Captapi

Structured social media data from 32 platforms (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, Reddit, Threads, Bluesky, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Rumble, Truth Social, Kick, Kwai, Komi, Pillar, Linkbio, Linkme, Amazon Shop) — transcripts, AI summaries, comments, stats, search and downloads.

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YouTube → YouTube Transcript

AI-generated

Summary

Fetches a transcript for a public YouTube video, optionally preferring a caption language and using the 24-hour response cache.

Inputs

  • URL (required) — Public YouTube video URL; it must be a YouTube URL.
  • Language — Preferred caption language as an ISO code, such as "en". Leave blank to auto-detect.
  • Cache — Defaults to false, which fetches fresh data. Set true to use the 24-hour response cache; cache hits cost 0 credits and include cached and cachedAt in the response envelope.

Output shape

A transcript response from the Captapi API.

When served from cache, the response envelope includes cached and cachedAt. The source pack shows no further response-shape details.

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