@choisb87/sb-youtube

n8n community node to fetch YouTube auto-generated captions/transcripts in SRT format.

Note: This node fetches auto-generated captions from YouTube videos and returns them as SRT (SubRip subtitle) format strings.

Installation

npm install n8n-nodes-youtube-transcript

Or install directly in n8n:

1. Go to Settings > Community Nodes
2. Enter n8n-nodes-youtube-transcript
3. Click Install

Usage

1. Add the YouTube Transcript node to your workflow
2. Enter the YouTube Video URL or ID
3. (Optional) Specify the Language code (default: ko)
4. The node outputs the transcript in SRT format as a string

Output

The node returns:

{
  "videoId": "xDv6rwuY0_0",
  "srt": "1\n00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:04,080\n지금 여러분 발밑에서 펼쳐지는\n\n2\n..."
}

Features

• Fetches auto-generated and user-submitted captions
• Supports multiple languages (specify language code like en, ko, ja, etc.)
• Returns transcript in SRT (SubRip) format
• Handles both YouTube URLs and video IDs

License

MIT