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YouTube Video Transcript Scraper

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YouTube Video Transcript Scraper

YouTube Video Transcript Scraper

📝 YouTube Video Transcript Scraper – Instantly extract multilingual transcripts from any YouTube video in multiple formats (📄 VTT, 🧾 JSON, 📜 TTML, and more)! Perfect for language learners, content creators, researchers, and devs! 🌍🎥💬

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🎬 YouTube Video Transcript Scraper 📜

🎥 Overview

Want to scrape transcripts from YouTube videos? This is your go-to tool!

The YouTube Video Transcript Scraper 📝 allows you to easily extract transcripts from YouTube videos in various languages. Whether you're working with educational content, interviews, or music videos, this actor lets you pull the transcript data in minutes. Perfect for research, analysis, or archiving video content!

⚡ Get transcriptions in multiple languages and formats, and streamline your workflow!


🧩 Key Features

🌍 Global Language Support
✔️ Scrapes transcripts in multiple languages (Afrikaans, Bengali, Dutch, Finnish, French, etc.)
✔️ Available in json3, srv1, ttml, and vtt formats

🔗 Easy Video Input
✔️ Accepts YouTube video URLs for easy scraping
✔️ Simply provide a video URL and let it do the rest!

📝 Accurate Transcript Data
✔️ Pull complete transcript with timing and translations
✔️ Transcripts for multiple languages available per video

📂 Flexible Output
✔️ Quick access to video data such as title, thumbnail, and transcript links
✔️ Download in the format you need – json3, srv1, ttml, or vtt


⚙️ Input Configuration

Just feed in your video URL and get the transcript! Here’s how you can configure the input:

{
"video_urls": [
{
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VLqZtded_0",
"method": "GET"
}
]
}

📌 Fields Explained

FieldDescription
video_urls📹 List of YouTube video URLs
method🔄 HTTP method (usually GET)

📤 Output Example

You’ll receive detailed transcript data with all the languages available:

[
{
"original_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VLqZtded_0",
"title": "Maher Zain & Harris J - Qalbi Fil Madinah | Official Music Video | قلبي في المدينة",
"thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/2VLqZtded_0/maxresdefault.webp",
"Transcript": {
"Afrikaans": {
"json3": {
"ext": "json3",
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/api/timedtext?v=2VLqZtded_0&ei=_1r6Z_jzH7zWy_sP3MaQkA0&lang=af&fmt=json3",
"language": "Afrikaans"
},
...
},
"Bengali": {
"json3": {
"ext": "json3",
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/api/timedtext?v=2VLqZtded_0&ei=_1r6Z_jzH7zWy_sP3MaQkA0&lang=bn&fmt=json3",
"language": "Bengali"
},
...
},
...
}
}
]

🧾 Each record includes:

  • 🎬 original_url: YouTube video URL
  • 📷 thumbnail: Video thumbnail
  • 📝 Transcript: Links to transcripts in multiple formats and languages

🧪 How It Works

1️⃣ Input YouTube video URL
2️⃣ Select the preferred formats (json3, srv1, ttml, vtt)
3️⃣ Get your transcript data in seconds
4️⃣ Download and enjoy!


🛠️ Use Cases

💻 Researchers – Quickly extract subtitles or transcripts for analysis
🎓 Educators – Archive or share educational video transcripts
🗣️ Language Learners – Download transcriptions to improve language skills
🔍 Content Creators – Scrape and repurpose video transcripts for blogs, captions, and more!


🔐 Privacy & Security

🔒 Powered by Apify’s secure platform
🌍 Proxy-friendly (residential recommended)
⚙️ No need for YouTube API keys or tokens – just a URL!


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✉️ Need Help? Custom Version?

Want to scrape additional data or need a custom solution?

📧 Email me at scrapearchitect@gmail.com for tailored solutions.


🎬 Try It Now!

Start scraping YouTube video transcripts today with ease! 📜📹