TED Talks Transcripts | Free YouTube Transcript API

Get transcripts of TED Talks videos via REST API. Short ideas-worth-spreading talks. Free tier available. Use the YouTube Transcript API to programmatically pull transcripts from TED Talks videos for analysis, summarization, search, or AI training.

Quick start

Get any TED Talks 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 Talks?

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

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