Transcripts · de
German YouTube transcripts
Deutsch
German (`de`) is well covered by both creator-uploaded captions and YouTube ASR. Use `lang=de` for the native track, or `translate=de` to force a translation of another language.
curl
curl "https://api.ytapi.dev/v1/transcripts/dQw4w9WgXcQ?lang=de" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer yta_YOUR_KEY"
Example 200
{
"video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
"lang": "de",
"is_auto_generated": true,
"is_translated": true,
"segments": [
{
"start": 18,
"duration": 4.2,
"text": "Wir sind der Liebe nicht fremd"
},
{
"start": 22.2,
"duration": 4.8,
"text": "Du kennst die Regeln und ich auch"
}
]
}Probe available tracks first with the free GET /v1/transcripts/{id}/languages endpoint — 0 credits. Fetching the transcript itself is 1 credit on HTTP 200; missing tracks return transcript_language_not_available and are not billed.