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YouTube Video Transcript

Get the transcript for a YouTube video. Also available as /api/youtube/{videoId}/transcript and the matching legacy /api/youtube-external/* aliases.

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YouTube Video Transcript 1 credit/request
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Endpoint

GET https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/transcript?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ&language=es
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Request preview GET
https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/transcript?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ&language=es
Auth header x-api-key
Cost 1 credit/request
video_id = dQw4w9WgXcQ videoId = example id = 1234567890
Response preview 200 OK
{
    "videoId": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
    "language": "es",
    "languageName": "Spanish",
    "sourceLanguage": "en",
    "sourceLanguageName": "English",
    "isAutoGenerated": true,
    "isTranslated": true,
    "availableLanguages": [
        {
            "language": "en",
            "name": "English",
            "isAutoGenerated": true,
            "isTranslatable": true
...

Parameters

Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.

Runnable path

3 required parameters needed before sending a request.

4 optional filters available.

video_id string Required

YouTube video ID (aliases: videoId, id)

Example value dQw4w9WgXcQ
videoId string Required

YouTube video ID (aliases: video_id, id)

Example value example
id string Required

YouTube video ID (aliases: video_id, videoId)

Example value 1234567890
language string Optional

Transcript language code or name (alias: lang).

Example value es
lang string Optional

Transcript language code or name (alias: language).

Example value example
hl string Optional

Language code for localized upstream video info lookups (e.g., en).

Example value en
gl string Optional

Country code for localized upstream video info lookups (e.g., US).

Example value us

Request Examples

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/transcript?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ&language=es",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
    echo $response;
}
<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

$response = Http::timeout(30)
    ->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
    ->get('https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/transcript?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ&language=es');

if ($response->successful()) {
    echo $response->body();
} else {
    echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
    }
};

fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/transcript?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ&language=es', options)
    .then(response => {
        if (!response.ok) {
            throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
        }
        return response.text();
    })
    .then(data => console.log(data))
    .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
const axios = require('axios');

const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/transcript?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ&language=es',
    headers: {
        x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
    }
};

try {
    const response = await axios(options);
    console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
    console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/transcript?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ&language=es")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

begin
    response = http.request(request)
    puts response.body
rescue => e
    puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
import http.client
import json

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    conn.request("GET", "/api/youtube/transcript?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ&language=es", headers=headers)
    res = conn.getresponse()
    data = res.read()
    print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
    conn.close()
import requests

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/transcript?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ&language=es', headers=headers)
    response.raise_for_status()
    print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ApiExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

        Request request = new Request.Builder()
            .url("https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/transcript?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ&language=es")
        .addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
            .build();

        try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            if (response.isSuccessful()) {
                System.out.println(response.body().string());
            } else {
                System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/transcript?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ&language=es", nil)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
        return
    }
    req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")

    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
        return
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
        return
    }

    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/transcript?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ&language=es"
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        using var client = new HttpClient();
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");

        try
        {
            var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/transcript?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ&language=es"));
            var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            Console.WriteLine(content);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
        }
    }
}
import axios from 'axios';

async function run(): Promise<void> {
    try {
        const response = await axios({
            method: 'GET',
            url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/transcript?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ&language=es',
            headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
            },
        });

        console.log(response.data);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error:', error);
    }
}

void run();
use reqwest::Client;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new();

    let response = client
        .get("https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/transcript?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ&language=es")
        .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
        .send()
        .await?;

    println!("{}", response.text().await?);

    Ok(())
}

Response Schema

JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "videoId": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
    "language": "es",
    "languageName": "Spanish",
    "sourceLanguage": "en",
    "sourceLanguageName": "English",
    "isAutoGenerated": true,
    "isTranslated": true,
    "availableLanguages": [
        {
            "language": "en",
            "name": "English",
            "isAutoGenerated": true,
            "isTranslatable": true
        }
    ],
    "translationLanguages": [
        {
            "language": "es",
            "name": "Spanish"
        }
    ],
    "transcript": [
        {
            "text": "Hola mundo",
            "startMs": 1000,
            "durationMs": 2000,
            "endMs": 3000,
            "startTime": 1
        }
    ],
    "text": "Hola mundo"
}

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