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youtube transcript scraper

YouTube Transcript Scraper

YouTube Transcript Scraper exports captions, timestamped transcript segments, video metadata, comments, and optional AI chapters without requiring a YouTube API key.

Actor Snapshot

YouTube Transcript Scraper exports captions, timestamped transcript segments, video metadata, comments, and optional AI chapters without requiring a YouTube API key.

Workflow

Video ingestion

Reliability

Production

Best first input

Start with youtube transcript scraper targets, URLs, keywords, or watchlist records.

Pricing note

Run on Apify; pricing and usage details are shown on the actor listing.

What this actor does

Convert public videos, channels, searches, captions, and comments into structured transcript records.

YouTube Transcript Scraper exports captions, timestamped transcript segments, video metadata, comments, and optional AI chapters without requiring a YouTube API key.

Use cases

  • Video knowledge base ingestion
  • Creator and channel research
  • Transcript search and citation workflows

Output fields

The actor is designed for compact JSON records that are easy to send into dashboards, webhooks, MCP clients, vector databases, and AI pipelines.

video_idtitlechanneltranscriptsegmentspublished_at

Related search intents

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FAQ

What does YouTube Transcript Scraper export?

YouTube Transcript Scraper exports structured fields including video_id, title, channel, transcript, segments, published_at.

Who is YouTube Transcript Scraper best for?

YouTube Transcript Scraper is best for Video knowledge base ingestion, Creator and channel research, Transcript search and citation workflows.

Where can I run YouTube Transcript Scraper?

Run the actor on Apify at https://apify.com/harvestlab/youtube-scraper.