## youtube/post-transcript

`GET /v1/youtube/post-transcript`

The spoken words of a YouTube video as timestamped segments plus plain text. transcript is null when the video has no captions.

*Video transcript*

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `url` | yes | Full YouTube video URL. — e.g. `https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw` |
| `dry_run` | no | Read a zero-credit estimate without fetching sources, running AI, or reserving credits. Cache status is a snapshot, not a guarantee at execution. Accepted values: 1, 0, true, false. Case, spaces, hyphens and underscores are interchangeable. — e.g. `1` |

### Useful optional inputs

- `dry_run`: Read a free estimate before fetching sources or scheduling paid work. Zero credits; cache status and availability are snapshots rather than guarantees.

**Cost:** 2 credits at list price per successful uncached response; variable-cost operations may quote or settle a different charge. Confirmed uncharged or refunded failures report zero. Pending reconciliation can report credits_used:null; retain request_id and the original idempotency key.

```bash
curl "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/youtube/post-transcript?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DjNQXAC9IVRw" \
  -H "x-api-key: mn_your_key_here"
```

### Response data

Illustrative abbreviated data; documented core fields are optional and may be null. Additional source fields are allowed.

```json
{
  "has_transcript": false,
  "language": "example",
  "platform": "example",
  "segments": [
    {
      "end_ms": 0,
      "start_ms": 0,
      "text": "example"
    }
  ],
  "transcript": "example",
  "url": "https://example.com/example",
  "video_id": "example"
}
```

[Field reference](https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/endpoints/youtube/post-transcript#response) · [JSON Schema for response.data](https://www.monocrawl.com/schemas/youtube/post-transcript.json)