Blog Post: Building ytx - A YouTube Transcript Extractor

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Overview

Request to publish a new tutorial blog post about building ytx, a .NET Global Tool for extracting YouTube video metadata and transcripts as structured JSON.

Blog Post Details

• Title: Building ytx - A YouTube Transcript Extractor as a .NET Global Tool
• Date: 2025-08-31
• File: _posts/2025-08-31-building-ytx-a-youtube-transcript-extractor-as-a-dotnet-global-tool.md

Content Summary

The blog post provides a comprehensive tutorial covering:

Technical Topics

• ✅ .NET Global Tool development and packaging
• ✅ YouTube API integration using YoutubeExplode
• ✅ Smart caption detection and language prioritization
• ✅ JSON serialization with proper Unicode handling
• ✅ CI/CD pipeline with automated NuGet publishing
• ✅ Cross-platform compatibility (.NET 8/9)

Tutorial Structure

• ✅ Problem statement and architecture overview
• ✅ Step-by-step implementation walkthrough
• ✅ Code examples with proper syntax highlighting
• ✅ Development workflow and testing approach
• ✅ Deployment and publishing process
• ✅ Usage examples and error handling

Related Pull Request

📋 Pull Request: #10
🔗 Link: #10

The PR includes the complete blog post following the established style with:

• Emoji section headers matching existing posts
• Comprehensive code examples
• Tutorial-style progression
• Technical depth appropriate for developers

Next Steps

• Review blog post content and technical accuracy
• Merge PR feat(posts): add ytx .NET global tool tutorial blog post #10 to publish the blog post
• Close this issue once published

Tags

blog-post dotnet-global-tools tutorial youtube transcripts csharp ci-cd

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This issue tracks the publication of the ytx tutorial blog post and links to PR #10 for review and merge.