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 import sys 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 get_comments(youtube, video_id): comments = [] try: # Fetch top-level comments request = youtube.commentThreads().list( part="snippet,replies", videoId=video_id, textFormat="plainText", maxResults=100 # Adjust based on needs ) while request: response = request.execute() for item in response['items']: # Top-level comment topLevelComment = item['snippet']['topLevelComment']['snippet']['textDisplay'] comments.append(topLevelComment) # Check if there are replies in the thread if 'replies' in item: for reply in item['replies']['comments']: replyText = reply['snippet']['textDisplay'] # Add incremental spacing and a dash for replies comments.append(" - " + replyText) # Prepare the next page of comments, if available if 'nextPageToken' in response: request = youtube.commentThreads().list_next( previous_request=request, previous_response=response) else: request = None except HttpError as e: print(f"Failed to fetch comments: {e}") return comments def main_function(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, languages=[options.lang]) transcript_text = " ".join([item["text"] for item in transcript_list]) transcript_text = transcript_text.replace("\n", " ") except Exception as e: transcript_text = f"Transcript not available in the selected language ({options.lang}). ({e})" # Get comments if the flag is set comments = [] if options.comments: comments = get_comments(youtube, video_id) # Output based on options if options.duration: print(duration_minutes) elif options.transcript: print(transcript_text.encode('utf-8').decode('unicode-escape')) elif options.comments: print(json.dumps(comments, indent=2)) else: # Create JSON object with all data output = { "transcript": transcript_text, "duration": duration_minutes, "comments": comments } # Print JSON object print(json.dumps(output, indent=2)) except HttpError as e: print(f"Error: Failed to access YouTube API. Please check your YOUTUBE_API_KEY and ensure it is valid: {e}") def main(): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description='yt (video meta) extracts metadata about a video, such as the transcript, the video\'s duration, and now comments. By Daniel Miessler.') parser.add_argument('url', 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') parser.add_argument('--comments', action='store_true', help='Output the comments on the video') parser.add_argument('--lang', default='en', help='Language for the transcript (default: English)') args = parser.parse_args() if args.url is None: print("Error: No URL provided.") return main_function(args.url, args) if __name__ == "__main__": main()