jdepoix /
youtube-transcript-api
This is a python API which allows you to get the transcript/subtitles for a given YouTube video. It also works for automatically generated subtitles and it does not require an API key nor a headless browser, like other selenium based solutions do!
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In short
A Python API that retrieves transcripts and subtitles for YouTube videos, including auto-generated ones. It needs no API key and no headless browser, and is for developers who want captions in their Python code or on the command line.
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