Endpoint Playground

Try the YouTube Transcript API

Test Crawlora's YouTube Transcript API with realistic prefilled parameters. Generate a cURL request, inspect the expected structured JSON response, and open the full docs or pricing page when you are ready to integrate this public web data extraction endpoint into your application.

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /youtube/transcript/{id}
Platform: YouTube
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 3 credits/request
Required params: id
Common optional params: lang, translate_to, format, timestamps

YouTube Transcript API documentation YouTube platform page Crawlora API pricing Try YouTube Captions API Try YouTube Channel Playlists API Try Search within a YouTube channel API Try YouTube Channel Shorts API Try YouTube Channel Videos API

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/youtube/transcript/<id>?format=json" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
id (path)	string	Yes		YouTube video ID (11-character code)
lang	string	No		Preferred transcript language
translate_to	string	No		Translate transcript to this language code
format	string	No	json	Response format
timestamps	boolean	No		Include timestamps in the JSON response

Example JSON response

{
  "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"
  }
}

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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. Returns `404` when the video currently has no transcript/captions available in any language — this is a normal, non-retryable result, not an error condition. Returns `503` when the request is temporarily blocked or rate-limited; retrying after a short delay may succeed.

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Path parameters

requiredstring

YouTube video ID (11-character code)

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Sample responseGET

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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

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: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

View endpoint docs Open platform page Browse all endpoints Pricing Retrieve auto-generated or human captions Retrieve the playlists tab for a YouTube channel Search within a YouTube channel Retrieve the shorts tab for a YouTube channel Retrieve the videos tab for a YouTube channel

Endpoint Playground

Try the YouTube Transcript API

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /youtube/transcript/{id}
Platform: YouTube
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 3 credits/request
Required params: id
Common optional params: lang, translate_to, format, timestamps

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/youtube/transcript/<id>?format=json" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
id (path)	string	Yes		YouTube video ID (11-character code)
lang	string	No		Preferred transcript language
translate_to	string	No		Translate transcript to this language code
format	string	No	json	Response format
timestamps	boolean	No		Include timestamps in the JSON response

Example JSON response

{
  "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"
  }
}

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GETapiKey3 credits/requestyoutube.transcriptResponseDocYouTube

GET /youtube/transcript/{id}

Retrieve transcript for a YouTube video

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API key

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Path parameters

requiredstring

YouTube video ID (11-character code)

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If an active API key is configured, Copy cURL includes it. Share links never include API keys.

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Sample responseGET

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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

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: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"