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YouTube Transcription API. Clean Data. Instant Output. Built for Production.

One API call. Any YouTube URL. Clean structured transcript + any of 15 content output types returned as JSON. Add YouTube transcription to any application, agent, or pipeline in minutes.

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Use Cases

What developers build with TubeScribed

RAG pipelines and vector databases

Clean, properly formatted transcripts ready for chunking and embedding. No preprocessing required before inserting into Pinecone, Weaviate, or any vector store.

Custom GPTs and Claude projects

Build domain-specific AI assistants trained on YouTube expertise. Process entire channels into knowledge bases. Clean structured input produces dramatically better AI outputs.

AI agents with video comprehension

Give your AI agents the ability to read, understand, and extract information from any YouTube video. Pass a URL, receive structured knowledge.

Automation workflows

Integrate via Zapier, Make, n8n, or direct API call. Trigger from any event — new video published, URL added to database, webhook fired.

SaaS feature augmentation

Add YouTube transcription as a feature in your own SaaS product. Your users paste a URL, your product receives clean content. White label coming soon.

Content management systems

Automatically populate CMS drafts from YouTube videos. New video published → TubeScribed generates blog post → WordPress/Webflow draft created.

API Preview

Simple, predictable API design

request.json
// POST https://api.tubescribed.com/v1/transcribe

{
  "url": "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID",
  "output_type": "blog_post",
  "brand_id": "optional_brand_profile_id",
  "options": {
    "include_timestamps": true,
    "include_summary": true,
    "include_key_takeaways": true
  }
}
response.json200 OK
// 200 OK

{
  "transcript": {
    "text": "Clean punctuated transcript...",
    "word_count": 4821,
    "segments": [
      { "start": 0, "end": 14.2, "text": "First segment..." },
      ...
    ]
  },
  "summary": "Two-sentence video summary...",
  "key_takeaways": ["Takeaway 1", "Takeaway 2", "Takeaway 3"],
  "output": {
    "type": "blog_post",
    "content": "Full formatted blog post...",
    "word_count": 1247
  },
  "metadata": {
    "video_id": "VIDEO_ID",
    "video_length_seconds": 2847,
    "processing_time_ms": 14200,
    "credits_used": 3
  }
}
output_types.js
// output_type options:
"transcript"       // Clean punctuated transcript only
"blog_post"        // SEO-formatted article
"sop"              // Standard Operating Procedure
"email_sequence"   // 5-email nurture sequence
"social_captions"  // Platform-optimized captions
"x_thread"         // Twitter/X thread
"faq"              // FAQ document
"sales_script"     // Sales script
"ad_copy"          // Ad copy variants
"case_study"       // Case study format
"training_guide"   // Training/learning guide
"newsletter"       // Newsletter issue
"linkedin_article" // LinkedIn long-form
"key_takeaways"    // Bullet point insights
"summary"          // Executive summary

Specs

Production-ready specs

Authentication

API key via Authorization header

Response format

Clean JSON with consistent schema across all output types

Processing time

15s (under 10 min video) to 120s (60–90 min videos)

Error handling

Standard HTTP status codes with descriptive error messages

Rate limits

Per-plan limits with X-RateLimit headers on all responses

Max video length

90 minutes. Credit multiplier scales with video length.

Supported languages

50+ languages for transcription. English optimized for outputs.

Idempotency

Duplicate URL requests return cached results within 24 hours

Pricing

API pricing

Starter API

500 API calls / month

$49/month
  • All 15 output types
  • Brand profile support
  • Standard rate limits
  • Email support
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Growth API

2,000 API calls / month

$149/month
  • All 15 output types
  • Brand profile support
  • Higher rate limits
  • Priority support
  • Webhook support
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Scale API

10,000 API calls / month

$399/month
  • All 15 output types
  • Unlimited brand profiles
  • Highest rate limits
  • Dedicated support
  • Custom SLA
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Integrations

Integrations

Direct APIAvailable now
ZapierComing soon
MakeComing soon
n8nComing soon
Webhook supportComing soon
White label SDKOn roadmap

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FAQ

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