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announcement·ScriptBase Team·1 min read

Introducing ScriptBase

Meet ScriptBase — the fastest API for extracting video transcripts and metadata from any platform.

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What is ScriptBase?

ScriptBase is a developer API that extracts transcripts, metadata, and video data from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, Vimeo, and more — all through a single endpoint.

We built ScriptBase because extracting video transcripts shouldn't require maintaining fragile scrapers, dealing with rate limits from multiple platforms, or deploying speech-to-text infrastructure.

Key Features

  • Sub-second extraction — Get a full transcript back in under a second
  • Word-level timestamps — Every word includes start and end times
  • 100+ languages — Native captions when available, speech model fallback
  • Multiple formats — JSON, plain text, SRT, VTT, and Markdown
  • Zero data retention — We never store or train on your content

Getting Started

Sign up for a free account and get 60 minutes of transcription — no credit card required.

Terminal window
curl "https://api.scriptbase.app/api/v1/transcribe?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Check out the documentation for detailed API reference and guides.