# AnyAPI YouTube Video Transcript

> 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](https://www.zero.xyz/c/glim-sh-youtube-transcript-fetcher-9ec94154) ($0.01)
- [YouTube Transcript, Captions & Chapters](https://www.zero.xyz/c/youtube-transcript-captions-chapters-19f9ac9d) ($0.02)

Fetches the full spoken transcript (captions/subtitles) of a YouTube video by its ID or URL

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/youtube.video_transcript?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-11
- Last successful call: 2026-07-23
- Success rate: 71% of calls made through Zero
- Rating: 3.2 / 5 from 2 reviews
- Activations on Zero: 8
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/anyapi-youtube-video-transcript-768693e4
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_uNkkUcDTfccrkEeR2sJ0Z

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability anyapi-youtube-video-transcript-768693e4 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you grab the full transcript of this YouTube video — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ — so I can read through what was said?

## When to prefer this

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.

## Known failure modes

- 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

## 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.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json"
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/anyapi-youtube-video-transcript-768693e4/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.getanyapi.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.getanyapi.com/llms.txt)