v1.0.0-alpha1

ytsync 1.0.0-alpha1

Features

• Public Library API: Use ytsync as a Go library with high-level convenience functions
• YouTube Integration: List videos from channels using RSS feeds or yt-dlp
• Transcript Extraction: Extract transcripts with language preference support
• Metadata Fetching: Retrieve comprehensive video metadata including duration, view count, and more
• Robust Error Handling: Custom error types for programmatic error handling
• Retry Logic: Exponential backoff with jitter for resilient operations
• CLI Tool: Standalone command-line tool for all major operations
• Cross-Platform: Binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows (both amd64 and arm64)

What's Included

• ytsync package for programmatic use
• ytsync list command to discover videos
• ytsync transcript command to extract captions
• ytsync download command to get videos with metadata

Documentation

• Comprehensive godoc comments on all public APIs
• Example code for common operations
• doc.go with detailed package documentation

Requirements

• Go 1.24+ for library usage
• yt-dlp installed and available in PATH

CI/CD

• Automated testing on Go 1.23 and 1.24
• Linting and code quality checks
• Automated multi-platform builds
• GitHub Actions workflows for test, lint, build, and release

Known Limitations

• Requires yt-dlp for most operations
• YouTube may rate-limit heavy usage (retry logic helps)
• Respects YouTube Terms of Service (no private/unlisted content access)

Next Steps

• Integration tests for video list fetching
• Optional YouTube Data API v3 support
• Pagination state persistence for incremental syncs
• Rate limiting improvements for Innertube API