jdepoix/youtube-transcript-api
Youtube Transcript Api
youtube-transcript-api is a Python library designed to retrieve and download subtitles and captions from YouTube videos using video IDs. It functions as an API client that extracts text and timing data for video content.
The project includes a wrapper for automated translation, allowing transcripts to be converted into different target languages. It also features a retrieval system that supports routing requests through HTTP, HTTPS, or SOCKS proxies to avoid IP blocking and regional restrictions.
The library provides tools for identifying available subtitle tracks and converting raw transcript objects into standardized formats such as SRT, VTT, JSON, CSV, or plain text. A command-line tool is included for exporting these transcripts directly to the terminal or local storage.
Features
- Video Transcript Extraction - Extracts subtitles and timing metadata from YouTube videos for text analysis and local storage.
- Transcription APIs - Acts as a Python API client for programmatically retrieving subtitles and captions from YouTube.
- Video Metadata Extraction - Extracts timing and text metadata from videos and exports it into standard subtitle formats.
- Web Scraping - Implements web scraping by simulating browser requests to internal endpoints to extract transcript data.
- Translation Services - Provides a wrapper to fetch and translate YouTube transcripts into various languages.
- Subtitle Translation - Converts retrieved video transcripts into different languages using automated translation services.
- Transcription Exporters - Provides a command-line tool for exporting subtitles directly to the terminal or local files.
- XML Parsing - Parses structured XML data returned by the video service to extract subtitle text and timing.
- Subtitle Filters - Filters available subtitle tracks by matching requested languages against video metadata.
- Subtitle Processing - Identifies, lists, and filters available subtitle tracks for specific videos by language or type.
- Subtitle Format Converters - Provides a command-line utility to export YouTube transcripts into SRT, VTT, JSON, and plain text.
- HTTP Proxies - Implements a retrieval system supporting custom HTTP and SOCKS proxies for anonymized access.
- Proxy Routing - Routes network requests through HTTP or SOCKS proxies to bypass regional restrictions and IP blocks.
- String Formatting Utilities - Serializes raw timestamped objects into standardized subtitle formats like SRT, VTT, and CSV.
- Subtitle Translation Utilities - Provides utilities to translate foreign language subtitles into different target languages for export.
- Social Media Analysis - Extract subtitles and transcripts from YouTube videos.
