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YouTube Video Transcript & Subtitle JSON Extractor.

Paste any YouTube watch URL, Shorts link, or 11-character video ID to inspect the live timed transcript. Download millisecond-accurate JSON, copy clean plain text for AI prompts, or export standard SRT subtitles.

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Automate Transcript Extraction in Your Code

Need to fetch transcripts programmatically across thousands of videos without hitting Google quota caps or residential IP blocks?

Python (Requests)
import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.youtubeapi.io/v1/youtube/transcript",
    params={"video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ"},
    headers={"x-api-key": "yt_live_your_key"}
)
data = res.json()["data"]
print("Full Text:", data["full_transcript_text"][:200])
TypeScript / Node.js
const res = await fetch("https://api.youtubeapi.io/v1/youtube/transcript?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ", {
  headers: { "x-api-key": "yt_live_your_key" },
});
const { data } = await res.json();
console.log(data.segments);

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