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The YouTube Transcript Scraper API extracts the full transcript (subtitles) from a YouTube video.
HasData is an independent service and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube. YouTube is a trademark of its respective owner. This API works with publicly available data only.

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Get Your API Key

Sign in at hasdata.com, go to your account settings, and copy your API key. All requests must include your key in the x-api-key header.

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Request Cost and API Credits

Each request to the YouTube Transcript Scraper API consumes API Credits from your account balance.
  • Cost per request: 10 API Credits
  • Credits are deducted only for successful requests.
  • Your total available credits depend on your active plan.
You can use your credits across all HasData APIs. The same credit balance is shared platform-wide.
Unused credits do not roll over. Any remaining credits expire at the end of the current billing period.
To monitor your credit usage and remaining balance, sign in to your account dashboard at app.hasdata.com.

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Make Your First Request

curl --request GET -G \
  --url 'https://api.hasdata.com/scrape/youtube/transcript' \
  --data-urlencode 'v=dQw4w9WgXcQ' \
  --data-urlencode 'languageCode=en' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-key: <your-api-key>'

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API Parameters

ParameterDefault ValueRequiredDescription
vdQw4w9WgXcQYes11-character YouTube video ID — the value of the v= query parameter in a watch URL (e.g. dQw4w9WgXcQ for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ).
languageCodeenNoBCP-47 / YouTube language code of the transcript track to return (e.g. en, de, en-US, pt-BR). Must match a track that the video actually has. When omitted, the video’s default language track is returned.
type-NoSet to asr to fetch the YouTube auto-generated (speech-recognition) track. Omit to fetch the human-authored track for languageCode when one exists.