Added /helpers/vm which downloads youtube transcripts and accurate durations of videos using your own YouTube API key.

helpers/vm

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import sys
+import re
+from googleapiclient.discovery import build
+from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError
+from youtube_transcript_api import YouTubeTranscriptApi
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+import os
+import json
+import isodate
+import argparse
+
+def get_video_id(url):
+    # Extract video ID from URL
+    pattern = r'(?:https?:\/\/)?(?:www\.)?(?:youtube\.com\/(?:[^\/\n\s]+\/\S+\/|(?:v|e(?:mbed)?)\/|\S*?[?&]v=)|youtu\.be\/)([a-zA-Z0-9_-]{11})'
+    match = re.search(pattern, url)
+    return match.group(1) if match else None
+
+def main(url, options):
+    # Load environment variables from .env file
+    load_dotenv(os.path.expanduser('~/.config/fabric/.env'))
+
+    # Get YouTube API key from environment variable
+    api_key = os.getenv('YOUTUBE_API_KEY')
+    if not api_key:
+        print("Error: YOUTUBE_API_KEY not found in ~/.config/fabric/.env")
+        return
+
+    # Extract video ID from URL
+    video_id = get_video_id(url)
+    if not video_id:
+        print("Invalid YouTube URL")
+        return
+
+    try:
+        # Initialize the YouTube API client
+        youtube = build('youtube', 'v3', developerKey=api_key)
+
+        # Get video details
+        video_response = youtube.videos().list(
+            id=video_id,
+            part='contentDetails'
+        ).execute()
+
+        # Extract video duration and convert to minutes
+        duration_iso = video_response['items'][0]['contentDetails']['duration']
+        duration_seconds = isodate.parse_duration(duration_iso).total_seconds()
+        duration_minutes = round(duration_seconds / 60)
+
+        # Get video transcript
+        try:
+            transcript_list = YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcript(video_id)
+            transcript_text = ' '.join([item['text'] for item in transcript_list])
+            transcript_text = transcript_text.replace('\n', ' ')
+        except Exception as e:
+            transcript_text = "Transcript not available."
+
+        # Output based on options
+        if options.duration:
+            print(duration_minutes)
+        elif options.transcript:
+            print(transcript_text)
+        else:
+            # Create JSON object
+            output = {
+                "transcript": transcript_text,
+                "duration": duration_minutes
+            }
+            # Print JSON object
+            print(json.dumps(output))
+    except HttpError as e:
+        print("Error: Failed to access YouTube API. Please check your YOUTUBE_API_KEY and ensure it is valid.")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='vm (video meta) extracts metadata about a video, such as the transcript and the video\'s duration. By Daniel Miessler')
+    parser.add_argument('url', nargs='?', help='YouTube video URL')
+    parser.add_argument('--duration', action='store_true', help='Output only the duration')
+    parser.add_argument('--transcript', action='store_true', help='Output only the transcript')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if args.url:
+        main(args.url, args)
+    else:
+        parser.print_help()
+