yt-transcribe

A simple Node.js library to transcribe YouTube video captions.

Description

yt-transcribe allows you to fetch and transcribe captions from YouTube videos programmatically. It uses node-fetch to make HTTP requests, xmldom to parse XML data and he to decode special characters.

Installation

You can install the library using npm:

npm install yt-transcribe

Usage

Here's an example of how to use `yt-transcribe` to get the transcript of a YouTube video:

import { transcribe } from 'yt-transcribe';

const videoUrl = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ'; // Replace with a real video URL

transcribe(videoUrl).then(result => {
  if (result.error) {
    console.error('Error transcribing video:', result.error);
  } else {
    console.log('Transcript:', result.transcript);
  }
});

Another simplified example:

import { transcribe } from 'yt-transcribe';

const videoUrl = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ'; // Replace with a real video URL

const { transcript } = await transcribe(videoUrl);

console.log('Transcript:', transcript);

API

transcribe(videoUrl)

Fetches and transcribes the captions from a YouTube video.

Parameters

videoUrl (string): The URL of the YouTube video.

Returns

• A Promise that resolves to an object containing the transcript or an error message.

{
  "transcript": "The transcribed text"
}

If an error occurs, the object will contain an error field with the error message.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request.

Steps to Contribute

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch for your feature or bugfix.
3. Make your changes.
4. Commit your changes with a meaningful commit message.
5. Push your changes to your fork.
6. Open a pull request to the main repository.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Author

Kevin Klatt - [e-mail]