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YouTube Transcript Scraper (Apify via pintostudio)
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YouTube Transcript Scraper (Apify via pintostudio) is a paid API for AI agents from apify-api-git-br-apify-typed-input-schemas-merit-systems.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, down (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).
Starts the pintostudio/youtube-transcript-scraper Apify actor to extract transcripts from YouTube videos, returning a signed token for polling results.
Price / call$0.1
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How this service works
Start the "Youtube Transcript Scraper" Apify actor (pintostudio/youtube-transcript-scraper). Looking for a reliable way to extract transcripts from YouTube videos? 🎥✨ Look no further! The YouTube-Transcript-Scraper has you covered. 🚀 It effortlessly… Returns a signed token for polling /api/actors/results with SIWX.
Output
A signed token that can be used to poll /api/actors/results (via SIWX authentication) to retrieve the extracted transcript text from the specified YouTube video once the Apify actor completes processing.
Example use cases
Example prompt
“Can you pull the full transcript from this YouTube video for me? Here's the URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://apify-api-git-br-apify-typed-input-schemas-merit-systems.vercel.app/api/actors/pintostudio/youtube-transcript-scraper/call?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically extract transcripts or captions from YouTube videos at scale, especially when integrating into an agentic workflow that can poll for async results. Prefer this over manual copy-paste or YouTube's native download when you need automated, repeatable transcript extraction with a signed result token for downstream processing.
Side effects
- Invalid or inaccessible YouTube video URL returns an error
- Video has no captions or transcripts available
- Actor run times out before transcript is extracted
- Invalid payment or insufficient USDC balance blocks the call
- Polling token expires before results are fetched
- Private or age-restricted videos may not be scrapeable
Input
{
"input": {
"body": {
"input": {
"videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
"targetLanguage": "en"
},
"options": {
"memory": 1024,
"maxItems": 100
}
},
"type": "http",
"method": "POST",
"bodyType": "json"
}
}Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object |
Output
{
"run": {
"id": "MqtfdqxvLTei6uPKd",
"status": "READY",
"actorId": "faVsWy9VTSNVIhWpR",
"startedAt": "2026-06-05T23:49:38.974Z",
"usageTotalUsd": 0,
"defaultDatasetId": "kJQcmLAAMisbHOCSn"
},
"token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJydW5JZCI6Ik1xdGZkcXh2TFRlaTZ1UEtkIiwiYWN0b3JJZCI6InBpbnRvc3R1ZGlvL3lvdXR1YmUtdHJhbnNjcmlwdC1zY3JhcGVyIiwiZGVmYXVsdERhdGFzZXRJZCI6ImtKUWNtTEFBTWlzYkhPQ1NuIiwidyI6IjB4OWNjNDJmM2Q5MjQ1Yjg2N2FjY2NkNjMwYjQzZjkwNmMxNjY1YjE3NiIsImlhdCI6MTc4MDcwMzM3OSwiZXhwIjoxNzgzMjk1Mzc5fQ.juom7KI87PtoTvQaR-caNAj1xEDJhjEtTJRSSv4_PZE"
}Tags
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