SDK Python per trascrizioni YouTube: Pacchetto PyPI ufficiale

pip install youtubetranscriptdevapi

from youtubetranscript import YouTubeTranscript

yt = YouTubeTranscript("your_api_key")

result = yt.transcribe("dQw4w9WgXcQ")

print(f"Segments: {len(result.segments)}")
print(f"Duration: {result.duration:.0f}s")
print(f"Words: {result.word_count}")

for seg in result.segments[:5]:
    print(f"[{seg.start_formatted}] {seg.text}")

# Translate to any language
result = yt.transcribe("dQw4w9WgXcQ", language="es")

# Choose caption source
result = yt.transcribe("dQw4w9WgXcQ", source="manual")

# Format options
result = yt.transcribe("dQw4w9WgXcQ", format={"timestamp": True, "words": True})

import asyncio
from youtubetranscript import AsyncYouTubeTranscript

async def main():
    async with AsyncYouTubeTranscript("your_api_key") as yt:
        # Single
        result = await yt.transcribe("dQw4w9WgXcQ")

        # Concurrent
        results = await asyncio.gather(
            yt.transcribe("video1"),
            yt.transcribe("video2"),
            yt.transcribe("video3"),
        )

asyncio.run(main())

from youtubetranscript import YouTubeTranscript
from youtubetranscript.exceptions import (
    NoCaptionsError,
    AuthenticationError,
    InsufficientCreditsError,
    RateLimitError,
)

yt = YouTubeTranscript("your_api_key")

try:
    result = yt.transcribe("some_video")
except NoCaptionsError:
    job = yt.transcribe_asr("some_video")
    result = yt.wait_for_job(job.job_id)
except AuthenticationError:
    print("Check your API key")
except InsufficientCreditsError:
    print("Top up at youtubetranscript.dev/pricing")
except RateLimitError as e:
    print(f"Rate limited: retry after {e.retry_after}s")