Transcripts · zh-Hans
Chinese (Simplified) YouTube transcripts
简体中文
YouTube tags Simplified Chinese as `zh-Hans`, `zh-CN`, or sometimes `zh`. Pass `lang=zh-Hans`; we prefix-match `zh` if that is all the video has. Traditional is a separate page.
curl
curl "https://api.ytapi.dev/v1/transcripts/dQw4w9WgXcQ?lang=zh-Hans" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer yta_YOUR_KEY"
Example 200
{ "video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ", "lang": "zh-Hans", "is_auto_generated": true, "is_translated": true, "segments": [ { "start": 18, "duration": 4.2, "text": "我们对爱并不陌生" }, { "start": 22.2, "duration": 4.8, "text": "你知道规则,我也知道" } ] }
Probe available tracks first with the free GET /v1/transcripts/{id}/languages endpoint — 0 credits. Fetching the transcript itself is 1 credit on HTTP 200; missing tracks return transcript_language_not_available and are not billed.