Fetch a YouTube transcript from a video URL or 11-char id (video_id, also accepted as ref
Fetch a YouTube transcript from a video URL or 11-char id (video_id, also accepted as ref or url); returns a presigned download URL to the transcript
10000 (raw units)
price
132
calls / 30d
6
unique payers
2026-09-13
updated
Provider
glim.sh · discovered, not yet claimed by its owner
Payment (x402 accepts[])
[
{
"scheme": "exact",
"network": "solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp",
"payTo": "9MkM5Ra48KFcSv9HDQ8sb3C3r5HjouEwGQ6sp1cx1vde",
"asset": "EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v",
"amount": "10000",
"maxTimeoutSeconds": 300
},
{
"scheme": "exact",
"network": "eip155:8453",
"payTo": "0xC751344Ee09B5159160173F77D4a1169bCd386A1",
"asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
"amount": "10000",
"maxTimeoutSeconds": 300
},
{
"scheme": "exact",
"network": "eip155:143",
"payTo": "0xC751344Ee09B5159160173F77D4a1169bCd386A1",
"asset": "0x754704Bc059F8C67012fEd69BC8A327a5aafb603",
"amount": "10000",
"maxTimeoutSeconds": 300
}
]Output schema
{
"bazaar": {
"info": {
"input": {
"body": {
"language_code": "en",
"origin": "uploader_provided",
"video_id": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
},
"bodyType": "json",
"method": "POST",
"type": "http"
},
"output": {
"example": {
"content_type": "text/vtt",
"download_url": "https://...presigned...",
"expires_at": "2026-04-21T13:00:00Z",
"language_code": "en",
"length_chars": 3500,
"origin": "uploader_provided",
"size_bytes": 4096,
"video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ"
},
"type": "json"
}
},
"schema": {
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"body": {
"description": "Input for POST /youtube/get",
"properties": {
"format": {
"default": "inline",
"description": "'inline' (default): include the transcript in the response when it fits the inline cap; otherwise omit it and set transcript_omitted_reason. 'url': never include the transcript; caller fetches download_url. download_url is always present.",
"enum": [
"inline",
"url"
],
"type": "string"
},
"language_code": {
"default": "en",
"description": "ISO 639-1 language code (e.g. 'en', 'de', 'fr')",
"maxLength": 10,
"minLength": 2,
"type": "string"
},
"origin": {
"default": "uploader_provided",
"description": "'uploader_provided' for human captions (default), 'auto_generated' for YouTube auto-captions.",
"enum": [
"uploader_provided",
"auto_generated"
],
"type": "string"
},
"video_id": {
"description": "YouTube video URL or 11-char video id (e.g. https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ, or dQw4w9WgXcQ). Also accepted as `ref` or `url`.",
"minLength": 1,
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"video_id"
],
"type": "object"
},
"bodyType": {
"enum": [
"json",
"form-data",
"text"
],
"type": "string"
},
"method": {
"enum": [
"POST"
],
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method",
"bodyType",
"body"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}
}
}Use it
curl
curl "https://glim.sh/api/v1/youtube/get" # -> 402 Payment Required, accepts[] lists how to pay # retry with a PAYMENT-SIGNATURE (or PAYMENT header) once paid
JavaScript
const res = await fetch("https://glim.sh/api/v1/youtube/get");
if (res.status === 402) {
const { accepts } = await res.json();
// pay one of accepts[] via an x402 client, then retry with the payment header
}Python
import httpx
res = httpx.get("https://glim.sh/api/v1/youtube/get")
if res.status_code == 402:
accepts = res.json()["accepts"]
# pay one of accepts[] via an x402 client, then retry with the payment headerMachine-readable
Everything on this page is also available as clean JSON at /resources/238.json, and this resource appears in /discovery/resources and /discovery/search.