strapi-plugin-youtube-transcript

Name: strapi-plugin-youtube-transcript
Author: Juan David Arias

Strapi 5 plugin that fetches and stores YouTube video transcripts as content types with full REST API support (fetch, list, get, delete).

Latest version

v1.0.0

released July 29, 2026

npm install strapi-plugin-youtube-transcript

Strapi Plugin: YouTube Transcript

Fetch and generate transcripts from YouTube videos. Store them as content types and expose via REST API.

Installation

npm install strapi-plugin-youtube-transcript

Then enable in config/plugins.ts:

export default {
  'youtube-transcript': { enabled: true },
};

Authentication

Endpoint	Auth required
`POST /fetch-transcript`	✅ Yes — Bearer token or session
`GET /transcripts`	❌ Public
`GET /transcripts/:id`	❌ Public
`DELETE /transcripts/:id`	✅ Yes — Bearer token or session

To call authenticated endpoints, pass your Strapi API token:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>" ...

API Reference

Fetch and save a transcript

POST /api/youtube-transcript/fetch-transcript
Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>
Content-Type: application/json

{ "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" }

Response:

{ "data": { "documentId": "...", "videoId": "dQw4w9WgXcQ", ... }, "created": true }

If the transcript already exists, it is updated and created is false.

List all transcripts

GET /api/youtube-transcript/transcripts

Get transcript by ID

GET /api/youtube-transcript/transcripts/:id

Delete transcript

DELETE /api/youtube-transcript/transcripts/:id
Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>

Content Type Schema

Field	Type	Description
`videoId`	string (unique)	YouTube video ID (e.g. `dQw4w9WgXcQ`)
`videoUrl`	string (unique)	Full YouTube URL
`transcript`	richtext	Full transcript text
`language`	string	Language code (e.g. `en`)
`segments`	json	Timestamped transcript segments `[{ text, start, duration }]`

Local Development

Clone this repo. The project contains the plugin and a playground Strapi app.

# 1. Build the plugin
cd plugins/strapi-plugin-youtube-transcript
npm install

# 2. Run the playground
cd ../../playground
npm install
npm run develop

License

MIT