ScrapeCreators: Youtube Transcript

Get the transcript of a YouTube video or short, with timestamps and plain text, from its URL or video ID.

Tool ID: scrapecreators_youtube_transcript

Run this action

Use the TypeScript SDK for one call. Use ctx.tools.execute(...) inside a Play for durable calls, scheduled calls, or CSV processing.

import { Deepline } from 'deepline';

const deepline = await Deepline.connect();
const result = await deepline.tools.execute(
  'scrapecreators_youtube_transcript',
  {
    "url": "https://example.com"
  },
);

console.log(result.toolResponse.raw);

CLI

deepline run scrapecreators_youtube_transcript --input '{
  "url": "https://example.com"
}'

Example response

The static output schema lacks the details for a reliable example. Use deepline describe scrapecreators_youtube_transcript --json for the complete live contract.

Input reference

Retrieves publicly available captions, subtitles, or transcripts from a YouTube video or Short. Returns both a timestamped transcript array with start/end times and a plain-text version in transcript_only_text. Supports specifying a language code. Videos of any length are supported when YouTube exposes public captions. This endpoint does not use AI transcription. If no matching caption track is available, the transcript fields return null.

Name	Type	Required	Default	Details
`payload.url`	`string`	No	—	YouTube video or short URL
`payload.language`	`string`	No	—	Language code, ie ‘en’, ‘es’, ‘fr’ or ‘en-US’. Overrides the default track selection unless original_audio=true. If omitted, prefers captions matching the original spoken language when YouTube identifies the original audio. If that metadata is unavailable or ambiguous, prefers an auto-generated caption, otherwise the first caption track. If the requested or identified original language has no matching captions, the transcript will be null and no credits are charged.
`payload.original_audio`	`boolean`	No	—	Set to true to return captions only in the original spoken language identified by YouTube. Takes precedence over language. If the original audio cannot be reliably identified or has no matching captions, transcript, transcript_only_text, and language are null and no credits are charged. Omit or set to false for the existing default selection.
`payload.cache_max_age`	`"1d" \| "3d" \| "7d" \| "14d" \| "30d"`	No	—	If we have a response in the cache that is this many days old or newer, return the cached response. Otherwise, scrape a live result. See the Caching page for details. Allowed: `1d`, `3d`, `7d`, `14d`, `30d`.

Output reference

Standard tool result payload.

Name	Type	Required	Default	Details
`result.data`	`unknown`	Yes	—	Provider response payload.
`result.meta`	`object`	No	—	Additional response metadata (status, paging).

Deepline cost

Pricing model: provider_usage (provider usage).
Estimated Deepline credits: 0.02 per pricing unit.

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CLI

Example response

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Output reference

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