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YouTube Transcript Extractor

Extract YouTube video transcripts with complete metadata including title, description, views, likes, channel information, tags, and more.

Features

• Complete video metadata - Title, description, views, likes, thumbnails, channel info
• Full transcript extraction - Text with precise timestamps
• Channel information - Name, ID, subscribers, verification status
• Multi-language support - Extract transcripts in any language available on YouTube
• Multiple output formats - JSON with timestamps, SRT, WebVTT
• Fast extraction - HTTP-only approach, no browser overhead

Input

Required Fields

Optional Fields

🔐 proxyConfig (Required)

Proxy configuration to avoid YouTube bot detection.

Default: Apify Datacenter proxy - Free (upgrade to Residential if blocked)

Available types:

• "apify-datacenter" - Apify datacenter proxy (free, included in your plan) - Default
• "apify-residential" - Apify residential proxy (paid, most reliable if datacenter is blocked)
• "none" - No proxy (direct connection, usually blocked by YouTube)
• "custom" - Your own custom proxies

Option 1: Apify Datacenter proxy (default - free)

{
"proxyConfig":{
"type":"apify-datacenter"
}
}

Option 2: Apify Residential proxy (if datacenter is blocked)

{
"proxyConfig":{
"type":"apify-residential"
}
}

Option 3: No proxy (not recommended - YouTube blocks most requests)

{
"proxyConfig":{
"type":"none"
}
}

Option 4: Custom proxy

{
"proxyConfig":{
"type":"custom",
"proxyUrls":["http://proxy.example.com:8080"]
}
}

Example Input

{
"video_urls":[
"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xObhZ0Ga7EQ"
],
"language":"auto",
"output_format":"json",
"include_metadata":true,
"proxyConfig":{
"type":"apify-datacenter"
}
}

Output

With Metadata (include_metadata: true)

{
"video_id":"bBC-nXj3Ng4",
"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBC-nXj3Ng4",
"url_short":"https://youtu.be/bBC-nXj3Ng4",
"embed_url":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/bBC-nXj3Ng4",
"title":"But how does bitcoin actually work?",
"description":"The math behind cryptocurrencies...",
"thumbnail_url":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bBC-nXj3Ng4/maxresdefault.webp",
"upload_date":"2017-07-07",
"duration":"25:15",
"duration_seconds":1515,
"view_count":17474405,
"view_count_text":"17.5M",
"like_count":395820,
"like_count_text":"396K",
"comment_count":24000,
"channel_name":"3Blue1Brown",
"channel_id":"UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw",
"channel_url":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw",
"channel_follower_count":7840000,
"channel_follower_count_text":"7.84M",
"channel_is_verified":true,
"transcript_text":"What does it mean to have a Bitcoin? Many people have heard...",
"transcript_language":"auto",
"transcript_segments":[
{
"timestamp":"0:03",
"text":"What does it mean to have a Bitcoin?",
"start_seconds":3.9,
"duration_seconds":2.58
},
{
"timestamp":"0:07",
"text":"Many people have heard of Bitcoin...",
"start_seconds":7.42,
"duration_seconds":3.838
}
],
"word_count":4422,
"segment_count":384,
"tags":["bitcoin","cryptocurrency","blockchain","math"],
"categories":["Education"],
"age_limit":0,
"is_live":false,
"was_live":false,
"has_transcript":true
}

Without Metadata (include_metadata: false)

{
"video_id":"bBC-nXj3Ng4",
"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBC-nXj3Ng4",
"transcript_text":"What does it mean to have a Bitcoin? Many people have heard...",
"transcript_language":"auto",
"transcript_segments":[
{
"timestamp":"0:03",
"text":"What does it mean to have a Bitcoin?",
"start_seconds":3.9,
"duration_seconds":2.58
},
{
"timestamp":"0:07",
"text":"Many people have heard of Bitcoin...",
"start_seconds":7.42,
"duration_seconds":3.838
}
]
}

SRT Format (output_format: "srt")

1
00:00:03,900 --> 00:00:06,480
What does it mean to have a Bitcoin?
2
00:00:07,420 --> 00:00:11,258
Many people have heard of Bitcoin, that it's a fully digital currency

WebVTT Format (output_format: "webvtt")

WEBVTT
00:00:03.900 --> 00:00:06.480
What does it mean to have a Bitcoin?
00:00:07.420 --> 00:00:11.258
Many people have heard of Bitcoin, that it's a fully digital currency

Use Cases

• Content analysis and research
• Subtitle generation for videos
• Accessibility improvements
• SEO and keyword extraction
• Video content indexing
• Educational content processing
• Data mining and analytics

Supported Languages

The actor automatically detects and extracts transcripts in any language available on YouTube:

• English (en), Français (fr), Español (es), Deutsch (de), Italiano (it)
• Português (pt), Русский (ru), 日本語 (ja), 한국어 (ko), 中文 (zh)
• العربية (ar), हिन्दी (hi), and many more...

Limitations

• Only publicly available transcripts can be extracted
• Private or age-restricted videos may not be accessible
• Transcripts must be enabled by the video owner
• Some videos may not have transcripts available