64 lines
1.8 KiB
Python
64 lines
1.8 KiB
Python
import sys
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import json
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from pprint import pprint
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import logging
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import argparse
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from ._api import YouTubeTranscriptApi
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def parse_args(args):
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parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
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description=(
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'This is an python API which allows you to get the transcripts/subtitles for a given YouTube video. '
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'It also works for automatically generated subtitles and it does not require a headless browser, like '
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'other selenium based solutions do!'
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)
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)
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parser.add_argument('video_ids', nargs='*', type=str, help='List of YouTube video IDs.')
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parser.add_argument(
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'--languages',
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nargs='*',
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default=[],
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type=str,
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help=(
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'A list of language codes in a descending priority. For example, if this is set to "de en" it will first '
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'try to fetch the german transcript (de) and then fetch the english transcipt (en) if it fails to do so. '
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'As I can\'t provide a complete list of all working language codes with full certainty, you may have to '
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'play around with the language codes a bit, to find the one which is working for you!'
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),
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)
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parser.add_argument(
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'--json',
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action='store_const',
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const=True,
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default=False,
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help='If this flag is set the output will be JSON formatted.',
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)
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return parser.parse_args(args)
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def main():
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logging.basicConfig()
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parsed_args = parse_args(sys.argv[1:])
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transcripts, _ = YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcripts(
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parsed_args.video_ids,
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languages=parsed_args.languages,
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continue_after_error=True
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)
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if parsed_args.json:
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print(json.dumps(transcripts))
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else:
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pprint(transcripts)
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if __name__ == '__main__':
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main()
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