National Geographic Transcripts | Free YouTube Transcript API

Get transcripts of National Geographic videos via REST API. Documentary clips. Free tier available. Use the YouTube Transcript API to programmatically pull transcripts from National Geographic videos for analysis, summarization, search, or AI training.

Quick start

Get any National Geographic video's transcript in one HTTP request:

curl "https://youtubetranscript.us/api/v1/transcript?video_id=YOUR_VIDEO_ID" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

Python example

import requests
r = requests.get("https://youtubetranscript.us/api/v1/transcript",
                 params={"video_id": "VIDEO_ID"},
                 headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_KEY"})
data = r.json()
for line in data["transcript"]:
    print(line["start"], line["text"])

Why use it for National Geographic?

Get started: Sign up for a free API key. 500 requests/month on the starter plan.

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