Everything you need to extract transcripts from YouTube videos — fast, reliable, and built for real workflows. We created GetTranscript to eliminate the hassle of convertingYouTube video to text. From extracting a single subtitle file to processing entire channel archives in the background, our engine handles the heavy lifting so you can focus on your actual work.
Try Extractor FreeBuilt to handle everything from single videos to massive channel archives.
Process up to 100 videos in a single request. Perfect for entire channels, playlists, or curated lists.
Download transcripts as TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV, or JSON. Choose the format that fits your workflow.
Jobs run asynchronously. Start a batch and poll for results — no blocking connections.
Automatic language detection from original audio. Works with videos in any language YouTube supports.
Include or exclude timestamps, video title, channel name, and video ID — you control the output.
Get all transcripts in one file, or as a ZIP archive — one file per video.
Whether you write, research, build, or teach — transcripts make video content usable.
Turn videos into blog posts, newsletters, and social threads. Repurpose once, publish everywhere.
Analyze hours of interviews, lectures, and panels. Search text instead of scrubbing timelines.
Transcribe press conferences and interviews in seconds. Quote accurately, fact-check faster.
Analyze competitor content, extract hooks, and mine customer testimonials from video.
Feed transcripts into NLP models, sentiment analysis, and topic clustering pipelines.
Integrate via a single REST endpoint. No SDKs to learn, no OAuth dance, no surprises.
From zero to your first transcript in under a minute.
curl -X POST https://gettranscript.app/api/transcript \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"videos": ["dQw4w9WgXcQ"]
}'curl https://gettranscript.app/api/transcript/{jobId}/status \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
curl -X POST https://gettranscript.app/api/transcript/{jobId}/download \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-d '{"format": "srt"}' --output out.srtA clean REST API that gets out of your way. No SDKs, no complex auth flows, no surprises.
One POST to submit a job. One GET to check status. One POST to download. That's the whole API.
A single header — x-api-key — authenticates every request. No OAuth dance.
Machine-readable error codes and clear messages. Every error is documented.
No monthly fees. Buy credits once, use them whenever. Failed extractions are auto-refunded.
Extract one transcript at a time without registration or credits. Perfect for occasional use.
Buy once, use whenever. Your balance stays until you spend it — no monthly resets.
If a video can't be processed (no captions, private, deleted), the credit is automatically returned to your account.
We don't store your transcripts after download, and we never sell your data.
Quick answers to the most common questions.
No. Single videos are free and require no registration. An account is only needed for bulk extraction and API access.
One credit equals one successfully processed video. Failed extractions are automatically refunded to your balance.
Any language that YouTube supports — including auto-generated and translated captions. Language is detected automatically from the source video.
Yes — 60 requests per minute per API key or IP address. Bulk jobs can contain up to 100 videos per request.
Visit the documentation page for endpoint reference, code examples, and error handling details.
Extract a transcript from any public YouTube video — free, no credit card required.
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