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YouTube Transcript JSON MCP
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YouTube Transcript JSON MCP is a paid API for AI agents from api.m2mcent.com, paid per call via x402, $0.08/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-30).
Fetches and returns the transcript of a YouTube video as structured JSON data
Price / call$0.08
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Output
Returns the full spoken transcript of the specified YouTube video as structured JSON, typically including timestamped segments or a flat text representation of all captions/subtitles from the video.
Example use cases
Summarize a YouTube lecture
“I have this YouTube lecture — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123xyz — can you pull the transcript and then summarize the key points for me?”
Research quotes from a video interview
“Fetch the transcript from this YouTube interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=example999 so I can search through it for specific quotes and timestamps.”
Translate a YouTube video's content
“Get me the transcript from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sample456 so I can translate the spoken content into Spanish.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://api.m2mcent.com/youtube-transcript-json-mcp/api/process?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need to programmatically extract the spoken content of a YouTube video as machine-readable JSON, particularly for downstream tasks like summarization, translation, search, or analysis. Prefer it over manual transcription tools when you need structured, timestamped output quickly and cost-effectively at $0.08 per call.
Side effects
- Video has no available captions or transcripts (auto-generated or manual) — returns empty or error
- Invalid or malformed YouTube URL/ID provided — returns parse or validation error
- Private, age-restricted, or geo-blocked video — transcript may be inaccessible
- YouTube rate-limiting or API changes breaking transcript access — service error
- Very long videos may produce extremely large JSON payloads
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"success": true
}
}Tags
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