Transcript API
Get the transcript of any public YouTube video, plus an automatic extractive summary and silence-based chapter detection. Returns timestamped segments, full text, and structured chapter list. Built on the official YouTube transcript surface (Google captions). Optional LLM-powered summaries via OpenAI-compatible endpoint — disabled by default to keep latency and cost low. Falls back to a…
Transcript API endpoints
| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GET |
Get Transcript /transcript |
Fetch the auto-generated transcript of any YouTube video by URL. Returns transcript text, summary, and chapters as JSON. |
Transcript API pricing
| Plan | Price | Rate limit | Quotas |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASIC | Free | 10 / hour |
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| PRO Recommended | $9.99 / month | — |
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| ULTRA | $39.99 / month | — |
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| MEGA | $199.99 / month | — |
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