Live YouTube Subtitles provides real-time data on subtitles in the video you specify in the request. You will get data from the watching page containing subtitled text, its language, and duration in the video.
POST
Your account will be charged for each request.
The cost can be calculated on the Pricing page.
All POST data should be sent in the JSON format (UTF-8 encoding). When setting a task, you should send all task parameters in the task array of the generic POST array. You can send up to 2000 API calls per minute, each Live SERP API call can contain only one task.
Below you will find a detailed description of the fields you can use for setting a task.
Description of the fields for setting a task:
| Field name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
video_id |
string | ID of the video required field you can find video ID in the URL or ‘youtube_video’ item of YouTube Organic result example: Y8Wu4rSNJms
|
subtitles_language |
string | language code of original text you can get the language code from YouTube Video Info result |
subtitles_translate_language |
string | language code of translated text possible values: "az", "ay", "ak", "sq", "am", "en", "ar", "hy", "as", "af", "eu", "be", "bn", "my", "bg", "bs", "bho", "cy", "hu", "vi", "haw", "ht", "gl", "lg", "el", "ka", "gn", "gu", "gd", "da", "fy", "zu", "iw", "ig", "yi", "id", "ga", "is", "es", "it", "yo", "kk", "kn", "ca", "qu", "rw", "ky", "zh-Hant", "zh-Hans", "ko", "co", "xh", "ku", "km", "lo", "la", "lv", "ln", "lt", "lb", "mk", "mg", "ms", "ml", "dv", "mt", "mi", "mr", "mn", "und", "de", "ne", "nl", "no", "ny", "or", "om", "pa", "fa", "pl", "pt", "ps", "ro", "ru", "sm", "sa", "ceb", "nso", "sr", "si", "sd", "sk", "sl", "so", "sw", "su", "tg", "th", "ta", "tt", "te", "ti", "ts", "tr", "tk", "uz", "ug", "uk", "ur", "fil", "fi", "fr", "ha", "hi", "hmn", "hr", "cs", "sv", "sn", "ee", "eo", "et", "st", "jv", "ja", "kri"
|
location_name |
string | full name of search engine location required field if you don’t specify location_codeif you use this field, you don’t need to specify location_codeyou can receive the list of available locations of the search engine with their location_name by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/youtube/locationsexample: United States |
location_code |
integer | search engine location code required field if you don’t specify location_name if you use this field, you don’t need to specify location_nameyou can receive the list of available locations of the search engines with their location_code by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/youtube/locationsexample: 2840 |
language_name |
string | full name of search engine language required field if you don’t specify language_codeif you use this field, you don’t need to specify language_codeyou can receive the list of available languages of the search engine with their language_name by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/youtube/languagesexample: English |
language_code |
string | search engine language code required field if you don’t specify language_nameif you use this field, you don’t need to specify language_nameyou can receive the list of available languages of the search engine with their language_code by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/youtube/languagesexample: en |
device |
string | device type optional field only value: desktop |
os |
string | device operating system optional field choose from the following values: windows, macosdefault value: windows |
tag |
string | user-defined task identifier optional field the character limit is 255 you can use this parameter to identify the task and match it with the result you will find the specified tag value in the data object of the response |
As a response of the API server, you will receive JSON-encoded data containing a tasks array with the information specific to the set tasks.
Description of the fields in the results array:
| Field name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
version |
string | the current version of the API |
status_code |
integer | general status code you can find the full list of the response codes here Note: we strongly recommend designing a necessary system for handling related exceptional or error conditions |
status_message |
string | general informational message you can find the full list of general informational messages here |
time |
string | execution time, seconds |
cost |
float | total tasks cost, USD |
tasks_count |
integer | the number of tasks in the tasks array |
tasks_error |
integer | the number of tasks in the tasks array returned with an error |
tasks |
array | array of tasks |
id |
string | task identifier unique task identifier in our system in the UUID format |
status_code |
integer | status code of the task generated by DataForSEO; can be within the following range: 10000-60000 you can find the full list of the response codes here |
status_message |
string | informational message of the task you can find the full list of general informational messages here |
time |
string | execution time, seconds |
cost |
float | cost of the task, USD |
result_count |
integer | number of elements in the result array |
path |
array | URL path |
data |
object | contains the same parameters that you specified in the POST request |
result |
array | array of results |
video_id |
string | ID of the video received in a POST array |
se_domain |
string | search engine domain in a POST array |
location_code |
integer | location code in a POST array |
language_code |
string | language code in a POST array |
check_url |
string | direct URL to search engine results you can use it to make sure that we provided accurate results |
datetime |
string | date and time when the result was received in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00” example: 2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00 |
spell |
object | autocorrection of the search engine if the search engine provided results for a keyword that was corrected, we will specify the keyword corrected by the search engine and the type of autocorrection |
refinement_chips |
object | search refinement chips equals null |
item_types |
array | types of search results in SERP contains types of search results ( items) found in SERP.possible item: youtube_subtitles |
unsupported_language |
boolean | indicates whether the language is unsupported by the system |
translate_language |
string | language code of translated text |
origin_language |
string | language code of original text |
category |
string | the category the video belongs to |
subtitles_count |
integer | number of subtitles in the video |
title |
string | title of the video |
items_count |
integer | the number of results returned in the items array |
items |
array | elements of search results found in SERP |
type |
string | type of element = ‘youtube_subtitles’ |
rank_group |
integer | group rank in SERP position within a group of elements with identical type valuespositions of elements with different type values are omitted from rank_group |
rank_absolute |
integer | absolute rank in SERP for the target domain absolute position among all the elements in SERP |
text |
string | text translated in subtitles |
start_time |
integer | the second subtitled text starts |
end_time |
integer | the second subtitled text ends |
duration_time |
integer | duration of subtitles in seconds |
Instead of ‘login’ and ‘password’ use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access
# Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access
login="login"
password="password"
cred="$(printf ${login}:${password} | base64)"
curl --location --request POST "https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/youtube/video_subtitles/live/advanced"
--header "Authorization: Basic ${cred}"
--header "Content-Type: application/json"
--data-raw "[
{
"language_code": "en",
"location_code": 2840,
"video_id": "Y8Wu4rSNJms"
}
]"<?php
// You can download this file from here https://cdn.dataforseo.com/v3/examples/php/php_RestClient.zip
require('RestClient.php');
$api_url = 'https://api.dataforseo.com/';
try {
// Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access
$client = new RestClient($api_url, null, 'login', 'password');
} catch (RestClientException $e) {
echo "n";
print "HTTP code: {$e->getHttpCode()}n";
print "Error code: {$e->getCode()}n";
print "Message: {$e->getMessage()}n";
print $e->getTraceAsString();
echo "n";
exit();
}
$post_array = array();
// You can set only one task at a time
$post_array[] = array(
"language_code" => "en",
"location_code" => 2840,
"video_id" => mb_convert_encoding("Y8Wu4rSNJms", "UTF-8")
);
try {
// POST /v3/serp/youtube/video_subtitles/live/advanced
// in addition to 'youtube' and 'video_subtitles' you can also set other search engine and type parameters
// the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
$result = $client->post('/v3/serp/youtube/video_subtitles/live/advanced', $post_array);
print_r($result);
// do something with post result
} catch (RestClientException $e) {
echo "n";
print "HTTP code: {$e->getHttpCode()}n";
print "Error code: {$e->getCode()}n";
print "Message: {$e->getMessage()}n";
print $e->getTraceAsString();
echo "n";
}
$client = null;
?>const axios = require('axios');
axios({
method: 'post',
url: 'https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/youtube/video_subtitles/live/advanced',
auth: {
username: 'login',
password: 'password'
},
data: [{
"video_id": encodeURI("Y8Wu4rSNJms"),
"language_code": "en",
"location_code": 2840
}],
headers: {
'content-type': 'application/json'
}
}).then(function (response) {
var result = response['data']['tasks'];
// Result data
console.log(result);
}).catch(function (error) {
console.log(error);
});from client import RestClient
# You can download this file from here https://cdn.dataforseo.com/v3/examples/python/python_Client.zip
client = RestClient("login", "password")
post_data = dict()
# You can set only one task at a time
post_data[len(post_data)] = dict(
language_code="en",
location_code=2840,
video_id="Y8Wu4rSNJms"
)
# POST /v3/serp/youtube/video_subtitles/live/advanced
# in addition to 'youtube' and 'video_subtitles' you can also set other search engine and type parameters
# the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
response = client.post("/v3/serp/youtube/video_subtitles/live/advanced", post_data)
# you can find the full list of the response codes here https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors
if response["status_code"] == 20000:
print(response)
# do something with result
else:
print("error. Code: %d Message: %s" % (response["status_code"], response["status_message"]))using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace DataForSeoDemos
{
public static partial class Demos
{
public static async Task serp_live_advanced()
{
var httpClient = new HttpClient
{
BaseAddress = new Uri("https://api.dataforseo.com/"),
// Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access
//DefaultRequestHeaders = { Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("login:password"))) }
};
var postData = new List<object>();
// You can set only one task at a time
postData.Add(new
{
language_code = "en",
location_code = 2840,
video_id = "Y8Wu4rSNJms"
});
// POST /v3/serp/youtube/video_subtitles/live/advanced
// in addition to 'youtube' and 'video_subtitles' you can also set other search engine and type parameters
// the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
var taskPostResponse = await httpClient.PostAsync("/v3/serp/youtube/video_subtitles/live/advanced", new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(postData)));
var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<dynamic>(await taskPostResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
// you can find the full list of the response codes here https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors
if (result.status_code == 20000)
{
// do something with result
Console.WriteLine(result);
}
else
Console.WriteLine($"error. Code: {result.status_code} Message: {result.status_message}");
}
}
}The above command returns JSON structured like this:
{
"version": "0.1.20220819",
"status_code": 20000,
"status_message": "Ok.",
"time": "2.4625 sec.",
"cost": 0.006,
"tasks_count": 1,
"tasks_error": 0,
"tasks": [
{
"id": "11151919-4426-0139-0000-0d5843758631",
"status_code": 20000,
"status_message": "Ok.",
"time": "2.0523 sec.",
"cost": 0.006,
"result_count": 1,
"path": [
"v3",
"serp",
"youtube",
"video_subtitles",
"live",
"advanced"
],
"data": {
"api": "serp",
"function": "live",
"se": "youtube",
"se_type": "video_subtitles",
"language_code": "en",
"location_code": 2840,
"video_id": "Y8Wu4rSNJms",
"subtitles_language": "en",
"subtitles_translate_language": "it",
"device": "desktop",
"os": "windows"
},
"result": [
{
"video_id": "Y8Wu4rSNJms",
"se_domain": "youtube.com",
"location_code": 2840,
"language_code": "en",
"check_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8Wu4rSNJms",
"datetime": "2022-11-15 17:19:04 +00:00",
"spell": null,
"refinement_chips": null,
"item_types": [
"youtube_subtitles"
],
"unsupported_language": false,
"translate_language": "it",
"origin_language": "en",
"category": "Autos & Vehicles",
"subtitles_count": 31,
"title": "How to set up BMW eDrive Modes in the New Generation of BMW Plug-In Hybrids",
"items_count": 31,
"items": [
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 1,
"rank_absolute": 1,
"text": "elettrizza la tua efficienza di guida",
"start_time": 1.12,
"end_time": 6,
"duration_time": 4.88
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 2,
"rank_absolute": 2,
"text": "la trazione ibrida plug-in nelle BMW con",
"start_time": 3.679,
"end_time": 8.48,
"duration_time": 4.801
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 3,
"rank_absolute": 3,
"text": "sistema operativo 8 ti offre il",
"start_time": 6,
"end_time": 10.72,
"duration_time": 4.719
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 4,
"rank_absolute": 4,
"text": "controllo individuale per passare dalla trazione completamente elettrica alla",
"start_time": 8.48,
"end_time": 13.36,
"duration_time": 4.88
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 5,
"rank_absolute": 5,
"text": "trazione combinata del motore",
"start_time": 10.719,
"end_time": 15.6,
"duration_time": 4.88
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 6,
"rank_absolute": 6,
"text": "premi il pulsante delle impostazioni di guida nella",
"start_time": 13.36,
"end_time": 17.68,
"duration_time": 4.32
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 7,
"rank_absolute": 7,
"text": "console centrale",
"start_time": 15.599,
"end_time": 19.76,
"duration_time": 4.161
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 8,
"rank_absolute": 8,
"text": "sotto la trasmissione e il telaio puoi",
"start_time": 17.68,
"end_time": 23.04,
"duration_time": 5.359
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 9,
"rank_absolute": 9,
"text": "attivare rapidamente la trazione elettrica modalità in",
"start_time": 19.76,
"end_time": 25.04,
"duration_time": 5.279
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 10,
"rank_absolute": 10,
"text": "alternativa apri le",
"start_time": 23.039,
"end_time": 27.2,
"duration_time": 4.16
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 11,
"rank_absolute": 11,
"text": "impostazioni di trasmissione e telaio dove puoi anche",
"start_time": 25.039,
"end_time": 29.44,
"duration_time": 4.4
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 12,
"rank_absolute": 12,
"text": "avviare o arrestare la modalità di guida elettrica,",
"start_time": 27.199,
"end_time": 31.12,
"duration_time": 3.92
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 13,
"rank_absolute": 13,
"text": "nonché attivare l'elettrico",
"start_time": 29.439,
"end_time": 33.36,
"duration_time": 3.921
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 14,
"rank_absolute": 14,
"text": "automaticamente impostando in elettrico",
"start_time": 31.119,
"end_time": 35.76,
"duration_time": 4.641
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 15,
"rank_absolute": 15,
"text": "automaticamente la tua bmw si avvierà in",
"start_time": 33.36,
"end_time": 37.76,
"duration_time": 4.4
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 16,
"rank_absolute": 16,
"text": "modalità elettrica se la carica della batteria è",
"start_time": 35.76,
"end_time": 40.64,
"duration_time": 4.88
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 17,
"rank_absolute": 17,
"text": "abbastanza alta generalmente la tua bmw regola",
"start_time": 37.76,
"end_time": 43.04,
"duration_time": 5.28
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 18,
"rank_absolute": 18,
"text": "la spina -nella guida ibrida in modo intelligente",
"start_time": 40.64,
"end_time": 45.28,
"duration_time": 4.64
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 19,
"rank_absolute": 19,
"text": "fintanto che non guidi in modo troppo sportivo o",
"start_time": 43.04,
"end_time": 47.68,
"duration_time": 4.64
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 20,
"rank_absolute": 20,
"text": "troppo veloce e la batteria è sufficientemente",
"start_time": 45.28,
"end_time": 49.76,
"duration_time": 4.48
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 21,
"rank_absolute": 21,
"text": "carica la tua bmw rimarrà in",
"start_time": 47.68,
"end_time": 52.08,
"duration_time": 4.399
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 22,
"rank_absolute": 22,
"text": "modalità elettrica nelle",
"start_time": 49.76,
"end_time": 54.64,
"duration_time": 4.88
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 23,
"rank_absolute": 23,
"text": "impostazioni di trasmissione e telaio puoi anche attivare",
"start_time": 52.079,
"end_time": 56.88,
"duration_time": 4.8
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 24,
"rank_absolute": 24,
"text": "mantenere la carica della batteria per risparmiare la",
"start_time": 54.64,
"end_time": 58.32,
"duration_time": 3.68
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 25,
"rank_absolute": 25,
"text": "corrente stato di carica della",
"start_time": 56.879,
"end_time": 60.32,
"duration_time": 3.441
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 26,
"rank_absolute": 26,
"text": "batteria ad alta tensione per un punto successivo del",
"start_time": 58.32,
"end_time": 62.16,
"duration_time": 3.84
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 27,
"rank_absolute": 27,
"text": "viaggio",
"start_time": 60.32,
"end_time": 64.24,
"duration_time": 3.919
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 28,
"rank_absolute": 28,
"text": "con continua a guardare la nostra serie di istruzioni per",
"start_time": 62.16,
"end_time": 68.36,
"duration_time": 6.2
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 29,
"rank_absolute": 29,
"text": "ottenere il massimo dalla tua bmw",
"start_time": 64.239,
"end_time": 68.36,
"duration_time": 4.121
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 30,
"rank_absolute": 30,
"text": "[Musica].",
"start_time": 69.33,
"end_time": 75.12,
"duration_time": 5.789
},
{
"type": "youtube_subtitles",
"rank_group": 31,
"rank_absolute": 31,
"text": "",
"start_time": 73.04,
"end_time": 75.12,
"duration_time": 2.079
}
]
}
]
}
]
}