LEANBACK_11/yt-dlp-scraper/get_transcript.py
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import yt_dlp
def download_transcript(url):
ydl_opts = {
'skip_download': True, # Don't download the video
'writesubtitles': True, # Write subtitles file
'writeautomaticsub': True, # Write automatic subtitles file
'subtitlesformat': 'txt', # Format as plain text
'quiet': True, # Less output in console
'no_warnings': True # Don't show warnings
}
try:
with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
# Extract video info first
info = ydl.extract_info(url, download=False)
video_title = info.get('title', 'video')
print(f"Downloading transcript for: {video_title}")
# Download the transcript
ydl.download([url])
print("Transcript downloaded successfully")
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error downloading transcript: {str(e)}")
if __name__ == "__main__":
# Example usage
video_url = "https://youtu.be/xpki1IcjinU?si=AACF69HJw39TqlD1"
download_transcript(video_url)