ytb2subtitles 2024.10.27

🦜 Youtube to Audio by Andrew A Levin

YouTube Subtitles Fetcher

YouTube Subtitles Fetcher is a command-line tool that retrieves subtitles (with optional translations) from YouTube videos. This tool is ideal for quickly extracting YouTube transcripts with support for multiple languages.

Features

• Fetches subtitles for a given YouTube video URL
• Supports translations into a specified language (if available)
• Command-line interface for easy integration into scripts or workflows

Installation

First, install the package via pip:

pip install ytb2subtitles

Usage

Use the command-line tool to fetch subtitles by providing a YouTube URL and optionally, a language code.

Command-Line Example

To retrieve subtitles from a YouTube video:

ytb2subtitles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=example_video_id

To retrieve subtitles in a specific language:

ytb2subtitles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=example_video_id --language en

Code Example

You can also import this tool as a module in your Python code:

from ytb2subtitles import get_subtitles

url = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=example_video_id" subtitles = get_subtitles(url, lang="en") print(subtitles)

Command-Line Arguments

•	url (required): The YouTube video URL.
•	--language or --lang (optional): The language code for subtitles (default is the original language).

Requirements

•	Python 3.x
•	pytube
•	youtube-transcript-api

Contributing

We welcome contributions! If you find a bug or have an idea for a feature, please open an issue or submit a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.