YouTube Transcript Scraper And Formatter

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YouTube Transcript Scraper And Formatter quickly fetches auto-generated transcripts (Plain, SRT, and VTT) from YouTube video URLs, perfect for automating workflows and analysis.

It is recommended to use residential proxies if you aren't yielding results.

Features

• Extracts auto-generated transcripts directly from YouTube.
• Supports multiple YouTube URLs simultaneously.
• Provides transcripts in plain text, VTT, and SRT formats.
• Clearly reports errors encountered with problematic URLs.
• Efficient concurrency control for faster results.

Data Output Structure

• video_url: The original YouTube URL provided.
• success: Boolean indicating successful transcript extraction.
• segments: Number of transcript segments extracted.
• plain: Full transcript as plain text.
• srt: Transcript formatted as SRT.
• vtt: Transcript formatted as WebVTT.
• error: Error message if extraction fails.

Example Output

{
"video_url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID",
"success":true,
"plain":"This is an example transcript. It combines all segments into one readable paragraph.",
"srt":"1\n00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:05,000\nThis is an example segment.\n\n2\n00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:10,000\nSecond segment of the transcript.",
"vtt":"WEBVTT\n\n00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:05.000\nThis is an example segment.\n\n00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:10.000\nSecond segment of the transcript.",
"error":null,
"segments":5
}

Example of Error Output

{
"video_url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INVALID_ID",
"success":false,
"plain":"Invalid video ID",
"srt":"",
"vtt":"",
"error":"Invalid video ID"
"segments":0
}

Workflow Usage

Example payload for workflow integration:

{
"videoUrls":[
{
"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=valid_video_id"
},
{
"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=another_valid_video_id"
}
]
}

Important Notes

• Only supports videos with auto-generated transcripts enabled on YouTube.