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n8n-nodes-fetchworks
An n8n community node for YouTube transcripts — timestamped segments, plain text, SRT, and VTT from videos, Shorts, channels, playlists, and search results.
The node is a thin client for the Fetchworks YouTube Transcript Scraper on Apify. The extraction runs on Apify's infrastructure; you bring your own Apify token. Pricing is $2 per 1,000 transcripts — only delivered transcripts are billed. Failed videos (no captions, blocked, unavailable) cost nothing.
Installation
In n8n: Settings → Community Nodes → Install → n8n-nodes-fetchworks.
Self-hosted via npm:
npm install n8n-nodes-fetchworks
See the n8n community nodes documentation for details.
Credentials
Create a "Fetchworks API" credential with your Apify API token. Sign up free at apify.com, then copy the token from Settings → API & Integrations.
Operations
One node — YouTube Transcripts (Fetchworks) — with four operations:
| Operation | Input | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Get Transcript(s) | One or more video URLs or 11-char IDs (comma/newline separated) | watch, youtu.be, Shorts, embed, and live URLs all work |
| Get Channel Transcripts | Channel URL or @handle | Newest first, bounded by Max Videos (default 100) |
| Get Playlist Transcripts | Playlist URL or ID | Whole playlist |
| Search | A YouTube search query | Top results, bounded by Max Results (default 50) |
Options on every operation: Languages (priority list), Prefer Auto-Generated Captions, Translate To, Output Formats (segments / text / SRT / VTT), Include Video Metadata, Include Chapters.
Each video becomes one output item with an honest status field (ok, no_captions, blocked, live_stream, age_restricted, unavailable, translation_unavailable, po_token_required, error) — a video without captions is an explicit no_captions item, never a silently empty transcript. Small jobs run on Apify's synchronous endpoint and return in seconds; large jobs (whole channels, playlists) start an actor run and the node polls until it finishes.
Templates
Two importable workflows in templates/:
- Summarize a YouTube video with AI — transcript → LLM summary.
- New channel uploads → transcript → Notion — RSS-triggered channel watch, transcripts saved to a Notion database.
Links
- Actor page and pricing: https://apify.com/fetchworks/youtube-transcript-scraper
- Apify API tokens: https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations
License
MIT