# Video transcript API

> Get the timed transcript of a YouTube video as text and segments, ready for summaries, quotes and search. Price per video and a batch example.

Canonical page: https://okdata.online/solutions/transcripts/

A video is hard to search until it is text. Each transcript comes back as full text plus timed lines, so you can quote a sentence along with the second it was said.

## Example workflow: A channel’s 50 latest videos

| Step | Endpoint | Calls | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Find the videos | [youtube.videos.search](https://okdata.online/apis/youtube/videos/search/) | 3 | $0.012 |
| 2. One transcript per video | [youtube.videos.transcript.get](https://okdata.online/apis/youtube/videos/transcript/get/) | 50 | $0.20 |

**One run: $0.212**

Or ask an agent with the MCP server connected: 

> Get the transcripts of the last 50 videos on this channel and list every product they recommended, with the timestamp.

## Endpoints for this job

- [YouTube video transcript](https://okdata.online/apis/youtube/videos/transcript/get/) `youtube.videos.transcript.get`: $0.004 per call