youtube-apify-transcript

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This skill fetches YouTube transcripts via the APIFY API using a CLI scripts/fetch_transcript.py that calls https://api.apify.com/v2. It requires the APIFY_API_TOKEN environment variable and includes shell usage examples such as python3 scripts/fetch_transcript.py and export APIFY_API_TOKEN=....

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📹 YouTube Transcript Fetcher (APIFY)

Fetch YouTube video transcripts from anywhere — even cloud servers where YouTube blocks direct access.

✨ Features

  • Works from cloud IPs (AWS, GCP, VPS, etc.)
  • Bypasses YouTube bot detection via APIFY proxies
  • Text or JSON output with timestamps
  • Language preference support
  • Simple Python script, no SDK needed

💰 Free Tier

APIFY offers $5/month free credits — that's approximately 714 videos per month at $0.007 each!

No credit card required. Sign up here

🚀 Quick Start

# 1. Set your API token
export APIFY_API_TOKEN="apify_api_YOUR_TOKEN"

# 2. Fetch a transcript
python3 scripts/fetch_transcript.py "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"

📖 Documentation

See SKILL.md for full documentation, setup instructions, and usage examples.

🔗 Links

⚙️ Requirements

  • Python 3.6+
  • requests library (pip install requests)
  • APIFY API token (free)

📄 License

MIT