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YouTube Transcript & Data API Documentation

8 verified REST endpoints for extracting public YouTube video transcripts, plain-text RAG corpora, full video metadata, keyword searches, video comments, and @handle channel feeds. Everything on these pages is generated from our OpenAPI 3.1 specification.

Quickstart

  1. 01

    Create your account & get 2,000 free Credits

    Sign up with Google or email. Your first API key (yt_live_...) is generated automatically.

  2. 02

    Send your first GET request

    Pass your key in the x-api-key request header.

    curl "https://api.youtubeapi.io/v1/youtube/transcript?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ&lang=en" \
  -H "x-api-key: yt_live_your_api_key"

Essentials & Credit Billing

High-throughput REST API for extracting timestamped YouTube transcripts, video metadata, top/newest comments, video/Shorts search, and creator channel feeds for AI Agents, RAG pipelines, and analytics. Authenticate via x-api-key: yt_live_... or Authorization: Bearer yt_live_.... Pricing anchor: $1 = 10,000 Credits (10 Credits = $0.001 per lookup/transcript call; 1 Credit per list item with 10 Credits minimum floor; 0 Credits on 4xx/5xx/empty).

All YouTube API Endpoints (8)