cURL
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.influship.com/v1/raw/youtube/transcript/{video_id} \
--header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>'import Influship from 'influship';
const client = new Influship({
apiKey: process.env['INFLUSHIP_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});
const response = await client.raw.youtube.getTranscript('dQw4w9WgXcQ');
console.log(response.data);import os
from influship import Influship
client = Influship(
api_key=os.environ.get("INFLUSHIP_API_KEY"), # This is the default and can be omitted
)
response = client.raw.youtube.get_transcript(
video_id="dQw4w9WgXcQ",
)
print(response.data){
"data": {
"video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
"title": "Full Body Workout | 30 Minutes",
"language": "en",
"source": "manual",
"transcript": [
{
"text": "Welcome to my channel!",
"start": 0.5,
"duration": 2.3
}
],
"full_text": "<string>",
"word_count": 1245,
"available_languages": [
{
"code": "en",
"name": "English",
"is_auto": false
}
],
"scraped_at": "2024-01-15T14:30:00Z"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "validation_error",
"message": "Request validation failed",
"param": "query",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "validation_error",
"message": "Request validation failed",
"param": "query",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "validation_error",
"message": "Request validation failed",
"param": "query",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "validation_error",
"message": "Request validation failed",
"param": "query",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "validation_error",
"message": "Request validation failed",
"param": "query",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "validation_error",
"message": "Request validation failed",
"param": "query",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "validation_error",
"message": "Request validation failed",
"param": "query",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"details": {}
}
}Live Scraping
Get YouTube Video Transcript
Fetch YouTube video transcript/captions. Returns timestamped segments and full text. Useful for content analysis.
Supported sources:
- Manual captions (highest quality)
- Auto-generated captions
- Multiple language tracks
Pricing: 0.5 credits per transcript ($0.005)
GET
/
v1
/
raw
/
youtube
/
transcript
/
{video_id}
cURL
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.influship.com/v1/raw/youtube/transcript/{video_id} \
--header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>'import Influship from 'influship';
const client = new Influship({
apiKey: process.env['INFLUSHIP_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});
const response = await client.raw.youtube.getTranscript('dQw4w9WgXcQ');
console.log(response.data);import os
from influship import Influship
client = Influship(
api_key=os.environ.get("INFLUSHIP_API_KEY"), # This is the default and can be omitted
)
response = client.raw.youtube.get_transcript(
video_id="dQw4w9WgXcQ",
)
print(response.data){
"data": {
"video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
"title": "Full Body Workout | 30 Minutes",
"language": "en",
"source": "manual",
"transcript": [
{
"text": "Welcome to my channel!",
"start": 0.5,
"duration": 2.3
}
],
"full_text": "<string>",
"word_count": 1245,
"available_languages": [
{
"code": "en",
"name": "English",
"is_auto": false
}
],
"scraped_at": "2024-01-15T14:30:00Z"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "validation_error",
"message": "Request validation failed",
"param": "query",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "validation_error",
"message": "Request validation failed",
"param": "query",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "validation_error",
"message": "Request validation failed",
"param": "query",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "validation_error",
"message": "Request validation failed",
"param": "query",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "validation_error",
"message": "Request validation failed",
"param": "query",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "validation_error",
"message": "Request validation failed",
"param": "query",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "validation_error",
"message": "Request validation failed",
"param": "query",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"details": {}
}
}Authorizations
Path Parameters
YouTube video ID
Minimum string length:
1Example:
"dQw4w9WgXcQ"
Query Parameters
Language code or "auto" for automatic detection
Example:
"en"
Response
Successful response
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