YouTube Transcript Extractor

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Extracts transcripts and captions from YouTube videos in bulk. Outputs clean, structured text optimized for AI/RAG pipelines, content analysis, translation, and research.

What it does

Takes YouTube video URLs (or channel/playlist URLs), extracts available transcripts and captions, and outputs structured text with timestamps. Supports multiple languages and automatic/manual caption types.

Key Features

• Bulk extraction - Process hundreds of videos in one run
• Multi-language support - Extract transcripts in any available language
• Channel/Playlist support - Automatically discover videos from channels and playlists
• AI-ready output - Clean text format optimized for RAG, embeddings, and LLMs
• Timestamp preservation - Keep or remove timestamps based on your needs
• Chunking options - Split transcripts into configurable chunks for embedding pipelines

Input

Output

Each video produces a dataset item:

{
"videoId":"dQw4w9WgXcQ",
"videoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
"title":"Video Title",
"channelName":"Channel Name",
"language":"en",
"isAutoGenerated":false,
"availableLanguages":["en","es","fr"],
"transcript":[
{
"text":"Hello and welcome",
"start":0.0,
"duration":2.5
}
],
"fullText":"Hello and welcome to this video...",
"wordCount":1523,
"duration":612.5,
"chunks":[
{
"index":0,
"text":"Hello and welcome to this video...",
"startTime":0.0,
"endTime":45.2
}
],
"extractedAt":"2026-02-23T07:00:00Z"
}

Use Cases

• RAG Knowledge Bases - Build searchable knowledge bases from educational YouTube channels
• Content Research - Analyze competitor content, extract key topics
• Translation - Extract source text for translation workflows
• SEO Analysis - Analyze video content for keyword research
• Podcast Transcription - Many podcasts are uploaded to YouTube with captions
• Training Data - Collect text data for fine-tuning language models
• Accessibility - Generate text versions of video content

Pricing

Pay per result:

• $0.15 per 1,000 videos processed
• Free tier: 100 videos/month

Example Usage

Extract transcripts from specific videos

{
"urls":[
"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID_1",
"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID_2"
],
"languages":["en"],
"outputFormat":"structured"
}

Extract from a channel with chunking for RAG

{
"urls":["https://www.youtube.com/@ChannelName"],
"languages":["en"],
"chunkSize":1000,
"chunkOverlap":200,
"maxVideosPerChannel":100,
"outputFormat":"structured"
}

Get plain text transcripts in multiple languages

{
"urls":["https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAYLIST_ID"],
"languages":["en","es","fr"],
"includeTimestamps":false,
"outputFormat":"plain_text"
}