YouTube Transcripts API

The YouTube Transcripts API lets you extract the complete transcript (captions) from any YouTube video. Returns an array of text segments with start time and duration. Each successful request costs 1 API credit.

Endpoint: https://api.scrapingdog.com/youtube/transcripts

API Parameters

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Scrapingdog Parameters

api_key Required
Your personal API key. Available on your dashboard.

Type: String

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Video

v Required
YouTube Video ID. You can find it in the video URL after ?v= (e.g., for youtube.com/watch?v=0e3GPea1Tyg, the ID is 0e3GPea1Tyg).

Type: String

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Localization

country Optional
ISO code of the country from which you are seeking YouTube search results. Default: us

Type: String
language Optional
Language of the results. Possible Values — en, es, fr, de, etc. Default: en

Type: String

API Examples

Code to Integrate

curl "https://api.scrapingdog.com/youtube/transcripts?api_key=APIKEY&v=0e3GPea1Tyg"

import requests

params = {
    "api_key": "APIKEY",
    "v": "0e3GPea1Tyg",
    "language": "en"
}

response = requests.get("https://api.scrapingdog.com/youtube/transcripts", params=params)
print(response.json())

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  api_key: "APIKEY",
  v: "0e3GPea1Tyg",
  language: "en"
});

const res = await fetch(`https://api.scrapingdog.com/youtube/transcripts?${params}`);
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data.transcripts);

<?php
$url = 'https://api.scrapingdog.com/youtube/transcripts?' . http_build_query([
    'api_key'  => 'APIKEY',
    'v'        => '0e3GPea1Tyg',
    'language' => 'en',
]);
echo file_get_contents($url);

require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'json'

uri = URI('https://api.scrapingdog.com/youtube/transcripts')
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(
  'api_key' => 'APIKEY',
  'v' => '0e3GPea1Tyg',
  'language' => 'en'
)

response = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri)
puts JSON.parse(response.body)

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String url = "https://api.scrapingdog.com/youtube/transcripts"
            + "?api_key=APIKEY&v=0e3GPea1Tyg&language=en";

        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create(url))
            .GET()
            .build();

        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

        System.out.println(response.body());
    }
}

API Response

{
  "transcripts": [
    {
      "text": "- [Mr. Beast] I've\nrecreated every single set",
      "start": 0.15,
      "duration": 1.773
    },
    {
      "text": "from Squid Game in real life,",
      "start": 1.923,
      "duration": 1.857
    },
    {
      "text": "and actually played the games.",
      "start": 3.78,
      "duration": 1.89
    }
  ]
}