FetchTranscript Python SDK

Official Python SDK for the FetchTranscript API — fetch YouTube transcripts, video metadata, channel info, and more.

Installation

pip install fetchtranscript

Quick Start

from fetchtranscript import FetchTranscriptClient

client = FetchTranscriptClient(api_key="yt_your_api_key")

# Get a transcript
transcript = client.transcripts.get("dQw4w9WgXcQ")
for segment in transcript["segments"]:
    print(f"[{segment['start']:.1f}s] {segment['text']}")

# Get video metadata
video = client.videos.get_metadata("dQw4w9WgXcQ")
print(video["title"])

Async Usage

import asyncio
from fetchtranscript import AsyncFetchTranscriptClient

async def main():
    async with AsyncFetchTranscriptClient(api_key="yt_your_api_key") as client:
        transcript = await client.transcripts.get("dQw4w9WgXcQ")
        print(transcript["language"])

asyncio.run(main())

API Reference

Transcripts

# Get transcript (JSON format with segments)
transcript = client.transcripts.get("VIDEO_ID")

# Get transcript in a specific language
transcript = client.transcripts.get("VIDEO_ID", lang="es")

# Get as plain text
text = client.transcripts.get_text("VIDEO_ID")

# Get as SRT subtitles
srt = client.transcripts.get_srt("VIDEO_ID")

# List available languages
languages = client.transcripts.list_languages("VIDEO_ID")

Videos

# Get video metadata
metadata = client.videos.get_metadata("VIDEO_ID")

# Get video chapters
chapters = client.videos.get_chapters("VIDEO_ID")

# Get video comments
comments = client.videos.get_comments("VIDEO_ID", limit=50)

Channels

# Get channel info
channel = client.channels.get_info("CHANNEL_ID")

# Get channel videos
videos = client.channels.get_videos("CHANNEL_ID", limit=20)

# Get all videos with auto-pagination
all_videos = client.channels.get_all_videos("CHANNEL_ID")

Search

# Search videos
results = client.search.videos("python tutorial", limit=10)

# Search and check transcript availability
results = client.search.find_videos_with_transcripts("python tutorial")

Error Handling

The SDK raises domain-specific exceptions instead of raw HTTP errors:

from fetchtranscript import (
    FetchTranscriptClient,
    VideoNotFoundError,
    InsufficientCreditsError,
    AuthenticationError,
)

client = FetchTranscriptClient(api_key="yt_your_api_key")

try:
    transcript = client.transcripts.get("invalid_id")
except VideoNotFoundError as e:
    print(f"Video not found: {e.message}")
except InsufficientCreditsError:
    print("Not enough credits")
except AuthenticationError:
    print("Invalid API key")

Exception Hierarchy

Response Headers

After each request, you can check:

client.transcripts.get("dQw4w9WgXcQ")
print(client.credits_remaining)    # Remaining API credits
print(client.processing_time_ms)   # Processing time in ms

License

MIT