YouTube Transcripts API

Using the YouTube Transcripts API you can scrape Youtube Transcripts results without worrying about proxy rotation and data parsing. Our API is fast and reliable.

Each successful request to this API will cost 1 credits.

Parameter

Description

api_key required

Your personal API key. Available on your dashboard. Type: String

v required

YouTube Video ID. Type: String

country

This is the ISO code of the country from which you are seeking Youtube search results. Default Value - us Type - String

language

Language of the results. Possible Values - en, es, fr, de, etc. Default Value - en Type - String

API Example

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

import requests

api_key = "5eaa61a6e562fc52fe763tr516e4653"
url = "https://api.scrapingdog.com/youtube/transcripts/"

params = {
    "api_key": api_key,
    "v": "0e3GPea1Tyg"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=params)

if response.status_code == 200:
    data = response.json()
    print(data)
else:
    print(f"Request failed with status code: {response.status_code}")

const axios = require('axios');

const api_key = 'APIKEY';
const url = 'https://api.scrapingdog.com/youtube/transcripts/';

const params = {
  api_key: api_key,
  v: '0e3GPea1Tyg'
};

axios
  .get(url, { params: params })
  .then(function (response) {
    if (response.status === 200) {
      const data = response.data;
      console.log(data)
    } else {
      console.log('Request failed with status code: ' + response.status);
    }
  })
  .catch(function (error) {
    console.error('Error making the request: ' + error.message);
  });

<?php

// Set the API key and request parameters
$api_key = 'APIKEY';
$v = '0e3GPea1Tyg';

// Set the API endpoint
$url = 'https://api.scrapingdog.com/youtube/transcripts/?api_key=' . $api_key . '&v=' . $v;

// Initialize cURL session
$ch = curl_init($url);

// Set cURL options
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

// Execute the cURL request
$response = curl_exec($ch);

// Check if the request was successful
if ($response === false) {
    echo 'cURL error: ' . curl_error($ch);
} else {
    // Process the response data as needed
    echo $response;
}

// Close the cURL session
curl_close($ch);

require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

# Set the API key and request parameters
api_key = 'APIKEY'
v = '0e3GPea1Tyg'

# Construct the API endpoint URL
url = URI.parse("https://api.scrapingdog.com/youtube/transcripts/?api_key=#{api_key}&v=#{v}")

# Create an HTTP GET request
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

# Create an HTTP client
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true # Enable SSL (https)

# Send the request and get the response
response = http.request(request)

# Check if the request was successful
if response.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
  puts response.body # Process the response data as needed
else
  puts "HTTP request failed with code: #{response.code}, message: #{response.message}"
end

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            // Set the API key and request parameters
            String apiKey = "APIKEY";
            String v = "0e3GPea1Tyg";

            // Construct the API endpoint URL
            String apiUrl = "https://api.scrapingdog.com/youtube/transcripts/?api_key=" + apiKey
                    + "&v=" + v

            // Create a URL object from the API URL string
            URL url = new URL(apiUrl);

            // Open a connection to the URL
            HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();

            // Set the request method to GET
            connection.setRequestMethod("GET");

            // Get the response code
            int responseCode = connection.getResponseCode();

            if (responseCode == 200) {
                // Read the response from the connection
                BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
                String inputLine;
                StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder();

                while ((inputLine = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                    response.append(inputLine);
                }
                reader.close();

                // Process the response data as needed
                System.out.println(response.toString());
            } else {
                System.out.println("HTTP request failed with response code: " + responseCode);
            }

            // Close the connection
            connection.disconnect();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

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 whichever one of these 456\npeople survives the longest,",
            "start": 3.78,
            "duration": 3.6
        },
        {
            "text": "wins 456 grand.",
            "start": 7.38,
            "duration": 2.1
        },
        ........
     ]
}

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