# Get YouTube transcript (POST) | Parsium Docs

Source: https://docs.parseium.com/api/operations/youtubetranscriptpost/

# Get YouTube transcript (POST)

POST

/v1/youtube-transcript

Extract video transcript/captions with timestamps.

Provide either `video_id` or `url`.

**Credits:** 1 per request.

Accepts the same fields as JSON instead of query parameters.

## Authorizations

 Section titled “Authorizations ”

- **[apiKeyHeader](/api/#apikeyheader)**
- **[apiKeyQuery](/api/#apikeyquery)**

## Request Body
required

 Section titled “Request Body
required
 ”

 Select media type application/json

 object

 video_id

YouTube video ID.

 string

 url

YouTube video URL.

 string

 lang

Language code (default en).

 string

 default: en

## Responses

 Section titled “
Responses
”

### 200

 Section titled “200 ”

Extracted data.

 Select media type application/json

 object

 videoId

 string

 type

 string

 url

 string

 language

 string

 auto_generated

 boolean

 transcript

 Array<object>

 object

 text

 string

 startMs

 string

 endMs

 string

 startTimeText

 string

 transcript_only_text

 string

#### Headers

 Section titled “Headers ”

 X-Credits-Used

 integer

Credits consumed.

 X-Credits-Remaining

 integer

Remaining credit balance.

### 401

 Section titled “401 ”

Missing or invalid API key.

 Select media type application/json

 object

 error

required

 string

##### Example

```
invalid request
```

 field

Field that failed validation.

 string

 detail

 string

 hint

 string

### 402

 Section titled “402 ”

Insufficient unreserved credits.

 Select media type application/json

 object

 error

required

 string

##### Example

```
insufficient credits
```

 required

required

 integer

 available

required

 integer

### 429

 Section titled “429 ”

Request, concurrency, or plan limit exceeded.

 Select media type application/json

 One of:

- [object](#tab-panel-72)
- [object](#tab-panel-73)

 object

 error

required

 string

##### Example

```
invalid request
```

 field

Field that failed validation.

 string

 detail

 string

 hint

 string

 object

 error

required

 string

##### Example

```
pending limit
```

 pending

required

 integer

 limit

required

 integer

 accepted

required

 integer

0

#### Headers

 Section titled “Headers ”

 Retry-After

 integer

Seconds to wait when supplied.