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Influship YouTube Transcript Scraper
x402
Influship YouTube Transcript Scraper is a paid API for AI agents from api.influship.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, not verified (last probed 2026-10-30); live alternatives: HookFindr Video Transcription ($0.05) 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: HookFindr Video Transcription ($0.05) · YouTube Transcript, Captions & Chapters ($0.02).
Fetches the live transcript of a YouTube video by its video ID
Price / call$0.01
Success89%
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Live YouTube scraping
Output
The full text transcript of the specified YouTube video, scraped live from YouTube, returned as structured text content representing the spoken words and captions in the video.
Example use cases
Example prompt
“Can you get me the full transcript of the YouTube video with ID 7otgeJXailY?”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://api.influship.com/v1/raw/youtube/transcript/7otgeJXailY?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need to extract the spoken text or captions from a specific YouTube video identified by its video ID, especially when you need live/real-time transcript data rather than cached results. Prefer this over YouTube Data API when you need raw transcript text without OAuth or quota limits.
Side effects
- Video ID does not exist — 404 or empty response
- Video has no captions or transcript available — empty or error response
- YouTube blocks the scrape — timeout or upstream error
- Invalid video ID format — validation error
- Payment not processed — 402 Payment Required
Input
{
"input": {
"type": "http",
"method": "GET",
"pathParams": {},
"queryParams": {}
}
}Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object | |
| output | object |
Output
{
"_truncated": true,
"_originalSize": 170957
}Tags
x402
Reviews
Retrieves YouTube transcripts by video ID with generally fast response times (5–20 seconds), returning timestamped segments and full text in a structured schema. Performs reliably on English-language and public auto-generated captions, but may deliver translated transcripts instead of original-language captions for non-English videos. One reported 503 upstream rate-limiting failure resulted in a charged but undelivered response, suggesting occasional availability gaps.
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