Get Transcripts
Extract YouTube transcripts with or without timestamps. The endpoint that started it all. Clean, structured JSON. Zero blocks.
GET/api/v2/youtube/transcript
Clean transcripts · zero 429 errors · REST + MCP
YouTube Transcript API.
Pull transcripts, search videos, browse channels, and extract playlists through one battle-tested REST API. Plug straight into ChatGPT, Claude, and your favourite agent via MCP. Predictable JSON. No scrapers. No 429s.
100 free credits. No credit card required.GET/api/v2/youtube/transcript200 OK
Building a Second Brain — Tiago Forte4 of 1,247
- 00:02In this video, I want to share the four-step CODE method for taking smart notes…
- 00:18The first step is capture — keeping only what resonates with you.
- 00:34Step two, organize by actionability, not by topic or category.
- 00:51Then we distill our notes progressively into something usable…
49msEdge-cached · 1 credit · JSON
0429 errors. Clean responses every call.
49 msMedian response time when cached
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Definition
What is a YouTube Transcript API?
A YouTube Transcript API is a managed HTTP endpoint that returns the caption track of a public YouTube video as structured JSON. Send a video ID with a bearer token, get back a title and an array of timestamped segments. No headless browsers, no DOM scraping, no proxy rotation. The official YouTube Data API v3 doesn’t expose transcript text, which is why teams usually end up running a brittle scraper of their own or reaching for a managed endpoint instead.
Everything you needOne API. Seven endpoints.
One API. Seven endpoints.
Zero YouTube headaches.
Same response shape forever. Bearer-token auth. Cached at the edge.
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Search YouTube
Query videos or channels with rich metadata.
- Content research
- Competitor analysis
- Topic discovery
1 credit / page
Browse Channel Videos
Paginated list of all uploads from a channel (~100 / page).
Free
Track New Uploads
RSS-based monitoring for the latest 15 uploads of a channel.
1 credit / page
Extract Playlist Videos
Retrieve all videos in any public YouTube playlist.
Free
Resolve Channel Handle
Convert any @handle, URL, or UC… ID to a canonical channel ID.
Three ways to connect
Browse integrationsREST · MCP · Agent Skills
Drop into any backend, plug into ChatGPT or Claude via Model Context Protocol, or import a pre-built skill for OpenClaw, Claude Code, Cursor or Windsurf.
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Two lines and you’re shipping.
Bearer-token auth. Predictable JSON. Idempotent caching at the edge. The same shape your code expects today, tomorrow, and the next API version.
- Identical to the REST shape you already know
- Free endpoints for handle resolution and RSS
- Cached HITs return in 49 ms median
- Per-key rate limit headers on every response
// One bearer token. Predictable JSON. Same shape forever. const res = await fetch( "https://youtubetranscriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/transcript?id=dQw4w9WgXcQ", { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${apiKey}` } } ); const { title, transcript } = await res.json(); // → { title: "Building a Second Brain", // transcript: [{ start: 0, dur: 4.2, text: "In this video..." }] }
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