YouTube transcript generator
Get the transcript of any YouTube video or Short as plain text, with timestamps. Free, no signup. Paste the link, copy or download the result.
How it works
- 1Paste a YouTube link: a watch page, a youtu.be short link, or a Short.
- 2We read the video’s captions, including automatic ones, and clean them into text.
- 3Copy the transcript or download it, with or without timestamps.
What people use it for
- Take notes from lectures, talks and tutorials.
- Pull quotes and timestamps for research or reporting.
- Repurpose your own videos as articles and newsletters.
Do it in code
The same result, from the API, for as many videos as you need. It returns a unified Transcript, the same shape on every platform.
curl -G https://api.crawlfeed.dev/v1/youtube/transcript \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CRAWLFEED_KEY" \
--data-urlencode "id=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"Questions
Does it work with YouTube Shorts?
Yes. Paste the Short’s link as you would a normal video.
Is it really free?
Yes. You can run a few lookups a day without an account. For more, or to automate it, create a free account: it comes with 100 API credits.
Do you keep the videos I look up?
We cache the transcript for up to 24 hours so a repeat lookup is instant, and we never store the video itself. See the privacy policy for details.
Why is there no transcript for some videos?
A transcript exists only when the video has speech the platform has captioned. Music-only videos, and videos with captions turned off, have none.
Social data for your own product
Profiles, posts, comments and transcripts from 26 platforms in one JSON shape. Start with 100 free credits, no card.