YouTube transcript
The captions of a YouTube video as text, with timestamps. 1 live · 1 in the catalog.
| Provider | Price | Status |
|---|---|---|
| YouTube video transcript (ScrapeCreators)ScrapeCreators | $0.004 / call | Live |
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Questions
Which YouTube transcript API is cheapest?
The cheapest is ScrapeCreators at $0.004 per call. Failed calls are not charged.
How do I call a YouTube transcript API from an AI agent?
Connect your agent once: paste the message from superpowers.tools/docs into Claude, ChatGPT or Codex. Then ask in your own words, and your agent picks this provider and runs it. You pay only when a call works, and new accounts get $5 free. Developers can call POST /v1/run with "tool": "scrapecreators.youtube-transcript" or use the MCP server.
For developersAPI call and the shared input and output format
Call it with one API key: POST /v1/run with "tool": "scrapecreators.youtube-transcript", or through the MCP server. Every provider takes the same input and returns the same output, and failed calls are not charged.
Input
{
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": false,
"required": [
"url"
],
"properties": {
"url": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 11,
"maxLength": 300,
"description": "YouTube video link (watch, youtu.be, shorts) or the 11-character video id"
},
"language": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[a-z]{2}$",
"description": "Two-letter language of the captions to read, e.g. en, pt; omit for the default track"
}
}
}Normalized output
{
"video_id": "",
"language": "",
"text": "",
"segments": [
{
"start_ms": 0,
"end_ms": 0,
"text": ""
}
]
}