Youtube Transcript Extractor

A lightweight Python package to extract and process YouTube video transcripts using the youtube-transcript-api.

Features

• Extract YouTube video ID from a URL (youtu.be or youtube.com).
• Fetch raw transcripts from YouTube videos.
• Clean transcripts into a structured format (text, start, duration, end).
• Get plain transcript text for analysis or processing.

Installation

Install directly from PyPI:

pip install youtube-transcript-extractor

Or install from source (development mode):

git clone https://github.com/your-username/Youtube-Transcript-Extractor.git
cd Youtube-Transcript-Extractor
pip install -e .

Usage

Import the package

from youtube_transcript_extractor import YoutubeTranscriptExtractor

Example

# Initialize with a YouTube URL
yt = YoutubeTranscriptExtractor("https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ")

# 1. Extract video ID
print(yt.extract_youtube_video_id())
# Output: dQw4w9WgXcQ

# 2. Get raw transcript
print(yt.extract_transcript()[:2])
# Output:
# [
#   {'text': "We're no strangers to love", 'start': 7.58, 'duration': 4.12},
#   {'text': "You know the rules and so do I", 'start': 11.70, 'duration': 4.26}
# ]

# 3. Get cleaned transcript
print(yt.clean_transcript()[:2])
# Output:
# [
#   {'text': "We're no strangers to love", 'start': 7.58, 'duration': 4.12, 'end': 11.70},
#   {'text': "You know the rules and so do I", 'start': 11.70, 'duration': 4.26, 'end': 15.96}
# ]

# 4. Get transcript as plain text
print(yt.get_transcript_text()[:100])
# Output: "We're no strangers to love You know the rules and so do I ..."

Requirements

• Python >= 3.9
• Dependencies:
  • youtube-transcript-api
  • urllib3
  • requests

Project Links

• Source Code: GitHub
• PyPI: Youtube Transcript Extractor

License

MIT License © 2025 54gO