Generate Youtube Transcript

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I tried to download a Youtube Transcript Extension on n8n-nodes youtube transcript - npm search

they seem to not work for some reason. Does anyone have one that works or know why the existing one doesn’t? The one I used in the workflow is deprecated n8n-nodes-youtube-transcript

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Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version: 1.69.2
  • Database (default: SQLite): QLite
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): own, main
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): self-hosted in google cloud
  • Operating system: Windows10
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The package is currently deprecated and no longer actively maintained. Earlier this year, YouTube updated its internal APIs, which caused many packages for Node.js, Python, and other platforms to stop working and remain unadapted.

The n8n-nodes-youtube-transcript package did not rely on libraries but instead launched a browser. The browser opened the video page, clicked the “Show Transcript” button, and extracted the transcript.

Unfortunately, this approach is very resource-intensive. Since most workflows using this node aim to load transcripts from many videos, the implementation does not work reliably in such scenarios.

For further details about the n8n setup and considerations, please refer to the README.md file on the GitHub page:

GitHub - hapheus/n8n-nodes-youtube-transcript.

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Isnt there any other version to realize this as of right now?

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This flow works for me. You will need an Apify account. You get $5 free credit each month which will get over 1000 transcripts a month I think

Use my link Apify

Here is the flow

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Works fine for me. I run an instance on one of my subdomains. Works fine

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