joshu

YouTube video transcript by URL — captions, subtitles

From ScrapeCreators, through Joshu Data Bodega.

Part of YouTube video captions.

Price
$0.00207 per call$2.07 per 1,000 calls

No calls measured in the last 30 days.

Prices include the router's 10% markup and are paid from the usage wallet. Checked on November 11, 2026.

Inputs

  • urlstring, required

    YouTube video or short URL

  • languagestring, optional

    2 letter language code, ie 'en', 'es', 'fr' etc. If the transcript is not available in the language you specify, the transcript will be null.

  • cache_max_agestring, optional

    If we have a response in the cache that is this many days old or newer, return the cached response (0 credits, with "cached": true and a "cached_at" timestamp). Otherwise, scrape a live result (1 credit). [See the Cac...

Call it

Router call with a router API key
curl https://hello.joshu.me/api/router/call \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $JOSHU_ROUTER_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "endpoint": "scrapecreators.x.v1-youtube-video-transcript",
    "params": {
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123"
    }
  }'

Channels

The router buys each call through one channel. It picks the cheapest one that is available when the call is made.

  • Via the provider directlyNot available now
  • Via treg$0.00207 per call