create an automation building on the Apify Actor for $300.

2️⃣ If you're leaning towards a simpler route, I’d need more details on your proposed approach. I can't share the exact steps I use to extract transcripts, but if you’re building something on top of my Actor—using it as a foundation and accessing it via the Apify API—I’d be happy to review your script and give feedback. 😊

Let me know what you think!

thank you very much for your offer but it is unfortunately out of my budget.. And I need to use it for different channels.. I am not building something on top of your Actor, I started from scratch So i f you agree I can send you my script and you could would review/ correct it if you want? 😊