YouTube Video Transcript API
Scrape YouTube Video Transcript data with one API call. Returns the transcript of a YouTube video with timestamped text segments. Supports multiple languages.
Last updated June 2026
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The Video Transcript endpoint gives you structured YouTube data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.
Example Request
curl "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/youtube/video/transcript?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DdQw4w9WgXcQ" \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/youtube/video/transcript",
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
params={"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"},
)
data = response.json()const params = new URLSearchParams({
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
});
const response = await fetch(`https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/youtube/video/transcript?${params}`, {
headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
});
const data = await response.json();Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| url | Yes | Full URL of the YouTube video |
| language | No | 2 letter language code, ie 'en', 'es', 'fr' etc. If the transcript is not available in the language you specify, the transcript will be null. |
How does the YouTube Video Transcript API work?
Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON. Every response follows our unified schema with computed fields.
Method
GET
Response
JSON
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import requests
response = requests.get(
'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json(){
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"data": {
"author": {
"username": "charlidamelio",
"followers": 152400000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 12400000000,
"engagement_rate": 0.087
},
"metadata": {
"language": "en",
"content_category": "lifestyle"
}
}
}Ready to scrape YouTube Video Transcript data?
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