YouTube captions
YouTube captions: timestamped text and video metadata. Use when an agent needs a public YouTube video's captions as text and timed segments.
Answeringour last check, 2026-11-04
3 of 3checks answered this week
186 msmedian answer time
$0.003listed price per call
$0.003price it asked us
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
POST https://tanod.dev/v1/youtube/transcript
| Category | Image and media |
|---|---|
| Provider host | tanod.dev |
| Networks | eip155:137, eip155:42161, eip155:56, eip155:8453, solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 1 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-04 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.003 | 208 ms |
| 2026-11-03 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.003 | 186 ms |
| 2026-11-02 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.003 | 184 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"body": {
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw"
},
"bodyType": "json",
"method": "POST",
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"body": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"chapters": {
"default": false,
"description": "Add short AI-generated chapters; higher price.",
"type": "boolean"
},
"language": {
"anyOf": [
{
"pattern": "^[a-zA-Z]{2,3}(?:-[a-zA-Z0-9]{2,8})?$",
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Exact caption language; omitted: prefer manual, then English."
},
"url": {
"description": "Public YouTube video https URL. Captions only; no media download.",
"maxLength": 2048,
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"url"
],
"type": "object"
},
"bodyType": {
"enum": [
"json",
"form-data",
"text"
],
"type": "string"
},
"method": {
"enum": [
"POST"
],
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method",
"bodyType",
"body"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"description": "Abridged to fit the header. Full example: the 402 JSON body. Full schema: https://tanod.dev/openapi.json POST /v1/youtube/transcript",
"properties": {
"chapters": {
"type": "array"
},
"generated": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"language": {
"type": "string"
},
"languages": {
"type": "array"
},
"operation": {
"type": "string"
},
"segments": {
"type": "array"
},
"text": {
"type": "string"
},
"untrusted_content": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"video": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"operation",
"video",
"text",
"segments",
"language",
"generated",
"languages",
"untrusted_content"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}