YouTube Transcript Scraper API
Extract transcripts, timestamps, and metadata from YouTube videos and Shorts with a single API request. Built for AI applications, automation workflows, and large-scale data collection.
- Auto-generated & manual captions
- Works with videos & Shorts
- No scraping or browser automation
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See It in Action
Getting started is simple and takes just minutes. Explore the interactive examples below to see exactly how the API works before using it in your own workflow.
Pick a video
Any YouTube video or Shorts URL works the same way.
Send the request
Pick the format you'd use in your own stack, then hit Execute.
curl -X GET "https://api.socialkit.dev/youtube/transcript?access_key=%7B%7Byour_access_key%7D%7D&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dfq7YZTgYmoc"
Get the response
Clean JSON with the full transcript, timestamped segments, and metadata.
Hit Execute above to send the request and see the captured response.
Integrate with Your Favorite No-Code Platform
Use Zapier, Make, n8n or any other no-code platform using our native connection or by using the access token.
Everything You Need From a YouTube Transcript API
Extract complete transcripts, timestamps, and structured metadata from YouTube videos and Shorts with a single API request.
Full Transcript
Get the complete spoken text from a YouTube video or Shorts URL in a single response, ready for AI processing, search indexing, or content repurposing.
Timestamped Segments
Receive transcript segments with start time, duration, and human-readable timestamps for captioning, video navigation, and synchronization.
YouTube Videos & Shorts
Use the same endpoint to extract transcripts from both standard YouTube videos and YouTube Shorts.
Structured JSON Output
Get clean, developer-friendly JSON without dealing with XML files, caption formats, or complex parsing.
Transcript Metadata
Access useful metadata including word count, segment count, source URL, and structured transcript information for analysis and reporting.
Auto-Generated & Manual Captions
Extract transcripts from both YouTube's auto-generated captions and manually uploaded subtitles whenever available.
Simple REST API
Integrate using Python, Node.js, PHP, Go, Java, Zapier, Make.com, n8n, Airtable, or any platform that supports HTTP requests.
No Browser Automation Required
Skip Puppeteer, Selenium, proxy rotation, and ongoing scraper maintenance. Send a URL and get transcript data in JSON.
What developers say
Teams shipping with SocialKit in production.
"It was very easy to set up and get going, and support was superb."
Ziv Erlichson, Founder at Plynn
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"Easy to connect - work's smooth and properly!"
Robert Podsiadlo, Founder at PrimeStuff
What teams are building with YouTube transcript data
From AI applications and content repurposing to accessibility and education, transcript data powers a wide range of products, workflows, and automation systems.
Content Repurposing
Convert YouTube videos into blog posts, newsletters, social media content, documentation, and knowledge base articles.
AI & RAG Applications
Power AI agents, chatbots, vector databases, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems with searchable video content.
Accessibility & Subtitle Generation
Create captions, subtitles, searchable archives, and accessibility features from transcript data.
Education & Learning Materials
Turn lectures, tutorials, and educational videos into study guides, summaries, notes, and learning resources.
Podcast & Webinar Transcription
Extract transcripts from podcasts, interviews, webinars, and recorded presentations for publishing and analysis.
Video Translation & Localization
Translate transcript text into multiple languages to make video content accessible to global audiences.
Get Started for Free
Extract transcripts, generate summaries, and analyze engagement across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, and more at scale.
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Business
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- 600 requests / minute
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Free
- 20Credits
- Perfect for testing
- 40 requests / minute
- Includes All APIs
- YouTube APIs
- TikTok APIs
- Instagram APIs
- Facebook APIs
- Twitter/X APIs
- LinkedIn APIs
- Video File APIs
- More Coming Soon
Standard
- 12,000Credits
- $2.42 per 1k credits
- 120 requests / minute
- Includes All APIs
- YouTube APIs
- TikTok APIs
- Instagram APIs
- Facebook APIs
- Twitter/X APIs
- LinkedIn APIs
- Video File APIs
- More Coming Soon
Growth
- 24,000Credits
- $2.04 per 1k credits
- 180 requests / minute
- Includes All APIs
- YouTube APIs
- TikTok APIs
- Instagram APIs
- Facebook APIs
- Twitter/X APIs
- LinkedIn APIs
- Video File APIs
- More Coming Soon
Ultimate
- 50,000Credits
- $1.90 per 1k credits
- 360 requests / minute
- Includes All APIs
- YouTube APIs
- TikTok APIs
- Instagram APIs
- Facebook APIs
- Twitter/X APIs
- LinkedIn APIs
- Video File APIs
- More Coming Soon
- Higher Rate Limits
- Priority Support
Business
- 150,000Credits
- $1.40 per 1k credits
- 600 requests / minute
- Includes All APIs
- YouTube APIs
- TikTok APIs
- Instagram APIs
- Facebook APIs
- Twitter/X APIs
- LinkedIn APIs
- Video File APIs
- More Coming Soon
- Higher Rate Limits
- Priority Support
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