YouTube Transcript & Channel Video Scraper

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YouTube Transcript & Channel Video Scraper is a paid API for AI agents from api.scrapeforagents.tech, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-02).

Extracts transcripts and metadata from YouTube videos or channel video libraries, with optional date filtering and language selection

Price / call$0.1

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How this service works

Pay-per-call structured web data. Failed or empty runs are not charged.

Output

Returns a JSON object with a count of results and an array of items, each containing the video URL, title, video ID, channel ID, channel name, description, channel username, channel thumbnail, and transcript content (as timed segments and optionally as a joined text string).

Example use cases

Research a creator's video archive

“Pull transcripts from the last 20 videos on the channel @lexfridman posted between 2024-01-01 and 2024-06-30 in English — I want to search through what he said.”

Extract lecture notes from a single video

“Get me the full transcript with timed segments from this YouTube lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aircAruvnKk — I need it in English with a joined text version too.”

Monitor channel content for keywords

“Fetch transcripts for up to 50 videos from the channel https://www.youtube.com/@TED posted after 2024-03-01, in English, and stop once you've got 10 successful transcripts.”

Technical details

Endpoint

POSThttps://api.scrapeforagents.tech/v1/youtube-transcript?utm_source=zero.xyz

When to prefer

Choose this endpoint when you need to extract spoken content or captions from YouTube videos at scale, either from specific video URLs or from an entire channel's library with date filtering. It is especially useful for research, content analysis, keyword monitoring, or building searchable archives of video content. Prefer this over general web scrapers when the target is specifically YouTube transcript/caption data.

Side effects

Video has no captions or auto-generated captions are disabled — no transcript returned
Private or age-restricted video — access denied
Invalid or malformed YouTube URL or channel URL
Language code not available — falls back to another language or returns empty
Channel has no videos in the specified date range
maxItems or max_videos limits result in partial data
API returns empty result set (not charged)

Input

Schema · Request body

Field	Type	Description
end_date	string	Inclusive date filter for channel videos, in YYYY-MM-DD format.
language	string	Preferred caption language code, such as en, es, or fr. Falls back to another available language.
maxItems	integer	Stop after this many successful video transcripts. Zero means no total cap.
max_videos	integer	Maximum channel videos to examine, including videos without captions.
start_date	string	Inclusive date filter for channel videos, in YYYY-MM-DD format.
video_urls	array	Several public video URLs or IDs; leave empty when using a channel.
channel_url	string	Public channel handle, channel ID, custom URL, or user URL.
youtube_url	string	One public video, Short, live replay, or short link.
include_transcript_text	boolean	Include a single joined text string alongside timed segments.

Output

Schema · Response

{
  "type": "json",
  "example": {
    "count": 1,
    "items": [
      {
        "url": null,
        "title": null,
        "videoId": null,
        "channelId": null,
        "channelName": null,
        "description": null,
        "channelUsername": null,
        "channelThumbnail": null
      }
    ],
    "product": "youtube-transcript"
  }
}

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