youtube-transcript-api and Youtube-Transcript-API

The first is a lightweight, zero-dependency library for retrieving existing YouTube captions, while the second is a full-featured commercial service that adds transcription and translation capabilities beyond what YouTube natively provides—making them competitors for caption extraction but with the second offering additional services the first cannot provide.

youtube-transcript-api

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Youtube-Transcript-API

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About youtube-transcript-api

jdepoix/youtube-transcript-api

This is a python API which allows you to get the transcript/subtitles for a given YouTube video. It also works for automatically generated subtitles and it does not require an API key nor a headless browser, like other selenium based solutions do!

This tool helps you quickly get the text transcript or subtitles from any YouTube video. You simply provide the video ID, and it returns the spoken text along with timestamps. This is useful for researchers, content creators, or anyone needing to analyze or repurpose video content.

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About Youtube-Transcript-API

Youtube-Transcript-Dev/Youtube-Transcript-API

YouTube Transcript API — Extract, transcribe, and translate YouTube videos at scale. Supports captions, audio transcription (ASR), batch processing, and 100+ languages. https://youtubetranscript.dev

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