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Get subtitles from YouTube videos for translation, language learning, or reading along. Use when the user asks for subtitles, subs, foreign language text, or wants to read video content. Supports multiple languages and timestamped output for sync'd reading.
npx skill4agent add zeropointrepo/youtube-skills subtitles$TRANSCRIPT_API_KEYnode ./scripts/tapi-auth.js register --email USER_EMAILnode ./scripts/tapi-auth.js verify --token TOKEN_FROM_STEP_1 --otp CODEAPI key saved to your shell profile and agent config. Ready to use.
curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/transcript\
?video_url=VIDEO_URL&format=text&include_timestamp=false&send_metadata=true" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY"| Param | Values | Use case |
|---|---|---|
| YouTube URL or video ID | Required |
| | |
| | |
| | Include title, channel, description |
curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/transcript\
?video_url=VIDEO_ID&format=text&include_timestamp=false" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY"curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/transcript\
?video_url=VIDEO_ID&format=json&include_timestamp=true" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY"format=json{
"video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
"language": "en",
"transcript": [
{ "text": "We're no strangers to love", "start": 18.0, "duration": 3.5 }
]
}format=textinclude_timestamp=false{
"video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
"language": "en",
"transcript": "We're no strangers to love\nYou know the rules and so do I..."
}format=jsoninclude_timestamp=false| Code | Action |
|---|---|
| 402 | No credits — transcriptapi.com/billing |
| 404 | No subtitles available |
| 408 | Timeout — retry once after 2s |