Planet Money Transcripts | Free YouTube Transcript API

Get transcripts of Planet Money videos via REST API. Economics storytelling. Free tier available. Use the YouTube Transcript API to programmatically pull transcripts from Planet Money videos for analysis, summarization, search, or AI training.

Quick start

Get any Planet Money 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 Planet Money?

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

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