Free YouTube video
summarizer

Paste a YouTube link. Get the summary and the key points, with times.

How it works

Paste a link

A video link.

Get the summary

AI writes it from what is said in the video.

Check it

Each key point has its time, and the full transcript is below.

Why use this tool

Free, no account

Paste a link and get the summary. No signup and nothing to install.

Only what is said

The summary is written from the transcript, and nothing else.

Times on the key pointsJump to the part of the video a point came from.

The transcript comes tooThe full text sits under the summary, so you can check it.

No private accountsPrivate accounts and posts are not read.

AI can be wrongCheck the transcript before you rely on a point.

Who it is for

Students and researchers

Get the point of a talk or lecture, with times to go back to.

Creators and marketers

See what a video says before you spend time watching it.

Anyone short on time

Decide whether a long video is worth watching.

Developers

See what a summary of a transcript gives you, then build it on the API.

Use this in your app

Get a keySign up and get 100 free credits. No card needed.
Send a requestPass the video ID with your key.
Use the JSONThe API returns the transcript, and you summarize it with your own model.

See the reference

1curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/youtube/video/transcript" \2  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \3  --data-urlencode "id=dQw4w9WgXcQ" \4  --data-urlencode "language=de"

1import os2import requests34params = {5    "id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",6    "language": "de",7}8res = requests.get(9    "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/youtube/video/transcript",10    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},11    params=params,12)13body = res.json()1415if body["ok"]:16    print(body["data"])17else:18    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])

1const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/youtube/video/transcript");2url.search = new URLSearchParams({3  "id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",4  "language": "de"5}).toString();6const res = await fetch(url, {7  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },8});9const body = await res.json();1011if (body.ok) {12  console.log(body.data);13} else {14  console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);15}

200 OKSample response

{
  "ok": true,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 4999,
  "cached": false,
  "cached_at": null,
  "request_id": "req_e45a821caf0eddcb356f1b98",
  "data": {
    "object": "transcript",
    "platform": "youtube",
    "video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
    "language": "de-DE",
    "source": "captions",
    "duration_seconds": 213,
    "text": "Uns beiden ist die Liebe nicht fremd Du kennst die Regeln genau wie ich Für mich zählst nur du Das kriegst du sonst von keinem hier Ich will dir sagen, wie ich fühle Damit du es auch verstehst Ich geb dich niemals auf Lass dich niemals im S...",
    "segments": [
      {
        "start": 18.64,
        "end": 21.880000000000003,
        "text": "Uns beiden ist die Liebe nicht fremd"
      },
      {
        "start": 22.64,
        "end": 26.96,
        "text": "Du kennst die Regeln genau wie ich"
      },
      {
        "start": 27.04,
        "end": 31.04,
        "text": "Für mich zählst nur du"
      }
    ],
    "available_languages": [
      "de-DE",
      "en",
      "es-419"
    ],
    "extra": {
      "language_name": "German (Germany)",
      "tracks": [
        {
          "auto": false,
          "code": "en",
          "name": "English"
        },
        {
          "auto": true,
          "code": "en",
          "name": "English (auto-generated)"
        },
        {
          "auto": false,
          "code": "de-DE",
          "name": "German (Germany)"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "cursor": null,
  "has_more": null
}

Questions

How does the summary know what the video says?

It is written from the video's captions and nothing else. Each key point keeps its time, and the full transcript sits under the summary, so you can check any point.

Can the summary be wrong?

Yes. AI can miss or misread something, and captions can have errors of their own. Check the transcript before you rely on a point.

How long can the video be?

Long videos work. On a very long one the summary may cover only the first part, and the result says where it stops.

Is this tool free?

Yes. No account and no card. Each visitor gets a limited number of lookups an hour, so it stays free for everyone.

How do I get this data in my own app?

Send GET /v1/youtube/video/transcript with your key in the x-api-key header. A request costs 1 credit for captions; AI transcription 1 up to 2 minutes, then 5 per started minute of the whole video. A repeat of something fetched recently costs 0 credits, and failed requests are free. See the reference.

Free YouTube video summarizer