

The caption track is returned in its original format unless the request specifies a value for the tfmt parameter and in its original language unless the request specifies a value for the tlang parameter. When updating a caption track, you can change the track's draft status, upload a new caption file for the track, or both. Note that the API response does not contain the actual captions and that the captions.download method provides the ability to retrieve a caption track. YouTube Data API (v3) Code Samples You can explore common use cases for the YouTube Data API and YouTube Live Streaming API on the use cases and code samples page.


The API supports the following methods for captions resources: list Retrieve a list of caption tracks that are associated with a specified video. A caption track is associated with exactly one YouTube video. Way that caption IDs are generated and, as part of that change, is assigning new caption IDsĪ caption resource represents a YouTube caption track. Click 'Find' button Extract tags from YouTube video 4. Note: On August 5, 2022, YouTube announced that it has changed the Enter the YouTube URL in the text field 3.
