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$0.0056/resultYouTube Transcript Scraper
Extract timestamped YouTube captions from video IDs or URLs.
Apify
YouTube transcript API for AI agents
Scrollport gives AI agents one tool to get YouTube transcripts, from Apify, through one connection. It costs $0.0056/result, paid per use from one prepaid wallet with no subscription, provider accounts or API keys. Agents use them over MCP, the CLI or the HTTP API.
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Extract YouTube transcripts with Scrollport
Use verified tools with pay-per-use pricing. Provider access is included. Tools that work in your own apps ask you to connect that account.
Connect your first agent to receive $1 trial credit.
Compare YouTube transcript API tools
| Tool | Provider | What it returns | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| YouTube Transcript Scraper | Apify | Extract timestamped YouTube captions from video IDs or URLs. | $0.0056/result |
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Questions about YouTube transcript API
How does an AI agent get a YouTube transcript?
Connect your agent to Scrollport once, then give it the video URL. It calls YouTube Transcript Scraper from Apify at $0.0056/result, with no YouTube developer key to manage.
How much do YouTube transcript API tools cost?
It costs $0.0056/result. You pay per use from one prepaid wallet with no subscription. Your agent sees the exact price before each run, and connecting your first agent adds $1 of trial credit.
What does Scrollport's YouTube transcript API return?
YouTube Transcript Scraper from Apify: Extract timestamped YouTube captions from video IDs or URLs. Its tool page lists the full output.
Learn more about YouTube transcript extraction
Use a YouTube transcript after you have selected a valuable video for source research, quotation checking, content repurposing or a structured comparison.
Explain the outcome before extracting
Tell the agent whether you need evidence for research, a structure breakdown, reusable notes, accurate quotations or source material for an original asset. It can then preserve the parts and timestamps needed for that job.
How accurate are YouTube transcripts?
Creator captions can be strong, while automatic captions may mishear names, accents, numbers and specialist terms. Ask the agent to label the caption source and verify important quotations against the audio.
Transform the source without copying it
Ask the agent to separate facts, examples, arguments and structure, then connect each material point to a timestamp. If the next step is new content, preserve attribution and use the source as research rather than imitating its wording.
Example prompt
This prompt turns one selected video into a traceable research asset.
Example prompt to give your agent
Use Scrollport's YouTube transcript tools on [VIDEO URL] for [RESEARCH OR CONTENT PURPOSE]. Extract the relevant sections with timestamps, separate claims, examples and structure, flag likely caption errors, and verify names, numbers and quotations against the audio. Then suggest how the findings can inform an original output without copying the source. Show me the price before the paid run.