Youtube Transcripts

Extract 1 transcript or 1000s of YouTube transcripts fast. Save time & effort . Get accurate structured transcripts or captions in seconds for each video & short. Export in various formats,, JSON, XML

liveasyncunknown~30s typical

videossocial mediaautomationyoutubetranscripts

$0.0088

per result + $0.005 call

plus $0.001 platform fee per run

Actor charges $0.007 per result; Cracked adds 25% plus a $0.005 call fee

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 /karamelo/youtube-transcripts for me.

Input

Field	Type	Description
urls*	array	The URLs of the videos you want to extract the transcript/captions from. Each URL must be a valid YouTube video link.
outputFormat	string (captions \| textWithTimestamps \| xmlWithoutTimestamps \| xmlWithTimestamps \| singleStringText)	Select the format in which you want your captions default "captions"
maxRetries	integer	Maximum number requests to retry if your get blocked, increase for better chance default 8
channelNameBoolean	boolean	Indicates whether the channel Name should be included. default false
channelIDBoolean	boolean	Indicates whether the channel ID should be included. default false
dateTextBoolean	boolean	Indicates whether the formatted date (Feb 7, 2025) should be included. default false
relativeDateTextBoolean	boolean	Indicates whether the relative date (example 3 days ago) should be included. default false
datePublishedBoolean	boolean	Indicates whether the full date and time the video was published (example 2025-02-07T07:00:15.000Z) should be included. default false
viewCountBoolean	boolean	Indicates whether the view count (example 69,916 views) should be included. default false
likesBoolean	boolean	Indicates whether the number of likes (example 4.8K) should be included. default false
commentsBoolean	boolean	Indicates whether the number of comments (example 456) should be included. default false
keywordsBoolean	boolean	Indicates whether the keywords (or tags) should be included. default false
thumbnailBoolean	boolean	Indicates whether the thumbnail url should be included. default false
descriptionBoolean	boolean	Indicates whether the video description should be included. default false

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":"/karamelo/youtube-transcripts","input":{"urls":["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNHNktxbjdk"],"maxRetries":8},"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 /karamelo/youtube-transcripts -i '{"urls":["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNHNktxbjdk"],"maxRetries":8}' -w 120

mcp

run_tool({ provider: "apify", endpoint: "/karamelo/youtube-transcripts", input: {"urls":["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNHNktxbjdk"],"maxRetries":8}, wait: false })

Try it

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