GET
/
captions
/
{videoId}
[
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    "text": "[Music]",
    "duration": 14.65,
    "offset": 0,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 1,
    "speechRate": 5
  },
  {
    "text": "we're no strangers to",
    "duration": 7.239,
    "offset": 18.8,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 7,
    "speechRate": 59
  },
  {
    "text": "love you know the rules and so do",
    "duration": 7.84,
    "offset": 21.8,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 8,
    "speechRate": 62
  },
  {
    "text": "I I full commitments while I'm thinking",
    "duration": 5.201,
    "offset": 26.039,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 10,
    "speechRate": 116
  },
  {
    "text": "of",
    "duration": 5.88,
    "offset": 29.64,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 1,
    "speechRate": 11
  },
  {
    "text": "you wouldn't get this from any other guy",
    "duration": 8.2,
    "offset": 31.24,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 11,
    "speechRate": 81
  },
  {
    "text": "I just want to tell you how I'm",
    "duration": 7.84,
    "offset": 35.52,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 11,
    "speechRate": 85
  },
  {
    "text": "feeling got to make you understand Never",
    "duration": 6.759,
    "offset": 39.44,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 7,
    "speechRate": 63
  },
  {
    "text": "Going To Give You Up never going to let",
    "duration": 6.359,
    "offset": 43.36,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 9,
    "speechRate": 85
  },
  {
    "text": "you down never going to run around and",
    "duration": 7.441,
    "offset": 46.199,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 8,
    "speechRate": 65
  },
  {
    "text": "desert you never going to make you cry",
    "duration": 6.401,
    "offset": 49.719,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 8,
    "speechRate": 75
  },
  {
    "text": "never going to say goodbye never going",
    "duration": 7.12,
    "offset": 53.64,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 7,
    "speechRate": 59
  },
  {
    "text": "to tell a lie and hurt you",
    "duration": 7.84,
    "offset": 56.12,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 7,
    "speechRate": 54
  },
  {
    "text": "we've known each other for so",
    "duration": 6.56,
    "offset": 60.76,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 9,
    "speechRate": 83
  },
  {
    "text": "long your heart's been aching but your",
    "duration": 6.64,
    "offset": 63.96,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 10,
    "speechRate": 91
  },
  {
    "text": "to sh to say it inside we both know",
    "duration": 5.2,
    "offset": 67.32,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 9,
    "speechRate": 104
  },
  {
    "text": "what's been going",
    "duration": 6.04,
    "offset": 70.6,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 6,
    "speechRate": 60
  },
  {
    "text": "on we know the game and we're going to",
    "duration": 8.88,
    "offset": 72.52,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 12,
    "speechRate": 82
  },
  {
    "text": "playing and if you ask me how I'm",
    "duration": 7.96,
    "offset": 76.64,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 11,
    "speechRate": 83
  },
  {
    "text": "feeling don't tell me you're too my you",
    "duration": 6.32,
    "offset": 81.4,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 14,
    "speechRate": 133
  },
  {
    "text": "see Never Going To Give You Up never",
    "duration": 6.199,
    "offset": 84.6,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 8,
    "speechRate": 78
  },
  {
    "text": "going to let you down never to run",
    "duration": 6.679,
    "offset": 87.72,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 8,
    "speechRate": 72
  },
  {
    "text": "around and desert you never going to",
    "duration": 7.28,
    "offset": 90.799,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 7,
    "speechRate": 58
  },
  {
    "text": "make you cry never going to say goodbye",
    "duration": 7.841,
    "offset": 94.399,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 8,
    "speechRate": 62
  },
  {
    "text": "never going to tell a lie and hurt you",
    "duration": 6.601,
    "offset": 98.079,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 9,
    "speechRate": 82
  },
  {
    "text": "never going to give you up never going",
    "duration": 5.44,
    "offset": 102.24,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 8,
    "speechRate": 89
  },
  {
    "text": "to let you down never going to run",
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    "offset": 104.68,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 8,
    "speechRate": 73
  },
  {
    "text": "around and desert you never going to",
    "duration": 7.52,
    "offset": 107.68,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 7,
    "speechRate": 56
  },
  {
    "text": "make you cry never going to sing goodbye",
    "duration": 7.52,
    "offset": 111.32,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 8,
    "speechRate": 64
  },
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    "text": "going to tell a lie and hurt",
    "duration": 6.64,
    "offset": 115.2,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 7,
    "speechRate": 64
  },
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    "text": "you",
    "duration": 3,
    "offset": 118.84,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 1,
    "speechRate": 20
  },
  {
    "text": "give",
    "duration": 2.32,
    "offset": 121.96,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 1,
    "speechRate": 26
  },
  {
    "text": "you give",
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    "offset": 125.24,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 2,
    "speechRate": 19
  },
  {
    "text": "you going to give going to give",
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    "offset": 127.64,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 7,
    "speechRate": 52
  },
  {
    "text": "you going to give going to give",
    "duration": 8.161,
    "offset": 131.879,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 7,
    "speechRate": 52
  },
  {
    "text": "you we've known each other for so",
    "duration": 7.52,
    "offset": 135.84,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 10,
    "speechRate": 80
  },
  {
    "text": "long your heart's been aching but you're",
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    "offset": 140.04,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 13,
    "speechRate": 114
  },
  {
    "text": "too sh to say inside we both know what's",
    "duration": 5.12,
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    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 12,
    "speechRate": 141
  },
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    "text": "been going",
    "duration": 5.8,
    "offset": 146.92,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 2,
    "speechRate": 21
  },
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    "text": "on we the game and we're going to play",
    "duration": 9.28,
    "offset": 148.48,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 12,
    "speechRate": 78
  },
  {
    "text": "it I just want to tell you how I'm",
    "duration": 8.92,
    "offset": 152.72,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 12,
    "speechRate": 81
  },
  {
    "text": "feeling got to make you understand Never",
    "duration": 6.72,
    "offset": 157.76,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 7,
    "speechRate": 63
  },
  {
    "text": "Going To Give You Up never going to let",
    "duration": 6.44,
    "offset": 161.64,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 9,
    "speechRate": 84
  },
  {
    "text": "you down never going to run around and",
    "duration": 7.479,
    "offset": 164.48,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 8,
    "speechRate": 65
  },
  {
    "text": "desert you never going to make you cry",
    "duration": 6.36,
    "offset": 168.08,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 8,
    "speechRate": 76
  },
  {
    "text": "never going to say goodbye never going",
    "duration": 6.681,
    "offset": 171.959,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 7,
    "speechRate": 63
  },
  {
    "text": "to tell you my and Hurt You Never Going",
    "duration": 5.96,
    "offset": 174.44,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 9,
    "speechRate": 91
  },
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    "text": "To Give You Up",
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    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 4,
    "speechRate": 57
  },
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    "text": "never going to let you down never going",
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    "offset": 180.4,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 8,
    "speechRate": 72
  },
  {
    "text": "to run around and desert you never going",
    "duration": 8.161,
    "offset": 182.879,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 8,
    "speechRate": 59
  },
  {
    "text": "to make you C never going to say goodbye",
    "duration": 5.32,
    "offset": 187.08,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 9,
    "speechRate": 102
  },
  {
    "text": "never going to",
    "duration": 5.6,
    "offset": 191.04,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 3,
    "speechRate": 33
  },
  {
    "text": "tell and Hur You Never Going To Give You",
    "duration": 7.28,
    "offset": 192.4,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 9,
    "speechRate": 75
  },
  {
    "text": "Up never going to let you down never",
    "duration": 7.319,
    "offset": 196.64,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 8,
    "speechRate": 66
  },
  {
    "text": "going to run around and desert you never",
    "duration": 7.35,
    "offset": 199.68,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 8,
    "speechRate": 66
  },
  {
    "text": "going to make you going to",
    "duration": 4.721,
    "offset": 203.959,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 6,
    "speechRate": 77
  },
  {
    "text": "[Music]",
    "duration": 3.97,
    "offset": 207.03,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 1,
    "speechRate": 16
  },
  {
    "text": "goodbye",
    "duration": 5.32,
    "offset": 208.68,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 1,
    "speechRate": 12
  },
  {
    "text": "and",
    "duration": 3,
    "offset": 211,
    "lang": "en",
    "wordCount": 1,
    "speechRate": 20
  }
]

This endpoint retrieves a captions for a video.

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
headerrequired

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Path Parameters

​
videoId
string
required

The YouTube video ID. This is a unique 11-character string that YouTube uses to identify videos.

Required string length: 11

Query Parameters

​
format
enum<string>

The format of the response. If not specified, defaults to JSON. Use "text" for plain text output, "csv" for comma-separated values, "json" for structured data and "xml" for XML output.

Available options:
json,
text,
csv,
xml,
srt,
vtt,
ttml,
srv1,
srv2,
srv3,
json3
​
lang
enum<string>

The two-letter ISO 639-1 language code for the desired captions (e.g., "en" for English, "es" for Spanish). If not provided, the default language of the video's captions will be used.

Available options:
en,
es,
de,
fr,
ja,
pt,
tr,
it,
fa,
nl,
af,
am,
ar,
as,
az,
be,
bg,
bn,
bs,
ca,
cs,
da,
el,
en-GB,
en-IN,
es-419,
es-US,
et,
eu,
fi,
fil,
fr-CA,
gl,
gu,
hi,
hr,
hu,
hy,
id,
is,
iw,
ka,
kk,
km,
kn,
ko,
ky,
lo,
lt,
lv,
mk,
ml,
mn,
mr,
ms,
my,
no,
ne,
or,
pa,
pl,
pt-PT,
ro,
ru,
si,
sk,
sl,
sq,
sr-Latn,
sr,
sv,
sw,
ta,
te,
th,
uk,
ur,
uz,
vi,
zh-CN,
zh-HK,
zh-TW,
zu,
en-US,
zh-Hant,
zh,
yue
​
mode
enum<string>

The mode to use when fetching captions. The "default" will throw an error if captions are not available. The "fallback-whisper" will use the whisper API if the default captions are not available. The "force-whisper" will always use the whisper API.

Available options:
default,
fallback-whisper,
force-whisper

Response

200 - application/json
​
offset
number
required

The start time of the caption in seconds from the beginning of the video

​
duration
number
required

The duration of the caption in seconds

​
lang
string
required

The two-letter ISO 639-1 language code for the caption

​
text
string
required

The text content of the caption

​
wordCount
integer
required

The number of words in this particular caption

​
speechRate
number
required

The speech rate in words per minute for this particular caption

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