> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.konbiniapi.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get video transcript > Returns the transcript for a public video, in WebVTT format. Without `language`, returns the channel-set default track, or the first available one if none is set. Use the `captions` field on the video-detail endpoint to see which languages exist before requesting one. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi.json get /v1/youtube/videos/{videoId}/transcript openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: KonbiniAPI version: 1.0.0 description: >- Social media API that normalizes TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, X, and LinkedIn data into a consistent ActivityStreams 2.0 format. Every authenticated response includes `X-Credits-Remaining` and `X-Credits-Used` headers. Each successful request costs 1 credit. Requests that fail with 400, 5xx, or upstream errors are refunded (X-Credits-Used: 0). contact: name: KonbiniAPI email: hello@konbiniapi.com url: https://konbiniapi.com servers: - url: https://api.konbiniapi.com description: Production security: - apiKey: [] tags: - name: TikTok description: TikTok data endpoints - name: Instagram description: Instagram data endpoints - name: YouTube description: YouTube data endpoints - name: Reddit description: Reddit data endpoints - name: X description: X data endpoints - name: LinkedIn description: LinkedIn data endpoints paths: /v1/youtube/videos/{videoId}/transcript: get: tags: - YouTube summary: Get video transcript description: >- Returns the transcript for a public video, in WebVTT format. Without `language`, returns the channel-set default track, or the first available one if none is set. Use the `captions` field on the video-detail endpoint to see which languages exist before requesting one. operationId: youtubeGetVideoTranscript parameters: - schema: type: string description: YouTube video ID (the `v=` value from a watch URL) example: plN7JMbadRg required: true description: YouTube video ID (the `v=` value from a watch URL) name: videoId in: path - schema: type: string description: >- Language code of the caption track to return (as listed in the video-detail endpoint's captions[].languageCode). Defaults to the channel-set default track. example: en required: false description: >- Language code of the caption track to return (as listed in the video-detail endpoint's captions[].languageCode). Defaults to the channel-set default track. name: language in: query responses: '200': description: Returns the transcript headers: X-Credits-Remaining: schema: type: integer description: Credits remaining after this request X-Credits-Used: schema: type: integer description: Credits consumed (1 if charged, 0 if refunded on error) content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: data: type: object properties: '@context': type: array prefixItems: - type: string enum: - https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams# - type: string enum: - https://konbiniapi.com/ns/social# description: ActivityStreams JSON-LD context example: - https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams# - https://konbiniapi.com/ns/social# type: type: string description: ActivityStreams object type example: Document id: type: string format: uri description: Transcript permalink example: >- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plN7JMbadRg&transcript=en url: type: string format: uri description: Video permalink example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plN7JMbadRg mediaType: type: string description: MIME type example: text/vtt language: type: string description: BCP-47 (or bare) language code of the returned track example: en size: type: integer example: 376111 description: File size in bytes source: type: string description: >- Present and set to "ASR" when the track is auto-generated (speech recognition). Absent for a manually uploaded track. example: ASR content: type: string description: WebVTT formatted transcript content example: |- WEBVTT 00:00:00.133 --> 00:00:02.033 ​​​ ​I just bought this entire ​ ​​ ​​ ​grocery store--​ ​​ 00:00:00.133 --> 00:00:02.033 ​​​ ​I just bought this entire ​ ​​ ​​ ​grocery store--​ ​​ required: - '@context' - type - id - url - mediaType - language - content required: - data '400': $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError' '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/UnauthorizedError' '402': $ref: '#/components/responses/CreditsExhaustedError' '403': $ref: '#/components/responses/ForbiddenError' '404': $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFoundError' '413': $ref: '#/components/responses/PayloadTooLargeError' '500': $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError' '502': $ref: '#/components/responses/PlatformError' '503': $ref: '#/components/responses/ServiceUnavailableError' '504': $ref: '#/components/responses/PlatformTimeoutError' components: responses: ValidationError: description: Bad Request — Invalid parameters headers: X-Credits-Remaining: schema: type: integer description: Credits remaining after this request X-Credits-Used: schema: type: integer description: Credits consumed (1 if charged, 0 if refunded on error) content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError' UnauthorizedError: description: Unauthorized — Missing or invalid API key content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError' CreditsExhaustedError: description: Payment Required — Credits exhausted content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreditsExhaustedError' ForbiddenError: description: Forbidden — API key disabled or expired content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ForbiddenError' NotFoundError: description: Not Found headers: X-Credits-Remaining: schema: type: integer description: Credits remaining after this request X-Credits-Used: schema: type: integer description: Credits consumed (1 if charged, 0 if refunded on error) content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotFoundError' PayloadTooLargeError: description: Content Too Large — Request body exceeds 1 MB content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayloadTooLargeError' InternalError: description: Internal Server Error headers: X-Credits-Remaining: schema: type: integer description: Credits remaining after this request X-Credits-Used: schema: type: integer description: Credits consumed (1 if charged, 0 if refunded on error) content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalError' PlatformError: description: Bad Gateway — Upstream platform error headers: X-Credits-Remaining: schema: type: integer description: Credits remaining after this request X-Credits-Used: schema: type: integer description: Credits consumed (1 if charged, 0 if refunded on error) content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PlatformError' ServiceUnavailableError: description: Service Unavailable headers: X-Credits-Remaining: schema: type: integer description: Credits remaining after this request X-Credits-Used: schema: type: integer description: Credits consumed (1 if charged, 0 if refunded on error) content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableError' PlatformTimeoutError: description: Gateway Timeout — Upstream platform timed out headers: X-Credits-Remaining: schema: type: integer description: Credits remaining after this request X-Credits-Used: schema: type: integer description: Credits consumed (1 if charged, 0 if refunded on error) content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PlatformTimeoutError' schemas: ValidationError: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - validation_error description: Machine-readable error code message: type: string example: Validation error description: Human-readable error message required: - code - message description: List of errors data: type: 'null' description: Always null for error responses required: - errors - data UnauthorizedError: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - missing_api_key - invalid_api_key description: Machine-readable error code message: type: string example: Invalid API key description: Human-readable error message required: - code - message description: List of errors data: type: 'null' description: Always null for error responses required: - errors - data CreditsExhaustedError: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - credits_exhausted description: Machine-readable error code message: type: string example: Credits exhausted. Upgrade your plan at konbiniapi.com description: Human-readable error message required: - code - message description: List of errors data: type: 'null' description: Always null for error responses required: - errors - data ForbiddenError: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - api_key_disabled - api_key_expired description: Machine-readable error code message: type: string example: API key is disabled description: Human-readable error message required: - code - message description: List of errors data: type: 'null' description: Always null for error responses required: - errors - data NotFoundError: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - not_found - route_not_found description: Machine-readable error code message: type: string example: Not found description: Human-readable error message required: - code - message description: List of errors data: type: 'null' description: Always null for error responses required: - errors - data PayloadTooLargeError: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - validation_error description: Machine-readable error code message: type: string example: Request body too large description: Human-readable error message required: - code - message description: List of errors data: type: 'null' description: Always null for error responses required: - errors - data InternalError: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - internal_error description: Machine-readable error code message: type: string example: Internal error description: Human-readable error message required: - code - message description: List of errors data: type: 'null' description: Always null for error responses required: - errors - data PlatformError: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - platform_error description: Machine-readable error code message: type: string example: Platform error description: Human-readable error message required: - code - message description: List of errors data: type: 'null' description: Always null for error responses required: - errors - data ServiceUnavailableError: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - service_unavailable description: Machine-readable error code message: type: string example: Service unavailable description: Human-readable error message required: - code - message description: List of errors data: type: 'null' description: Always null for error responses required: - errors - data PlatformTimeoutError: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - platform_error description: Machine-readable error code message: type: string example: Platform error description: Human-readable error message required: - code - message description: List of errors data: type: 'null' description: Always null for error responses required: - errors - data securitySchemes: apiKey: type: http scheme: bearer description: |- Send your API key in the Authorization header as a Bearer token. 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