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Youtube Transcript

Web Scraping API Youtube Transcript Target

You need to provide a YouTube video ID and a language_code and template will return Youtube transcript.

This target is available with Web API Advanced plans. You can test the solution in Dashboard Playground or take a free 7-day trial.

This template is available via both Real-time and Asynchronous integration methods.

INPUT parameters

Request parameters available for Youtube Transcript target:

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

query

string

✅

Youtube video ID

UQamEZrlSfU


Youtube video ID is indicated in video URL.

target

string

✅

This target type

youtube_transcript

language_code

string

Defines the transcript's language.
Refer to this list for supported options.


Note: A 404 error will occur if the selected language_code doesn't match an existing transcript on the YouTube video.

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transcript_origin

string

Every video can have uploader_provided or auto_generated transcripts (or both). Use this parameter to indicate which one to scrape
Default value: auto_generated

uploader_provided or auto_generated

OUTPUT

As an output, you will get a JSON file with YouTube transcripts.

📘

Transcript availability is determined by the YouTube video. Certain videos may not offer transcripts.

JSONexample:
Extract from JSON response
{
    "transcriptSegmentRenderer": {
      "startMs": "80",
      "endMs": "2040",
      "snippet": {
        "runs": [
          {
            "text": "looking to score the best deal on that"
          }
        ]
      },
      "startTimeText": {
        "simpleText": "0:00"
      },
      "trackingParams": "CFIQ0_YHGAAiEwiereHQrp2LAxVDn-QGHe1gIT0=",
      "accessibility": {
        "accessibilityData": {
          "label": "0 seconds looking to score the best deal on that"
        }
      },
      "targetId": "UQamEZrlSfU.CgNhc3ISAmVuGgA%3D.80.2040"
    }
  },
  {
    "transcriptSegmentRenderer": {
      "startMs": "2040",
      "endMs": "4000",
      "snippet": {
        "runs": [
          {
            "text": "gaming computer or maybe you want to see"
          }
        ]
      },
      "startTimeText": {
        "simpleText": "0:02"
      },
      "trackingParams": "CFEQ0_YHGAEiEwiereHQrp2LAxVDn-QGHe1gIT0=",
      "accessibility": {
        "accessibilityData": {
          "label": "2 seconds gaming computer or maybe you want to see"
        }
      },
      "targetId": "UQamEZrlSfU.CgNhc3ISAmVuGgA%3D.2040.4000"
    }
  },
  {
    "transcriptSegmentRenderer": {
      "startMs": "4000",
      "endMs": "5720",
      "snippet": {
        "runs": [
          {
            "text": "how your product pric is compared to"
          }
        ]
      },
      "startTimeText": {
        "simpleText": "0:04"
      },
      "trackingParams": "CFAQ0_YHGAIiEwiereHQrp2LAxVDn-QGHe1gIT0=",
      "accessibility": {
        "accessibilityData": {
          "label": "4 seconds how your product pric is compared to"
        }
      },
      "targetId": "UQamEZrlSfU.CgNhc3ISAmVuGgA%3D.4000.5720"
    }
  },
  {
    "transcriptSegmentRenderer": {
      "startMs": "5720",
      "endMs": "8240",
      "snippet": {
        "runs": [
          {
            "text": "your competitors let's scrape Amazon to"
          }
        ]
      },
      "startTimeText": {
        "simpleText": "0:05"
      },
      "trackingParams": "CE8Q0_YHGAMiEwiereHQrp2LAxVDn-QGHe1gIT0=",
      "accessibility": {
        "accessibilityData": {
          "label": "5 seconds your competitors let's scrape Amazon to"
        }
      },
      "targetId": "UQamEZrlSfU.CgNhc3ISAmVuGgA%3D.5720.8240"
    }
  },

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