YouTube video transcript by URL — captions, subtitles

scrapecreators.x.v1-youtube-video-transcript

Retrieves the captions, subtitles, or transcript of a YouTube video or short.

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GEThttps://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/scrapecreators.x.v1-youtube-video-transcript?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DbjVIDXPP7Uk

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Uses platform quota
Synchronous response
Reads public data

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
Query parameters
`url`	string	Required	YouTube video or short URL	`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjVIDXPP7Uk`
`language`	string	Optional	2 letter language code, ie 'en', 'es', 'fr' etc. If the transcript is not available in the language you specify, the transcript will be null.	`en`
`cache_max_age`	string	Optional	If we have a response in the cache that is this many days old or newer, return the cached response (0 credits, with "cached": true and a "cached_at" timestamp). Otherwise, scrape a live result (1 credit). [See the Cac...	`7d`

Query parameters
urlstringRequired
YouTube video or short URL
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjVIDXPP7Uk
languagestringOptional
2 letter language code, ie 'en', 'es', 'fr' etc. If the transcript is not available in the language you specify, the transcript will be null.
Example: en
cache_max_agestringOptional
If we have a response in the cache that is this many days old or newer, return the cached response (0 credits, with "cached": true and a "cached_at" timestamp). Otherwise, scrape a live result (1 credit). [See the Cac...
Example: 7d

Code samples

Replace $TOOLSWITCH_KEY with the key you created in the console.

Preview

curl -X GET 'https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/scrapecreators.x.v1-youtube-video-transcript?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DbjVIDXPP7Uk' \
  -H "X-Toolswitch-Key: $TOOLSWITCH_KEY"

import os
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/scrapecreators.x.v1-youtube-video-transcript?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DbjVIDXPP7Uk",
    headers={"X-Toolswitch-Key": os.environ["TOOLSWITCH_KEY"]},
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)

const response = await fetch("https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/scrapecreators.x.v1-youtube-video-transcript?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DbjVIDXPP7Uk", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "X-Toolswitch-Key": process.env.TOOLSWITCH_KEY ?? "",
  },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
console.log(await response.text());

This gateway API is in preview; its URL and authentication may change. The example parameters are sample data. Calls are billed at $0.00188/call, including the service fee.