transcriptapi-com

transcriptapi-com YouTube transcript API

Pull any video's transcript by URL or 11-character ID, with or without timestamps, as JSON or text. Check available languages first, then pull the exact track.

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Operations 2

GET /api/v2/youtube/transcript Get YouTube transcript (v2) #

GET /api/v2/youtube/info Get YouTube video info (v2) #

Specifications

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OpenAPI

https://artifacts.apis.io/transcriptapi-com/openapi/transcriptapi-com-youtube-transcript-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema

https://artifacts.apis.io/transcriptapi-com/json-schema/transcriptapi-com-apitranscript-response-v2-schema.json

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JSONSchema

https://artifacts.apis.io/transcriptapi-com/json-schema/transcriptapi-com-channel-info-response-schema.json

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JSONSchema

https://artifacts.apis.io/transcriptapi-com/json-schema/transcriptapi-com-app-api-v2-youtube-schemas-youtube-video-info-response-schema.json

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JSONSchema

https://artifacts.apis.io/transcriptapi-com/json-schema/transcriptapi-com-search-response-schema.json

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JSONSchema

https://artifacts.apis.io/transcriptapi-com/json-schema/transcriptapi-com-app-api-v2-youtube-schemas-video-info-response-schema.json

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JSONSchema

https://artifacts.apis.io/transcriptapi-com/json-schema/transcriptapi-com-playlist-videos-response-schema.json

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Public YouTube transcript API
  description: 'TranscriptAPI: extract the transcript of any YouTube video as structured JSON, with or without timestamps. The same API also covers search, channels, playlists, and video metadata.


    Base URL: https://transcriptapi.com (every path below is under /api/v2/youtube).


    Auth: send Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY. Get a key at https://transcriptapi.com/dashboard/api-keys.


    Credits: failed calls and 429s cost 0; successful calls cost 1 credit unless the endpoint states otherwise. Costs are stated on each endpoint, including per-page pricing on paginated endpoints. Cached responses (HTTP 200) also cost 1 credit.


    Rate limits: 200 requests per minute per key. Honor X-RateLimit headers and Retry-After on 429.


    Errors: every endpoint documents its status codes and retry flags; retry only 408, 429, and 503.


    Common tasks:

    - Transcribe a video: GET /api/v2/youtube/transcript?video_url=UF8uR6Z6KLc

    - Find videos on a topic to transcribe: GET /api/v2/youtube/search?q=ocean+conservation&type=video&upload_date=week

    - Size up a channel (subscribers, video count, tabs): GET /api/v2/youtube/channel/info?channel=@NASA

    - Pull a channel''s videos, Shorts, or streams: GET /api/v2/youtube/channel/videos?channel=@NASA&tab=shorts

    - Get a video''s likes, views, description links, and related videos: GET /api/v2/youtube/video/metadata?video_url=UF8uR6Z6KLc&include=related

    - List a playlist''s videos: GET /api/v2/youtube/playlist/videos?playlist=

    - Check a video''s available transcript languages, at no credit cost: GET /api/v2/youtube/info?video_url=UF8uR6Z6KLc

    - Do all of this from Claude Desktop or any MCP client: https://transcriptapi.com/docs/mcp


    Guides and full reference: https://transcriptapi.com/docs/api'
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
- url: https://transcriptapi.com
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:


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# Full source: https://artifacts.apis.io/transcriptapi-com/openapi/transcriptapi-com-youtube-transcript-api-openapi.yml