# ytapi-dev

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/ytapi-dev/  
**Website:** https://ytapi.dev/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

YTAPI provides a Transcript API for YouTube videos, enabling retrieval of captions, word timings, and various subtitle formats such as Markdown, SRT, and VTT. It also supports batch endpoints for exporting whole channels and playlists as zip files via a dashboard or Chrome extension, requiring no code. The service offers search, channel, playlist, and comment data, with a single HTTPS call returning comprehensive video details. Documentation, pricing, changelog, and OpenAPI specifications are publicly available.

## Kin Score — 24.7 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-11-06 under rubric 0.27.0. Trend: falling (-9.4 from 34.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 39.3 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 34.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 27.4 |
| Access Clarity | 53.9 |

Regulatory layer — **Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)**: 15.7 (matched via fallback).

## Agent readiness — 24.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | served |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | yes |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | served |
| Protected Resource Metadata | verified |
| Dynamic Client Registration | yes |
| Agentic Commerce | no |
| Pagination Ratio | na |
| Operation Distinctiveness | na |
| MCP Tool Quality | na |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## Security (2)

- **Ytapi Dev Authentication** — 2 schemes
- **Ytapi Dev Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Ytapi Dev Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Company, Video, Transcripts, YouTube

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/ytapi-dev/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.