# YouTube Transcript API

> Simple, reliable API to extract transcripts and metadata from YouTube videos. Get video transcripts, metadata, chapters, comments, and channel information with a single API call.

## API Reference

- [Transcripts](/docs/api/transcripts): Get video transcripts in JSON, text, or SRT format
- [Languages](/docs/api/languages): List available transcript languages for a video
- [Videos](/docs/api/videos): Get video metadata (title, description, views, likes, tags)
- [Chapters](/docs/api/chapters): Get video chapters with timestamps
- [Comments](/docs/api/comments): Get video comments with pagination
- [Channels](/docs/api/channels): Get channel metadata and video list
- [Search](/docs/api/search): Search YouTube videos

## Guides

- [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart): Get started in under 5 minutes
- [Authentication](/docs/authentication): API key authentication
- [Rate Limits](/docs/rate-limits): Rate limiting and best practices
- [Error Handling](/docs/errors): Error codes and handling

## Code Examples

- [Python](/docs/examples/python): Python example with requests
- [JavaScript](/docs/examples/javascript): Node.js and browser examples
- [cURL](/docs/examples/curl): Command line examples

## Optional

- [Pricing](/pricing): Pay-as-you-go pricing ($1 per 1000 calls)
- [Dashboard](/dashboard): Manage API keys and view usage