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TranscriptYT API

The cheapest YouTube Transcript API.

One dependable endpoint for public YouTube videos. Build features with clean text, timestamps, subtitles, and translations without maintaining your own extraction pipeline.

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GET /v1/transcript
{
  "videoId": "5f3Pn-N6yLc",
  "title": "How To Clean Up Gmail Inbox - Fast and Easily",
  "language": "en",
  "source": "captions",
  "segments": [
    {
      "start": 0.24,
      "duration": 3.84,
      "text": "in the next two to three minutes I'm"
    },
    {
      "start": 2.159,
      "duration": 3.481,
      "text": "gonna show you how to clean up your"
    }
    …
  ]
}

Cheapest per transcript

From $1.58 per 1,000. Failed requests are free.

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Start in minutes

Designed to stay out of your way.

  1. 01

    Create a key

    Start with 100 free transcripts. No credit card required.

  2. 02

    Send a video link

    Use a YouTube URL or video ID in one request.

  3. 03

    Use the result

    Get text, timestamps, subtitles, or structured data.

The whole interface

One endpoint, no surprises.

  • JSON, text, Markdown, SRT, VTT, and CSV
  • Caption extraction with speech-to-text fallback
  • 150+ languages and translation support
const response = await fetch(
  "https://transcript-yt.com/v1/transcript?url=VIDEO_URL",
  { headers: { Authorization: "Bearer ts_live_..." } },
);
const transcript = await response.json();

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