TikHubYouTubeSocial

YouTube video captions by video id or URL

tikhub.x.youtube-web-v2-get-video-captions

Youtube: get video captions (web_v2)

Price: $0.008/successAt list price
Success rate: 100%Last 30 days · 1,438 calls
Latency p50: 2.5 sp95 8.8 s
Last verified: Jul 28, 2026Verified working

GEThttps://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/tikhub.x.youtube-web-v2-get-video-captions?format=srt&video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ&video_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DdQw4w9WgXcQ&language_code=en

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Uses platform quota
Synchronous response
Reads public data

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
Query parameters
`format`	string	Optional	Caption format	`srt`
`video_id`	string	Optional	Video ID	`dQw4w9WgXcQ`
`video_url`	string	Optional	Video URL	`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ`
`language_code`	string	Optional	Language code, returns available caption list if empty	`en`

Query parameters
formatstringOptional
Caption format
Example: srt
video_idstringOptional
Video ID
Example: dQw4w9WgXcQ
video_urlstringOptional
Video URL
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
language_codestringOptional
Language code, returns available caption list if empty
Example: en

Code samples

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

Beta

curl -X GET 'https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/tikhub.x.youtube-web-v2-get-video-captions?format=srt&video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ&video_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DdQw4w9WgXcQ&language_code=en' \
  -H "X-Toolswitch-Key: $TOOLSWITCH_KEY"

import os
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/tikhub.x.youtube-web-v2-get-video-captions?format=srt&video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ&video_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DdQw4w9WgXcQ&language_code=en",
    headers={"X-Toolswitch-Key": os.environ["TOOLSWITCH_KEY"]},
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)

const response = await fetch("https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/tikhub.x.youtube-web-v2-get-video-captions?format=srt&video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ&video_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DdQw4w9WgXcQ&language_code=en", {
  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 beta; its URL and authentication may change. The example parameters are sample data. Calls are billed at $0.008/success, including the service fee.