YouTube Transcript API for Developers

const fetch = require('node-fetch');

async function extractTranscript(videoId, language = 'en') {
  const response = await fetch('https://www.youtubetranscripts.cc/api/v1/extract', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      video_id: videoId,
      language: language
    })
  });

  if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
  }

  const data = await response.json();
  return data;
}

// Usage
extractTranscript('dQw4w9WgXcQ')
  .then(result => {
    console.log('Transcript:', result.data.transcript);
    console.log('Credits remaining:', result.credits_remaining);
  })
  .catch(error => {
    console.error('Error:', error.message);
  });

import requests
import json

def extract_transcript(video_id, language='en', api_key='YOUR_API_KEY'):
    url = 'https://www.youtubetranscripts.cc/api/v1/extract'
    
    headers = {
        'Authorization': f'Bearer {api_key}',
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    }
    
    data = {
        'video_id': video_id,
        'language': language
    }
    
    try:
        response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=data)
        response.raise_for_status()
        return response.json()
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
        print(f'Error: {e}')
        return None

# Usage
result = extract_transcript('dQw4w9WgXcQ')
if result and result['success']:
    print('Transcript:', result['data']['transcript'])
    print('Credits remaining:', result['credits_remaining'])
else:
    print('Failed to extract transcript')

<?php
function extractTranscript($videoId, $language = 'en', $apiKey = 'YOUR_API_KEY') {
    $url = 'https://www.youtubetranscripts.cc/api/v1/extract';
    
    $data = json_encode([
        'video_id' => $videoId,
        'language' => $language
    ]);
    
    $context = stream_context_create([
        'http' => [
            'method' => 'POST',
            'header' => [
                'Authorization: Bearer ' . $apiKey,
                'Content-Type: application/json',
                'Content-Length: ' . strlen($data)
            ],
            'content' => $data
        ]
    ]);
    
    $response = file_get_contents($url, false, $context);
    
    if ($response === FALSE) {
        return null;
    }
    
    return json_decode($response, true);
}

// Usage
$result = extractTranscript('dQw4w9WgXcQ');
if ($result && $result['success']) {
    echo 'Transcript: ' . json_encode($result['data']['transcript']) . "\n";
    echo 'Credits remaining: ' . $result['credits_remaining'] . "\n";
} else {
    echo 'Failed to extract transcript' . "\n";
}
?>