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Transcripts

Extract YouTube transcripts in JSON, Markdown, text, SRT, and VTT with word-level timestamps.

|MarkdownView as Markdown|Agent setup

Extract captions and subtitle transcripts from any public or unlisted YouTube video. Open an endpoint from the sidebar, or start here:

POST

Extract transcript

https://api.ytapi.dev/v1/transcripts1 CreditGET

Get transcript

https://api.ytapi.dev/v1/transcripts1 Credit

POST is recommended for structured JSON payloads. GET is convenient for browser testing and quick scripts.

Agent Sign-up

Let an AI agent create a YTAPI account and API key for a user. The user only reads a 6-digit code from their email back to the agent.

POSTExtract transcript

Extract captions in markdown, word timestamps, segments, SRT, VTT, and other formats.