Call the transcript API

One Bearer API key, four lines of code to fetch transcripts, video metadata, or channel data. Successful requests deduct credits; failed requests (any non-200) are always free.

Fetch your first transcript

Choose your preferred language or tool to fetch timestamped subtitles for any YouTube video:

curl "https://api.ytapi.dev/v1/transcripts/dQw4w9WgXcQ?lang=en" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer yta_YOUR_KEY"

Response example

{
  "video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "lang": "en",
  "is_auto_generated": false,
  "is_translated": false,
  "segments": [
    { "start": 0.0, "duration": 4.2, "text": "Welcome to this introduction to Cloudflare Workers." },
    { "start": 4.2, "duration": 3.1, "text": "Today we will explore modern edge computing." }
  ]
}

Every response carries x-request-id — quote it in support requests. Cache hits return x-cache: HIT and are billed like any successful call.