Object

Transcript object

Timed text of a video. The same fields on every platform. A field a platform does not show is null, and meta.unavailable names it with the reason.

Field	Type	Description
`video_id`	string	ID of the video.
`lang`	string	Language of this transcript.
`segments`	Segment[]	Timed segments in order.
`text`	string	All segments joined as plain text.

Segment

Field	Type	Description
`start`	number	Start, in seconds from the beginning.
`end`	number	End, in seconds from the beginning.
`text`	string	What is said in this segment.

Example · youtube

{
  "video_id": "Zx3kP9vQm2A",
  "lang": "en",
  "segments": [
    {
      "start": 0,
      "end": 4.2,
      "text": "Here is what I pack for a two-night trip."
    }
  ],
  "text": "Here is what I pack for a two-night trip."
}

Endpoints that return a Transcript

YouTube video transcriptyoutube.videos.transcript.getTranscript$0.004/call