# YouTube Transcript & Captions

Full transcript of any YouTube video by video id or URL: captions/subtitles as clean plain text plus timestamped segments, the video's.

- Status: Listed — not yet verified
- Category: [Data APIs](https://x402looker.com/category/data-apis/)
- Website: https://youtube.use.x402atlas.com

## What it does

Full transcript of any YouTube video by video id or URL: captions/subtitles as clean plain text plus timestamped segments, the video's chapter markers, and every caption track it offers so an agent can pick a language and re-fetch. YouTube transcript, video to text, captions extraction, subtitle download, closed captions, speech to text, multilingual, asr and authored tracks. No API key.

Audience: ai-agents, developers. Tags: api, youtube, transcript, captions.

## Pricing

- Pricing model: per-request
- Price hint: $0.02/request
- Accepted tokens: USDC
- Chain: base
- Facilitator: coinbase-cdp

## How agents pay

1. The agent sends a plain request and receives an HTTP 402 response describing the price and payment requirements.
2. The agent signs a payment payload for the exact amount on base and attaches it to a retried request.
3. The facilitator verifies and settles the payment, then the service returns the paid response.

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## Facet hubs

- Chain hub: [Base services](https://x402looker.com/chain/base/)
- Facilitator profile: [Coinbase Cdp](https://x402looker.com/facilitator/coinbase-cdp/)
- Price band: [Low (over $0.01 and up to $0.10 per request)](https://x402looker.com/price-band/low/)

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Last updated: 2026-09-23
Last checked: 2026-09-28 — reachable. Weekly automated check, not continuous monitoring.