Veritasium Transcripts | Free YouTube Transcript API

Get transcripts of Veritasium videos via REST API. Science and engineering explainers. Free tier available. Use the YouTube Transcript API to programmatically pull transcripts from Veritasium videos for analysis, summarization, search, or AI training.

Quick start

Get any Veritasium 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 Veritasium?

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

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