---
title: "Live YouTube Subtitles Advanced"
url: "https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/youtube/video_subtitles/live/advanced/"
date: "2026-06-06"
---

## Live YouTube Subtitles Advanced

  
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.

 

 

 ![checked](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/wp-content/themes/dataforseo/assets/img/icons/checked-circle.svg) POST  https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/youtube/video\_subtitles/live/advanced     

      

Pricing

 Your account will be charged for each request.  
The cost can be calculated on the [Pricing](https://dataforseo.com/pricing/serp/youtube-serp-api "Pricing") page.

 

 All POST data should be sent in the [JSON](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 parameters that are required or recommended for setting a task.

### Main Parameters

 | 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](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/youtube/organic/live/advanced.md) result   example:   `Y8Wu4rSNJms` |
| `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_name`**   you 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/locations`   example:   `2840` |
| `language_code` | string | *search engine language code*   **required field if you don't specify** `language_name`   **if you use this field, you don't need to specify `language_name`**   you 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/languages`   example:   `en` |
| `device` | string | *device type*   optional field   only value: `desktop` |

   
Below you will find a drop-down list with the additional parameters you can use for setting a task.  
  ### Additional Parameters

 | Field name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `location_name` | string | *full name of search engine location*   **required field if you don't specify** `location_code`   **if you use this field, you don't need to specify `location_code`**   you 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/locations`   example:   `United States` |
| `language_name` | string | *full name of search engine language*   **required field if you don't specify** `language_code`   **if you use this field, you don't need to specify `language_code`**   you 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/languages`   example:   `English` |
| `os` | string | *device operating system*   optional field   choose from the following values: `windows`, `macos`   default 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 |
| `subtitles_language` | string | *language code of original text*   you can get the language code from [YouTube Video Info](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/serp-youtube-video_info-live-advanced.md) 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"` |

    
  
As a response of the API server, you will receive [JSON](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors.md)   **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](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors.md) |
| `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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier) 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](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors.md) |
| `status_message` | string | *informational message of the task*   you can find the full list of general informational messages [here](https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors.md) |
| `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*   **Note:** this field is deprecated and always returns `null` |
| `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` values   positions 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
<?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;
?>
```





```js
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);
});
```





```python
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"]))
```





```csharp
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": null,
          "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
            },
            {
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