Integration guide

YouTube transcripts in Make

One HTTP module turns any Make scenario into a transcript pipeline — no app approval or OAuth setup required.

Free tier: no signup, no card. Full reference: /docs

HTTP module setup

1. Add HTTP → Make a request.
2. URL: https://bulktranscripts.co/api/v1/transcript, method GET.
3. Query string: item video = the video URL from a previous module; add segments=0 if you only need the text.
4. Headers: Authorization = Bearer YOUR_LICENSE_KEY (skip it to use the free allowance).
5. Set Parse response → Yes so title, text, and paragraphs[] map straight into later modules.

Daily channel digest (free trigger)

1. Schedule the scenario daily.
2. HTTP GET …/api/v1/channel/latest?channel=@yourtarget — this endpoint is free, so the check itself never spends credits.
3. Iterator over results[] → Filter on published within the last 24h.
4. HTTP GET the transcript for new videos only, then route to Google Docs, Sheets, Slack, or an AI module for summarizing.

Try asking

• Archive every new video's transcript from three competitor channels into Sheets.
• Summarize new uploads with an AI module and post the digest to Slack.
• Append podcast transcripts to a Google Doc, one section per episode.

Notes

The connection works immediately on the free tier — no account, no OAuth. Buying a one-time credit pack gets you a license key that doubles as the API key; credits never expire and cached transcripts are always free.

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