YouTube Transcript API
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Pull the captions of a YouTube video as full text and timestamped segments, with the track language, available languages and channel details. language requests a track, but not every video has captions and automatic translation is not guaranteed.
Send POST https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social with platform set to youtube and action set to transcript. Price $0.56 per 1,000 requests ($0.000556 per call). Failed calls and empty results are not charged. Synchronous. For slow jobs add "mode": "async" to the body, take the job_id and poll.
AI prompt
#Please help me write a data collection script with the EveryInfra YouTube Transcript endpoint (youtube/transcript).
How the endpoint works:
- Request: POST https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social with the header Authorization: Bearer <API key>. Read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable and never hard-code it.
- In the request body, set platform to youtube and action to transcript, and put the parameters inside params.
- Required parameters:
- url: The target URL required by YouTube actions. Use full channel URLs for profile and user_posts, or specific watch?v= and share links for video, comments, and transcript.
- Optional parameters:
- language: The requested language code for transcript content. Subtitles are returned based on available tracks; automatic translation is not guaranteed.
- Returns one object. Main fields: id, url, title, text, segments, language, available_languages, channel_id, channel_name, channel_username, view_count, like_count; 14 fields in total, full list at https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/catalog?platform=youtube.
- Example request body:
{
"platform": "youtube",
"action": "transcript",
"params": {
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
}
}
- Price: $0.56 per 1,000 requests; failed and empty results are not charged.
- For dozens or hundreds of targets, add "mode": "async" to the body: you get a job_id at once and poll GET https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/jobs/{job_id} for the result.
- On 422, fix the request using the suggested parameter names and allowed values in the error; on 429 or 503, wait for Retry-After and try again.
Before writing code, ask me which targets I need, how many, which fields, and what output format I want; then confirm the plan and the rough cost with me.Request parameters
#| Name | In | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Authorization | header | string | Yes | - | Bearer followed by your API key. Create it in the console; never put it in a URL or a code repository. |
platform | body | string | Yes | youtube | Platform identifier, fixed value. |
action | body | string | Yes | transcript | Capability identifier, fixed value. |
url | body.params | string | Yes | - | The target URL required by YouTube actions. Use full channel URLs for profile and user_posts, or specific watch?v= and share links for video, comments, and transcript. Channel metadata is derived from published content, and comments does not return channel community board posts. |
language | body.params | string | No | - | The requested language code for transcript content. Subtitles are returned based on available tracks; automatic translation is not guaranteed. |
Code samples
#curl -X POST 'https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERYINFRA_API_KEY" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
"platform": "youtube",
"action": "transcript",
"params": {
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
}
}'OpenAPI definition (JSON)Samples read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable; copied code never contains your key.
Response example
#{ "id": "req_…", "platform": "youtube", "action": "transcript", "results": { "id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ", "title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Video) (4K Remaster)", "text": "[♪♪♪] ♪ We're no strangers to love ♪ ♪ You know the rules\nand so do I ♪ ♪ A full commitment's\nwhat I'm thinking of ♪ ♪ You wouldn't get this\nfrom any other guy ♪ ♪ I just wanna tell you\nhow I'm feeling ♪ ♪ Gotta make you understand ♪ ♪ Never gonna give you up ♪ ♪ Never gonna let …", "language": "en", "available_languages": [ "English", "German (Germany)", "Japanese" ], "channel_id": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw", "channel_name": "Rick Astley", "channel_username": "•••", "view_count": 1820151607, "like_count": 19421468, "comment_count": 2457642, "posted_at": "2009-10-25T06:57:33+00:00", "platform": "youtube" }, "billing": { "charged": …, "charged_usd": …, "balance_after_usd": …, … }, "quota": { … }}
Response fields
#Business data is in results. The table lists the fields a record can contain; values the platform does not show are never made up.
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
id | The record's unique ID on the platform. Unique only within one platform; IDs can repeat across platforms. |
url | Link to the record on the platform. |
title | Title. null when the platform has no titles (for example text-only posts). |
text | Body text with HTML removed, returned in full and never cut short (on a few platforms the list results themselves carry only an excerpt; the platform's field notes say so). |
segments | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
language | Content language code (for example zh, en) as judged by the platform; it can be wrong. |
available_languages | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
channel_id | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
channel_name | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
channel_username | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
view_count | Views or plays. null means not disclosed, not 0. |
like_count | Likes. null means the platform or this capability does not disclose it; it is not 0. |
comment_count | Comments. null means not disclosed, not 0. |
posted_at | Publish time in ISO 8601, UTC (for example 2026-08-07T12:34:56+00:00). Non-standard strings from the platform are passed through as is, so parse defensively. null means the platform does not disclose it. |
platform | Source platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok). |
Errors and billing
#- 401
- Missing or invalid key.
- 402
- Insufficient balance. Top up first.
- 422
- Invalid parameter name or value. Fix it using the suggestions in the error. No charge.
- 429
- Per-minute request limit reached. Wait for Retry-After, then try again.
- 503
- Could not complete. The held charge is returned to your balance. If the outcome is unknown, verify it before you retry.
- 200 empty
- No data. No charge.