$ GET /v1/youtube/transcript
VCyon is a REST API for YouTube data: transcripts, captions, channels, and playlists. No OAuth setup, no quota math, no scraper maintenance.
request
GET /v1/youtube/transcript
?videoId=UF8uR6Z6KLcresponse
{
"videoId": "UF8uR6Z6KLc",
"language": "en",
"segments": [
{ "start": 0.0, "text": "..." }
]
}01 / the problem
Three days debugging why transcripts stopped working. Another provider down. Your scraper blocked. Meanwhile, the actual product roadmap sits untouched.
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03 / quickstart
Pick an endpoint, copy the command, get data back. Demo requests are rate limited; sign in for an API key when you need sustained throughput.
Create a free API key02 / quickstart
curl 'https://api.vcyon.com/v1/youtube/video?videoId=UF8uR6Z6KLc' \
-H 'x-api-key: YOUR_KEY'03 / the api
Three things VCyon takes off your plate, so you ship features instead of maintaining extraction code.
One GET request returns title, channel, stats, and thumbnails. No OAuth flow, no quota accounting, no paging through the Data API v3 docs.
Read the video endpoint docsTimestamped transcripts in every language YouTube publishes. No scraping layer to maintain, no breakage when YouTube changes its markup.
Run it in the playgroundVCyon runs the extraction fleet: proxy rotation, retry logic, and YouTube change detection. You call an endpoint and get JSON back.
See the full API reference04 / reference
| method | path | description | params | returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GET | /v1/youtube/video | Complete video metadata | videoId | Video metadata |
| GET | /v1/youtube/transcript | Timestamped transcripts, any language | videoId, language? | Transcript + segments |
| GET | /v1/youtube/channel | Channel details by handle or ID | id | Channel metadata |
| GET | /v1/youtube/channel/videos | Recent videos from a channel | id | Video list |
| GET | /v1/youtube/playlist | Playlist details by ID | id | Playlist metadata |
| GET | /v1/youtube/playlist/videos | Videos contained in a playlist | id | Video list |
05 / start
Create an account, get an API key, and make your first call in under a minute.