YouTube data

YouTube Channel Transcripts: every video of a channel, one run

Transcripts for the recent videos of a YouTube channel in one run, up to 50 channels: give a handle or channel URL, get one row per video with full transcript text, language, duration and views. Videos without captions cost nothing. Pay per transcript.

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$2.50per 1,000 · Transcript fetched

One video transcript delivered. Channels that fail and videos without captions are never charged.

run it

# one call, results straight back
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/steadydata~youtube-channel-transcripts/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ ... }'

Input

Field	Name	What it does
`channels` required	Channels	One per row, up to 50: an @handle, a channel id (UC...) or any youtube.com channel URL.
`maxVideosPerChannel`	Max videos per channel	Cost ceiling per channel, newest first. Each delivered transcript is one charged event.
`languages`	Preferred transcript languages	Language codes in order of preference, for example en, nl, de. Empty takes the video's default track.
`preferManualCaptions`	Prefer manual captions	On, a human-made track wins over an auto-generated one when both exist.
`includeTimestampedSnippets`	Include timestamped snippets	On, each row also carries the transcript as timed snippets. Off keeps rows small.

What you get back

Field	Type
`channelHandle`	string, null
`channelId`	string, null
`channelName`	string, null
`videoId`	string, null
`url`	string, null
`title`	string, null
`publishedText`	string, null
`viewCount`	integer, null
`durationSeconds`	integer, null
`language`	string, null
`isAutoGenerated`	boolean, null
`text`	string, null
`snippets`	array, null
`status`	string, null
`input`	string, null
`errorCode`	string, null
`error`	string, null
`skippedNoCaptions`	integer, null