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YouTube Transcript API & Captions Scraper

apify.comData integration & ETL

PulseGate's liveness check found it on 28 Sep 2026; it has been in the index since 28 Sep 2026. How this is checked

YouTube Transcript API & Captions Scraper extracts captions, subtitles, and video metadata from YouTube in batch workflows. It supports multilingual transcripts and SRT/VTT output for developers building RAG systems, LLM applications, and data pipelines.

Inferred · not functionally tested

WebCloud-managedAPI
YouTube Transcript API & Captions Scraper preview
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Overview

6 features

Purpose: Collecting reliable multilingual YouTube transcripts and metadata for RAG, LLM, and data workflows.

Inferred · not functionally tested

Audience: developers and AI data teams

Inferred · not functionally tested

Functions: data_extraction

Inferred · not functionally tested

Interfaces: API: indicated (inferred, not tested) · MCP: indicated (inferred, not tested) · CLI: unknown · Self-hosting: unknown

Recorded constraints: pricing: unknown · license: Proprietary · platforms: API, WEB · deployment: browser, cloud_managed, api_only

Constraint provenance is unknown; confirm requirements with the publisher.

Record sources: apify.com. These links do not verify the individual claims.

YouTube Transcript API & Captions Scraper sits in PulseGate's Data integration & ETL category. Inferred · not functionally tested: It focuses on collecting reliable multilingual YouTube transcripts and metadata for RAG, LLM, and data workflows. Inferred · not functionally tested: YouTube Transcript API & Captions Scraper is a B2B product aimed at developers and AI data teams. Basis unknown · not verified: It runs on the web and API.

Apify builds and maintains YouTube Transcript API & Captions Scraper. Inferred · not functionally tested: Key capabilities include transcript extraction, caption scraping, and metadata extraction. Inferred · not functionally tested: Catalogued interfaces include an MCP server and a public API.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Tasks: Inferred · not functionally tested

  • Transcript extraction
  • Caption scraping
  • Metadata extraction
  • Multilingual output
  • SRT output
  • VTT output

Topics: Inferred · not functionally tested

Tags
youtube-scrapingtranscript-extractioncaptions-apirag-data
AI capabilities
Text
Inference: Cloud API

JSON profile · Text profile · Access guide

Built with & integrations

Framework
Next.js
Hosting
AWS
AI providers
multiple
Connectors
MCPAPI
Runs on
BrowserCloud-managedAPI-only
Detected from
AWS
x-amz-cf-id header · x-amz-cf-pop header · via header
Next.js
x-nextjs-cache header · x-nextjs-prerender header · /_next/static/ in the HTML
multiple
bLangChain in the HTML · bLlamaIndex in the HTML

Trust & compliance

Public signals
HTTPS

Indexing history

1

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

  1. Indexed28 Sep · 07:35 UTC
    Scraping YouTube transcripts at scale for RAG (and the 3 things that break it) seen via DEV.to articles
    Source: DEV.to articles · Open

Frequently asked questions about YouTube Transcript API & Captions Scraper

What is YouTube Transcript API & Captions Scraper?
Inferred · not functionally tested: YouTube Transcript API & Captions Scraper focuses on collecting reliable multilingual YouTube transcripts and metadata for RAG, LLM, and data workflows. It is catalogued under Data integration & ETL on PulseGate.
Who should use YouTube Transcript API & Captions Scraper?
Inferred · not functionally tested: YouTube Transcript API & Captions Scraper is a B2B product built for developers and AI data teams.
What platforms does YouTube Transcript API & Captions Scraper run on?
Basis unknown · not verified: YouTube Transcript API & Captions Scraper runs on the web and API.
Is YouTube Transcript API & Captions Scraper still active?
PulseGate's liveness check found it on 28 Sep 2026.
What projects are similar to YouTube Transcript API & Captions Scraper?
Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include YouTube Transcript API, YouTube Transcript Extractor, and Fast, Accurate and Cheap YouTube Transcripts.YouTube Transcript APIYouTube Transcript ExtractorFast, Accurate and Cheap YouTube Transcripts
Who develops YouTube Transcript API & Captions Scraper?
YouTube Transcript API & Captions Scraper is developed by Apify.
Does YouTube Transcript API & Captions Scraper have an API or integrations?
Inferred · not functionally tested: Yes — YouTube Transcript API & Captions Scraper exposes an MCP server and a public API.

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