youtube-apify-transcriptlisted

# youtube-apify-transcript Fetch YouTube transcripts via APIFY API (works from cloud IPs, bypasses YouTube bot detection). ## Why APIFY? YouTube blocks transcript requests from cloud IPs (AWS, GCP, etc.). APIFY runs the request through residential proxies, bypassing bot detection reliably. ## Free Tier - **$5/month free credits** (~714 videos) - No credit card required - Perfect for personal use ## Cost - **$0.007 per video** (less than 1 cent!) - Track usage at: https://console.apify.com/billing ## Links - [APIFY Pricing](https://apify.com/pricing) - [Get API Key](https://console.apify.com/account/integrations) - [YouTube Transcript Scraper Actor](https://apify.com/pintostudio/youtube-transcript-scraper) ## Setup 1. Create free APIFY account: https://apify.com/ 2. Get your API token: https://console.apify.com/account/integrations 3. Set environment variable: ```bash # Add to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc export APIFY_API_TOKEN="apify_api_YOUR_TOKEN_HERE" # Or use .env file (never commit this!) echo 'APIFY_API_TOKEN=apify_api_YOUR_TOKEN_HERE' >> .env ``` ## Usage ### Basic Usage ```bash # Get transcript as text (uses cache by default) python3 scripts/fetch_transcript.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" # Short URL also works python3 scripts/fetch_transcript.py "https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID" ``` ### Options ```bash # Output to file python3 scripts/fetch_transcript.py "URL" --output transcript.txt # JSON format (includes timestamps) python3 scripts/fetch_tran