Get YouTube transcript

GET

/v1/youtube-transcript

Extract video transcript/captions with timestamps.

Provide either video_id or url.

Credits: 1 per request.

Authorizations

• apiKeyHeader
• apiKeyQuery

Parameters

Query Parameters

video_id

string

YouTube video ID.

url

string

YouTube video URL.

lang

string

default: en

Language code (default en).

Responses

200

Transcript data.

object

video_id

string

language

string

segments

Array<object>

object

text

string

start

number

duration

number

full_text

string

Headers

X-Credits-Used

integer

X-Credits-Remaining

integer

401

Missing or invalid API key.

object

error

Error message.

string

Example

invalid or inactive api_key

402

Insufficient credits.

429

Rate limit exceeded.

object

error

Error message.

string

Example

invalid or inactive api_key

Headers

Retry-After

integer

Seconds to wait before retrying.