youtube-rapidapi-transcript

Extract transcripts from YouTube videos using the RapidAPI YouTube Transcript API.

Features

• Extract video transcripts from YouTube URLs or video IDs
• Support for multiple output formats: text, JSON, and SRT subtitles
• Automatic video ID extraction from various YouTube URL formats
• Save transcripts to files or output to terminal
• Language selection support

Usage

Basic Usage

# Extract transcript from YouTube URL
python scripts/youtube_transcript.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"

# Extract transcript using video ID directly
python scripts/youtube_transcript.py "VIDEO_ID"

Output Formats

# JSON format
python scripts/youtube_transcript.py VIDEO_ID -f json

# SRT subtitle format
python scripts/youtube_transcript.py VIDEO_ID -f srt

# Save to file
python scripts/youtube_transcript.py VIDEO_ID -o transcript.txt

Command Line Options

• -f, --format: Output format (text, json, srt) - default: text
• -o, --output: Output file path (default: stdout)
• -l, --language: Language code (e.g., en, es, fr)

Setup

1. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r scripts/requirements.txt

2. Create a .env file based on .env.example and add your RapidAPI key:

   cp scripts/.env.example scripts/.env
   # Edit scripts/.env and add your RAPIDAPI_KEY

3. Get your API key from RapidAPI

Supported YouTube URL Formats

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID
• https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID
• https://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID
• https://www.youtube.com/v/VIDEO_ID
• Direct video ID input