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AnyAPI YouTube Video Transcript
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AnyAPI YouTube Video Transcript is a paid API for AI agents from api.getanyapi.com, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, not verified (last probed 2026-10-11); live alternatives: glim.sh YouTube Transcript Fetcher ($0.01) and YouTube Transcript, Captions & Chapters ($0.02).
Agents call it through Zero, which pays per call: no API key and no wallet of your own. New accounts start with $5. Live alternatives for the same use case: glim.sh YouTube Transcript Fetcher ($0.01) · YouTube Transcript, Captions & Chapters ($0.02).
Fetches the full spoken transcript (captions/subtitles) of a YouTube video by its ID or URL
Price / call$0.002
Success71%
StatusUnknown
How this service works
1,200+ scraping and data APIs behind one key. Pay per request in real dollars. No subscriptions, nothing monthly, nothing to cancel.
Output
A JSON response containing the full spoken transcript of the YouTube video, typically including text segments and associated timestamps, suitable for reading, summarizing, or further analysis.
Example use cases
Summarize a YouTube lecture
“I just found this YouTube lecture on machine learning — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aircAruvnKk — can you pull the full transcript and give me a summary of the key points covered?”
Extract quotes from video
“There's a YouTube interview I watched last week at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HluANRwPyNo — can you grab the transcript and pull out any notable quotes or statistics the speaker mentioned?”
Turn video into blog post
“I want to turn this YouTube tutorial into a written blog post — here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0 — can you fetch the transcript so we can work from what was actually said?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/youtube.video_transcript?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need to extract the spoken content of a YouTube video as text, especially when you don't want to manage multiple API subscriptions and prefer pay-per-request pricing at $0.002 per call. Ideal for agents that occasionally need video transcripts without committing to a monthly SaaS plan.
Side effects
- Video has no captions or transcripts available (disabled by creator or auto-captions not generated)
- Invalid or non-existent YouTube video ID/URL returns an error
- Private or age-restricted videos may not be accessible
- Payment failure (insufficient USDC balance) blocks the request
- Rate limiting or upstream YouTube scraping restrictions cause timeouts
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json"
}Tags
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