YouTube Transcript Scraper

YouTube Transcript Scraper & Extractor API — Extract transcripts, captions & subtitles from YouTube videos, Shorts & VODs without an API key. Supports auto-generated and manual captions in 100+ languages with translation, batch extraction & clean JSON for AI agents, RAG, SEO & automation.

liveasyncunknown~30s typical

AUTOMATIONDEVELOPER_TOOLSVIDEOS

$0.0020

per result + $0.01 call

plus $0.001 platform fee per run

Usage-based actor: event charges passed through at cost plus 25%

Bring your own Apify Store key: provider portion drops to $0.

Provider Upstream docs

$Set up https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/SKILL.md, then use Cracked to run apify /akash9078/youtube-transcript-scraper for me.

Input

Field	Type	Description
videoUrl*	string	YouTube video URL or 11-character video ID. Supports all URL formats: youtube.com/watch?v=, youtu.be/, youtube.com/shorts/, youtube.com/live/, embed/. default "https://youtu.be/qMquIcJWZag"
translate	boolean	If enabled, the transcript will be translated to the Preferred Language when it differs from the original language. Uses Mistral AI for translation. Disabled by default to save processing time. default false
language	string	Preferred language for transcript extraction. Select from the dropdown or type a custom BCP-47 code (e.g., 'en-GB', 'zh-Hans'). Choose 'auto' to let the system detect the best available track. default "hi"

Call it

curl

curl https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ck_live_..." -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"provider":"apify","endpoint":"/akash9078/youtube-transcript-scraper","input":{"videoUrl":"https://youtu.be/qMquIcJWZag","translate":false,"language":"hi"},"wait":false}'

poll

curl "https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/v1/runs/<runId>?wait=30" -H "Authorization: Bearer ck_live_..."

cli

npx cracked-ai run -p apify -e /akash9078/youtube-transcript-scraper -i '{"videoUrl":"https://youtu.be/qMquIcJWZag","translate":false,"language":"hi"}' -w 120

mcp

run_tool({ provider: "apify", endpoint: "/akash9078/youtube-transcript-scraper", input: {"videoUrl":"https://youtu.be/qMquIcJWZag","translate":false,"language":"hi"}, wait: false })

Try it

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