Joel Cantero 
This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #11867 — we link there as the canonical source.
This workflow follows the Execute Workflow Trigger → HTTP Request recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
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{
"id": "L6ZTFOllD9qQVYlu",
"name": "Transcript YouTube Video (Transcript API)",
"tags": [],
"nodes": [
{
"id": "fd8ce10b-25d3-455b-9121-2c5bf6192b1a",
"name": "Set Variables",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
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"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
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{
"id": "a6f0f3c4-2d89-4c4e-9b43-1c8a0e22f001",
"name": "youtubeVideoId",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.youtubeVideoId }}"
},
{
"id": "3dc94d21-257f-430c-b087-95dad39bf829",
"name": "apiToken",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.apiToken }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "1b30c4f2-09a2-41b2-a681-b96c5fd1cae4",
"name": "Get Transcript (YouTube Transcript API)",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"notes": "Calls youtube-transcript.io API. Response is set to Full Response + text, so we parse body safely in the next node.",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"url": "https://www.youtube-transcript.io/api/transcripts",
"method": "POST",
"options": {
"response": {
"response": {
"neverError": true,
"fullResponse": true,
"responseFormat": "text"
}
}
},
"jsonBody": "={\n \"ids\": [\n \"{{ $('Set Variables').item.json.youtubeVideoId }}\"\n ]\n}",
"sendBody": true,
"sendHeaders": true,
"specifyBody": "json",
"headerParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"name": "Authorization",
"value": "=Basic {{ $json.apiToken }}"
}
]
}
},
"retryOnFail": true,
"typeVersion": 4.2,
"waitBetweenTries": 5000
},
{
"id": "ab4d562f-1c9e-4d88-bdd2-485e94dadc31",
"name": "Parse API Response",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"jsCode": "const videoId = $('Set Variables').item.json.youtubeVideoId;\n\n\n// n8n HTTP Request (fullResponse + text) usually returns: { statusCode, headers, body }\nconst raw = ($json && ($json.body ?? $json.data)) ?? null;\n\nlet parsed;\ntry {\n parsed = typeof raw === 'string' ? JSON.parse(raw) : raw;\n} catch (e) {\n return [{ json: { videoId, status: 'error', error: 'Invalid JSON response from transcript API', source: 'youtube_transcript_api' } }];\n}\n\n// Support multiple possible shapes\nconst firstItem = Array.isArray(parsed)\n ? parsed[0]\n : (Array.isArray(parsed?.data) ? parsed.data[0] : parsed?.data?.[0]);\n\n// Common fields seen in transcript APIs: text / transcript / tracks[].transcript[]\nlet text = firstItem?.text ?? firstItem?.transcript ?? null;\n\nif (!text && firstItem?.tracks?.[0]?.transcript?.length) {\n text = firstItem.tracks[0].transcript.map(t => t.text).join(' ');\n}\n\nconst language = firstItem?.language ?? firstItem?.lang ?? firstItem?.tracks?.[0]?.language\n\nreturn [{\n json: {\n videoId,\n language,\n text,\n status: text ? 'found' : 'no_transcript',\n source: 'youtube_transcript_api'\n }\n}];"
},
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{
"id": "ba9d71c7-a461-46d5-9220-559e56868480",
"name": "IF Has Transcript?",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
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"parameters": {
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"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
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"conditions": [
{
"id": "has-transcript",
"operator": {
"type": "boolean",
"operation": "true",
"singleValue": true
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.text !== null && $json.text !== undefined && $json.text !== '' }}",
"rightValue": ""
}
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}
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},
{
"id": "ac4bf08b-396b-4b7d-bf0e-bf2e5e426a1d",
"name": "Clean Transcript",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"jsCode": "const videoId = $json.videoId;\nconst language = $json.language;\n\n\nlet text = $json.text;\n\n// Normalize to string\ntext = typeof text === 'string' ? text : JSON.stringify(text);\n\n// Basic cleaning (safe for most transcript sources)\ntext = text\n .replace(/\\r?\\n/g, ' ')\n .replace(/\\s+/g, ' ')\n .replace(/\\[(music|m\u00fasica|musica)\\]/gi, '')\n .trim();\n\nreturn [{\n json: {\n videoId,\n language,\n text,\n wordCount: text ? text.split(' ').filter(Boolean).length : 0,\n charCount: text ? text.length : 0,\n status: 'success',\n source: 'youtube_transcript_api'\n }\n}];"
},
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"id": "bbfe49d2-777c-4b3a-8aa9-acbe41414131",
"name": "No Transcript Fallback",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
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"parameters": {
"jsCode": "return [{\n json: {\n videoId: $('Set Variables').item.json.youtubeVideoId,\n language: $('Set Variables').item.json.preferredLanguage || 'es',\n error: 'No transcript available for this video (or API returned empty).',\n status: 'no_transcript',\n suggestion: 'Try another language, or use a Whisper/ASR fallback.',\n source: 'youtube_transcript_api'\n }\n}];"
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{
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"name": "Sticky Note - Overview",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
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"parameters": {
"width": 760,
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"content": "## \ud83d\ude80 Try It Out!\n\n### **YouTube Transcript API Extractor** *(Any Public Video)*\nExtracts a clean transcript from a **videoId** using **youtube-transcript.io**.\n\n---\n\n### \ud83c\udfaf **Use Cases**\n- AI summaries, sentiment analysis, keyword extraction\n- Internal indexing/SEO\n- Content pipelines (blog/newsletter)\n- Batch transcript processing\n\n---\n\n### \ud83d\udd04 **How It Works** *(5 Steps)*\n1. **\ud83d\udce5 Input**: `youtubeVideoId`, `apiToken`\n2. **\ud83c\udf10 API**: POST to youtube-transcript.io\n3. **\ud83e\udde9 Parse**: Normalizes the response format\n4. **\ud83e\uddf9 Clean**: Normalizes text and whitespace\n5. **\u2705 Output**: Transcript + metrics (`wordCount`/`charCount`)\n\n---\n\n### \ud83d\ude80 **How to Use**\nPayload: \n`{\"youtubeVideoId\":\"xObjAdhDxBE\", \"apiToken\": \"xxxxxxxxxx\"}`\n\n\n**\u2699\ufe0f Setup**:\n- This sub-workflow is intended to be called from another workflow (Execute Workflow Trigger)\n"
},
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},
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"id": "a3052424-f30d-4e55-927e-c28bc032c336",
"name": "Sticky Note - Input",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 360,
"height": 420,
"content": "## 1. Input Processing\n- Receives execution as a sub-workflow\n- Defines `youtubeVideoId` and `preferredLanguage`\n\nExample:\n{\n \"youtubeVideoId\": \"xObjAdhDxBE\",\n}"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
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"name": "Sticky Note - API",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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480
],
"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 280,
"height": 420,
"content": "## 2. Transcript API Request\n- Calls **youtube-transcript.io**\n- Does not require YouTube OAuth\n- Returns the response (Full Response + text)\n- The next node performs robust parsing"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
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"name": "Sticky Note - Processing",
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"position": [
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"parameters": {
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"width": 640,
"height": 380,
"content": "## 3. Parsing & Cleaning\n- Parses JSON even when the response arrives as a string (using safe parsing / try-catch) \n- Supports multiple response shapes (`text` / `transcript` / `tracks`)\n- Basic cleaning:\n - `\\n` \u2192 space\n - Collapses repeated whitespace\n - Removes `[Music]` / `[M\u00fasica]`\n\nOutput: text ready for AI processing\n"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "1ebe6831-0b73-44f8-b7cf-6591109a293a",
"name": "Sticky Note - Output",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
2720,
320
],
"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 640,
"height": 380,
"content": "## \u2705 Final Output Format\n\nSuccess:\n{\n \"videoId\": \"xObjAdhDxBE\",\n \"language\": \"es\",\n \"text\": \"Clean transcript text...\",\n \"wordCount\": 1234,\n \"charCount\": 5678,\n \"status\": \"success\",\n \"source\": \"youtube_transcript_api\"\n}"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
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"name": "Sticky Note - Errors",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
2720,
736
],
"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 480,
"height": 200,
"content": "## \u274c No Transcript\n\nWhen no transcript is available:\n- Returns a structured error (**No Transcript Fallback**)\n- Ends the execution with **Stop and Error**\n- Suggests an ASR/Whisper fallback\n"
},
"typeVersion": 1
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{
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{
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"content": "## \u274c Not Enough Credits\n\nWhen no credits is available:\n- Returns a structured error\n- Ends the execution with **Stop and Error**\n"
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Extracts a clean transcript from a videoId using youtube-transcript.io. AI summaries, sentiment analysis, keyword extraction Internal indexing/SEO Content pipelines (blog/newsletter) Batch transcript processing 📥 Input: , 🌐 API: POST to youtube-transcript.io 🧩 Parse: Normalizes…
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