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Retrieve transcript for a YouTube video API Playground

Returns transcript segments for a YouTube video using YouTube's native player captions.

GETapiKey3 credits/requestyoutube.transcriptResponseDocYouTube

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GETapiKey3 credits/requestyoutube.transcriptResponseDocYouTube
GET /youtube/transcript/{id}

Retrieve transcript for a YouTube video

Returns transcript segments for a YouTube video using YouTube's native player captions. Set `format=text`, `format=srt`, or `format=vtt` to receive plain-text output instead of the standard response envelope.

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
    "language": "English",
    "language_code": "en",
    "segments": [
      {
        "text": "Never gonna give you up",
        "start": 12.34,
        "duration": 2.11
      }
    ],
    "text": "Never gonna give you up"
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns transcript segments for a YouTube video using YouTube's native player captions. Set `format=text`, `format=srt`, or `format=vtt` to receive plain-text output instead of the standard response envelope.

Method
GET
Path
/youtube/transcript/{id}
Authentication
apiKey
Credit cost
3 credits/request
Platform
YouTube
Parameters
6 documented fields

Request parameters

id:pathlang:querytranslate_to:queryformat:querytimestamps:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatadata.is_generateddata.languagedata.language_codedata.segmentsdata.segments[].durationdata.segments[].startdata.segments[].textdata.textdata.translation_languagedata.video_id

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
    "language": "English",
    "language_code": "en",
    "segments": [
      {
        "text": "Never gonna give you up",
        "start": 12.34,
        "duration": 2.11
      }
    ],
    "text": "Never gonna give you up"
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/youtube/transcript/<id>" \
  -H "x-api-key: <api-key>"
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