Youtube Transcript Exporter v0.1

Easy to use python script to copy formatted transcripts from your favorite Youtube videos

Install

The script needs the following package:

pip install youtube-transcript-api

After installing this, just download main.py and use it

How to use

1. Start main.py
2. Input your Youtube video URL
3. Copy the transcript and exit

Code preview

There are only 5 lines of code really

from youtube_transcript_api import YouTubeTranscriptApi #Import Transcript API
from youtube_transcript_api.formatters import TextFormatter #Import the text formatter
ID = input("Youtube Video URL: ").split('?v=')[1].lstrip().split('&')[0] #Get ID from URL input
print('\n',TextFormatter().format_transcript(YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcript(ID)).replace('\n', ' ')) #Export transcript
input("\nCopy the text, then press ENTER to exit...") #Give the user time to copy before exitting