YouTube Transcripts API

Description

This project provides a REST API to fetch all transcripts of a YouTube channel using caching, proxies, and rate-limiting.

Setup

1. Clone the repo
2. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Set your YouTube API key:

export YOUTUBE_API_KEY="YOUR_KEY"

4. Run the app:
5. Access the API:

GET http://localhost:5000/transcripts?channel=Drawfee

Notes

• Uses youtube_transcript_api with optional proxies to avoid IP blocks.
• Caches channel IDs, video IDs, and transcripts locally in cache.json.
• Supports free deployment on Render or any Python web host.