YouTube Transcripts API

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

Parameter	Description
api_key	Your personal API key. Available on your dashboard. Type: String
v	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

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

Python

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}")

Node JS

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

<?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);

Ruby

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

Java

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
        },
        ........
     ]
}