TED-Ed Transcripts | Free YouTube Transcript API

Get transcripts of TED-Ed videos via REST API. Animated educational shorts. Free tier available. Use the YouTube Transcript API to programmatically pull transcripts from TED-Ed videos for analysis, summarization, search, or AI training.

Quick start

Get any TED-Ed 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 TED-Ed?

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

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