Get the transcript of any YouTube video. Free, instant, no signup.
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curl "https://YOURDOMAIN/api/v1/transcript?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer yt_your_api_key"Response:
{
"video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
"text": "We're no strangers to love...",
"segments": [
{"text": "We're no strangers to love", "start": 0.0, "duration": 3.2}
],
"chars": 1847,
"segment_count": 42
}Fetch transcript for a YouTube video.
v or video_id or url -- YouTube video ID or full URL (required)lang -- language code, default "en" (optional)format -- "json", "text", or "srt" (optional, default "json")
Authentication:
Authorization: Bearer yt_your_key?api_key=yt_your_key
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Yes. Works with both auto-generated (speech-to-text) and manually uploaded captions on any public YouTube video.
The API returns JSON (with timestamps per segment), plain text, or SRT subtitle format.
Any public YouTube video with captions enabled (auto-generated or manual). Private videos and videos with captions disabled are not supported.
Most transcripts are returned in under 3 seconds.