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Overview
The node "Scrape Creators" provides real-time social media data scraping capabilities across multiple platforms, including YouTube. Specifically, the "Get YouTube Video Transcript" operation allows users to retrieve the transcript of a given YouTube video by providing its URL. This is useful for content analysis, accessibility improvements, or generating summaries from video content without manual transcription.
Practical examples:
- Automatically extracting transcripts from educational YouTube videos to create searchable text databases.
- Generating subtitles or captions for videos that lack them.
- Analyzing spoken content in marketing videos for sentiment or keyword extraction.
Properties
| Name | Meaning |
|---|---|
| URL | The URL of the YouTube video from which to retrieve the transcript. Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ |
Output
The output contains a JSON object with the transcript data of the specified YouTube video. The exact structure is not detailed in the source code, but typically it would include fields such as the transcript text, timestamps, and possibly language information.
If the node supports binary data output (not explicitly shown here), it would likely be related to downloadable transcript files or subtitle formats.
Dependencies
- Requires an API key credential for accessing the Scrape Creators service.
- The node sends requests to the Scrape Creators API endpoint at
https://api.scrapecreators.com. - Proper configuration of the API key credential within n8n is necessary for authentication.
Troubleshooting
- Invalid or missing API key: Ensure the API key credential is correctly set up and has permissions to access the YouTube scraping endpoints.
- Invalid YouTube URL: Verify that the provided URL is a valid YouTube video link.
- Transcript not available: Some videos may not have transcripts available due to privacy settings or lack of auto-generated captions.
- API rate limits or downtime: If requests fail repeatedly, check the status of the Scrape Creators API and your usage limits.
Links and References
- YouTube Video Transcripts - Official YouTube help on transcripts.
- Scrape Creators API Documentation (generic link, replace with actual if available).