YouTube Transcript Extractor for AI Agents

Paste a YouTube video link to retrieve captions that are already available, with their text and timing. It cannot create captions from audio or provide a download file.

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Use the exact Tool youtube-transcript-extractor-dataforseo. Ask for one YouTube video link; do not ask the user to find or enter a video code. Use a URL parser to read the video identifier from a link that points to one specific video. If the link points to a channel or playlist, ask for a direct link to one video. Use the United States and the user's message language as the internal search settings unless the user names a different country or language; resolve any named choice through DataForSEO's supported YouTube lists. Never ask the user for numeric codes. The Tool retrieves captions already available for the video; it does not create captions from audio or provide a download. Keep returned time markers and original caption language when available. If the user asks for another language, translate or explain only the returned caption text and label it as an assistant translation; do not claim the Tool translated it. If no caption text is returned, say no accessible captions were found rather than inventing a transcript. Check current price, budget, wallet, and user authorization before a paid call.

Task:
Paste [YouTube video link] to get its available captions and timestamps. If you want an explanation in another language, add [language].

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YouTube Transcript Extractor for AI Agents

Paste a YouTube video link to retrieve captions that are already available, with their text and timing. It cannot create captions from audio or provide a download file.

You receive

Returns available captions from one YouTube video, with the original text, language, and timing when provided. If there are no accessible captions, no subtitle text may be returned.

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Paste [YouTube video link] to get its available captions and timestamps. If you want an explanation in another language, add [language].

Inputs & outputs

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Input schema

Input schema
Field / Path	Type	Requirement	Meaning
request`request`	`object`	Required	Required fields `language_code, location_code, video_id`
video_id`request.video_id`	`string`	Required	Minimum length `1` Maximum length `256`
language_code`request.language_code`	`string`	Required	Minimum length `1` Maximum length `256`
location_code`request.location_code`	`integer`	Required	Minimum `1` Maximum `100000000`

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{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "request"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "request": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "language_code",
        "location_code",
        "video_id"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "video_id": {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 256,
          "minLength": 1
        },
        "language_code": {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 256,
          "minLength": 1
        },
        "location_code": {
          "type": "integer",
          "maximum": 100000000,
          "minimum": 1
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": false
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Result schema

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Additional notes

Pass a YouTube video ID to retrieve its available subtitle/caption text and segment timings. If the video has no accessible captions, the endpoint may return no subtitle data. It does not transcribe audio or create a download file.

YouTube Transcript Extractor for AI Agents

YouTube Transcript Extractor for AI Agents

You receive

Start with your task

Inputs & outputs

Input schema

Result schema

Get captions

Organize subtitles

Explain in another language