Get Video Subtitles

GET

youtube

subtitles

meta

cURL

curl -X GET "https://apiv3.creatordb.app/youtube/subtitles/meta?videoId=icxrUIGoEg8" \
-H "api-key: <YOUR_API_KEY>"

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'api-key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://apiv3.creatordb.app/youtube/subtitles/meta', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

import requests

url = "https://apiv3.creatordb.app/youtube/subtitles/meta"

headers = {"api-key": "<api-key>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://apiv3.creatordb.app/youtube/subtitles/meta",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "api-key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://apiv3.creatordb.app/youtube/subtitles/meta")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["api-key"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://apiv3.creatordb.app/youtube/subtitles/meta"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("api-key", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://apiv3.creatordb.app/youtube/subtitles/meta")
  .header("api-key", "<api-key>")
  .asString();

{
  "data": {
    "videoId": "icxrUIGoEg8",
    "channelId": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
    "availableSubtitles": [
      {
        "vssId": "a.en",
        "lang": "English (Auto-generated)",
        "langCode": "en"
      },
      {
        "vssId": ".en",
        "lang": "English",
        "langCode": "en"
      },
      {
        "vssId": ".zh-Hant",
        "lang": "Chinese (Traditional)",
        "langCode": "zh-Hant"
      }
    ]
  },
  "creditsUsed": 1,
  "creditsAvailable": -1,
  "traceId": "f8e4a3b2c1d0e9f8a7b6c5d4e3f2a1b0",
  "timestamp": 1750732453635,
  "errorCode": "",
  "errorDescription": "",
  "success": true
}

Authorizations

api-key

string

header

required

The valid CreatorDB API key for authentication.

Query Parameters

videoId

string

required

The unique YouTube video ID (length: 11 characters).

Required string length: 11

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{11}$

Example:

"icxrUIGoEg8"

Response

Metadata of YouTube subtitles returned successfully.

YouTube Subtitle Meta API response - available subtitle metadata for a video

data

object

required

Subtitle metadata for the video.

Show child attributes

creditsUsed

integer

required

Number of API credits consumed by this request.

Example:

1

creditsAvailable

integer

required

Number of API credits remaining.

Example:

-1

traceId

string

required

Unique trace ID for each request.

Example:

"f8e4a3b2c1d0e9f8a7b6c5d4e3f2a1b0"

timestamp

integer

required

Time the response was generated, represented as a Unix timestamp in milliseconds.

Example:

1750732453635

errorCode

string

required

Error code returned if the request fails. Empty if the request is successful.

Example:

""

errorDescription

string

required

Description of the error. Empty if the request is successful.

Example:

""

success

boolean

required

true if the request is successful.

Example:

true

Last modified on July 28, 2026

Download Video SubtitlesStreams the specified YouTube video's subtitle data as a JSON file download with the filename format `{videoId}-{vssId}.json`. Returns a `content-disposition` attachment. Returns `404` if the video or subtitle ID is not found.

⌘I

cURL

curl -X GET "https://apiv3.creatordb.app/youtube/subtitles/meta?videoId=icxrUIGoEg8" \
-H "api-key: <YOUR_API_KEY>"

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'api-key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://apiv3.creatordb.app/youtube/subtitles/meta', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

import requests

url = "https://apiv3.creatordb.app/youtube/subtitles/meta"

headers = {"api-key": "<api-key>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://apiv3.creatordb.app/youtube/subtitles/meta",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "api-key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://apiv3.creatordb.app/youtube/subtitles/meta")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["api-key"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://apiv3.creatordb.app/youtube/subtitles/meta"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("api-key", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://apiv3.creatordb.app/youtube/subtitles/meta")
  .header("api-key", "<api-key>")
  .asString();

{
  "data": {
    "videoId": "icxrUIGoEg8",
    "channelId": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
    "availableSubtitles": [
      {
        "vssId": "a.en",
        "lang": "English (Auto-generated)",
        "langCode": "en"
      },
      {
        "vssId": ".en",
        "lang": "English",
        "langCode": "en"
      },
      {
        "vssId": ".zh-Hant",
        "lang": "Chinese (Traditional)",
        "langCode": "zh-Hant"
      }
    ]
  },
  "creditsUsed": 1,
  "creditsAvailable": -1,
  "traceId": "f8e4a3b2c1d0e9f8a7b6c5d4e3f2a1b0",
  "timestamp": 1750732453635,
  "errorCode": "",
  "errorDescription": "",
  "success": true
}

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API Endpoints

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Troubleshooting and FAQs

Authorizations

Query Parameters

Response