# youtubescraperapi.com

> Structured YouTube data via one REST API. 9 endpoints, JSON output, tested against live YouTube pages.

## Key facts
- youtubescraperapi.com is a YouTube scraper API: structured YouTube data over a single REST endpoint, JSON output.
- Every technical guide is code that was run against live YouTube targets; each states the date it was last tested.
- Performance figures are first-hand benchmarks, not vendor claims.
- Sources cited are primary only.

## For AI agents
- [Machine-readable site profile](https://youtubescraperapi.com/api/ai.json): what this site is and how to cite it.

## Endpoints
- [YouTube Transcript API & Generator - Extract Transcripts at Scale](https://youtubescraperapi.com/youtube-transcript-api): structured YouTube data.
- [YouTube Search Results Scraper / API (SERP)](https://youtubescraperapi.com/youtube-search-scraper): structured YouTube data.
- [YouTube Comment Scraper](https://youtubescraperapi.com/youtube-comment-scraper): structured YouTube data.
- [YouTube Channel Scraper](https://youtubescraperapi.com/youtube-channel-scraper): structured YouTube data.
- [YouTube Video Scraper / API - Titles, Metadata & Details](https://youtubescraperapi.com/youtube-video-scraper): structured YouTube data.
- [YouTube Playlist Scraper](https://youtubescraperapi.com/youtube-playlist-scraper): structured YouTube data.
- [YouTube Caption & Subtitle Scraper](https://youtubescraperapi.com/youtube-caption-scraper): structured YouTube data.
- [YouTube Email & Lead Scraper](https://youtubescraperapi.com/youtube-email-scraper): structured YouTube data.
- [YouTube Shorts Scraper](https://youtubescraperapi.com/youtube-shorts-scraper): structured YouTube data.
- [Free YouTube Scraper](https://youtubescraperapi.com/free-youtube-scraper): structured YouTube data.

## Guides and tutorials
- [Best YouTube Scrapers & APIs in 2026: Compared & Ranked](https://youtubescraperapi.com/blog/best-youtube-scrapers-2026)
- [How to Get the Transcript of a YouTube Video](https://youtubescraperapi.com/blog/how-to-get-youtube-transcript)
- [How to Scrape YouTube Comments With Python](https://youtubescraperapi.com/blog/how-to-scrape-youtube-comments-with-python)
- [How to Scrape YouTube (Python, Selenium & More)](https://youtubescraperapi.com/blog/how-to-scrape-youtube)
- [Is Scraping YouTube Legal? Terms of Service Explained](https://youtubescraperapi.com/blog/is-scraping-youtube-legal)

## Company
- [About](https://youtubescraperapi.com/about): who runs the site.

Content is licensed CC BY 4.0 with attribution to youtubescraperapi.com (https://youtubescraperapi.com). Last updated 2026-06-28.