youtube-transcript-api

v1.2.4PyPI· Python

This is a python API which allows you to get the transcripts/subtitles for a given YouTube video. It also works for automatically generated subtitles, supports translating subtitles and it does not require a headless browser, like other selenium based solutions do!

The verdict

Safe default. Widely trusted across the ecosystem, actively maintained.

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Maintenance

Last published 4 months ago.

Popularity

5.6M downloads / week

Security

No known advisories for this version (OSV).

License

MIT

Dependencies

2 direct dependencies

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