YouTube Subtitles and Transcript Scraper

{
  "schemaVersion": "1.0",
  "workKey": "video:jNQXAC9IVRw",
  "status": "SUCCEEDED",
  "complete": true,
  "inputIndexes": [
    0
  ],
  "normalizedInput": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw",
  "videoId": "jNQXAC9IVRw",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-10T00:52:57.102Z",
  "source": {
    "library": "youtube-transcript-api",
    "libraryVersion": "1.2.4",
    "transport": "UNOFFICIAL_PUBLIC_WEB",
    "proxyMode": "APIFY_RESIDENTIAL"
  },
  "catalogCompleteness": "NORMALIZED_UNIQUE_LANGUAGE_KIND",
  "availableTracks": [
    {
      "trackKey": "manual:de",
      "languageCode": "de",
      "languageName": "German",
      "kind": "MANUAL",
      "isTranslatable": false
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "manual:en",
      "languageCode": "en",
      "languageName": "English",
      "kind": "MANUAL",
      "isTranslatable": false
    }
  ],
  "selection": {
    "preferredLanguages": [
      "en"
    ],
    "languageFallback": "FIRST_AVAILABLE",
    "captionPreference": "MANUAL_FIRST",
    "matchedPreference": "en",
    "matchType": "EXACT",
    "fallbackUsed": false,
    "reason": "EXACT_LANGUAGE_MANUAL_PREFERRED"
  },
  "track": {
    "trackKey": "manual:en",
    "sourceLanguageCode": "en",
    "sourceLanguageName": "English",
    "effectiveLanguageCode": "en",
    "sourceIsGenerated": false,
    "isTranslated": false,
    "translationTarget": null,
    "isTranslatable": false,
    "availableTranslationLanguages": []
  },
  "segments": [
    {
      "sequence": 0
    }
  ]
}

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("cliqtomedia/youtube-transcript-scraper").call(run_input={
    "videoUrls": [
        "jNQXAC9IVRw"
    ],
    "preferredLanguages": [
        "en"
    ]
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/cliqtomedia~youtube-transcript-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"videoUrls": ["jNQXAC9IVRw"], "preferredLanguages": ["en"]}'

# pip install langchain-apify
# set APIFY_TOKEN in your environment
from langchain_apify import ApifyActorsTool

tool = ApifyActorsTool("cliqtomedia/youtube-transcript-scraper")
result = tool.invoke({"run_input": {"videoUrls": ["jNQXAC9IVRw"], "preferredLanguages": ["en"]}})
print(result)