Name: Transcriptapi
Author: dexhunter

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Transcriptapi | Skills Pool

node ./scripts/tapi-auth.js verify --email USER_EMAIL --password SECURE_PASS --otp CODE --json

node ./scripts/tapi-auth.js save-key --key API_KEY --json

curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/transcript\
?video_url=VIDEO_URL&format=text&include_timestamp=true&send_metadata=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY"

{
  "video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "language": "en",
  "transcript": [
    { "text": "We're no strangers...", "start": 18.0, "duration": 3.5 }
  ],
  "metadata": { "title": "...", "author_name": "...", "author_url": "..." }
}

curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/search?q=QUERY&type=video&limit=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY"

{
  "results": [
    {
      "type": "video",
      "videoId": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
      "title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up",
      "channelId": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
      "channelTitle": "Rick Astley",
      "channelHandle": "@RickAstley",
      "channelVerified": true,
      "lengthText": "3:33",
      "viewCountText": "1.5B views",
      "publishedTimeText": "14 years ago",
      "hasCaptions": true,
      "thumbnails": [{ "url": "...", "width": 120, "height": 90 }]
    }
  ],
  "result_count": 20
}

{
  "results": [
    {
      "type": "channel",
      "channelId": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
      "title": "Rick Astley",
      "handle": "@RickAstley",
      "subscriberCount": "4.2M subscribers",
      "verified": true,
      "rssUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UC..."
    }
  ],
  "result_count": 5
}

curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/resolve?input=@mkbhd" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY"

{ "channel_id": "UCBcRF18a7Qf58cCRy5xuWwQ", "resolved_from": "@mkbhd" }

# First page (100 videos)
curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/videos?channel_id=UC_CHANNEL_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY"

# Next pages
curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/videos?continuation=TOKEN" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY"

{
  "results": [{
    "videoId": "abc123xyz00",
    "title": "Latest Video",
    "channelId": "UCBcRF18a7Qf58cCRy5xuWwQ",
    "channelTitle": "MKBHD",
    "channelHandle": "@mkbhd",
    "lengthText": "15:22",
    "viewCountText": "3.2M views",
    "thumbnails": [...],
    "index": "0"
  }],
  "playlist_info": {"title": "Uploads from MKBHD", "numVideos": "1893"},
  "continuation_token": "4qmFsgKlARIYVVV1...",
  "has_more": true
}

curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/latest?channel_id=UC_CHANNEL_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY"

{
  "channel": {
    "channelId": "...",
    "title": "MKBHD",
    "author": "MKBHD",
    "url": "..."
  },
  "results": [
    {
      "videoId": "abc123xyz00",
      "title": "Latest Video",
      "published": "2026-01-30T16:00:00Z",
      "viewCount": "2287630",
      "description": "Full description...",
      "thumbnail": { "url": "...", "width": "480", "height": "360" }
    }
  ],
  "result_count": 15
}

curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/search\
?channel_id=UC_CHANNEL_ID&q=review&limit=30" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY"

# First page
curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/playlist/videos?playlist_id=PL_PLAYLIST_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY"

# Next pages
curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/playlist/videos?continuation=TOKEN" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY"

Code	Meaning	Action
401	Bad API key	Check key, re-run setup
402	No credits	Top up at transcriptapi.com/billing
404	Not found	Video/channel/playlist doesn't exist or no captions
408	Timeout/retryable	Retry once after 2s
422	Validation error	Check param format
429	Rate limited	Wait, respect Retry-After

Param	Required	Default	Validation
`video_url`	yes	—	YouTube URL or 11-char video ID
`format`	no	`json`	`json` or `text`
`include_timestamp`	no	`true`	`true` or `false`
`send_metadata`	no	`false`	`true` or `false`

Param	Required	Default	Validation
`q`	yes	—	1-200 chars (trimmed)
`type`	no	`video`	`video` or `channel`
`limit`	no	`20`	1-50

Param	Required	Validation
`channel_id`	conditional	`^UC[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{22}$` (first page)
`continuation`	conditional	non-empty string (next pages)

Param	Required	Validation
`channel_id`	yes	`^UC[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{22}$`
`q`	yes	1-200 chars
`limit`	no	1-50 (default 30)

Param	Required	Validation
`playlist_id`	conditional	starts with PL/UU/LL/FL/OL
`continuation`	conditional	non-empty string

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Setup

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Setup

Auth

Endpoints

GET /api/v2/youtube/transcript — 1 credit

GET /api/v2/youtube/search — 1 credit

GET /api/v2/youtube/channel/resolve — FREE (0 credits)

GET /api/v2/youtube/channel/videos — 1 credit/page

GET /api/v2/youtube/channel/latest — FREE (0 credits)

GET /api/v2/youtube/channel/search — 1 credit

GET /api/v2/youtube/playlist/videos — 1 credit/page

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Bear Notes

Endpoint	Cost
transcript	1
search	1
channel/resolve	free
channel/search	1
channel/videos	1/page
channel/latest	free
playlist/videos	1/page