youtube_transcript_dart 0.1.0

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YouTube Transcript Dart 🎥📝 youtube_transcript_dart is a Dart package that fetches YouTube video transcripts directly from YouTube without requiring API keys. It allows you to retrieve both auto-generated and manually created transcripts in multiple languages.

🌟 Features ✔ Fetch YouTube video transcripts without an API key ✔ Support for multiple languages ✔ Handles auto-generated and manually created captions ✔ Provides structured JSON output ✔ Error handling for unavailable or invalid transcripts

🚀 Installation Using dart pub Run the following command to install the package:

sh Copy Edit dart pub add youtube_transcript_dart Adding to pubspec.yaml Alternatively, add this to your pubspec.yaml:

yaml Copy Edit dependencies: youtube_transcript_dart: ^1.0.0 📌 Usage Fetching a Transcript for a Single Video dart Copy Edit import 'package:youtube_transcript_dart/youtube_transcript_dart.dart';

void main() async { try { final transcript = await YouTubeTranscriptApi.getTranscript('dQw4w9WgXcQ'); print(transcript); } catch (e) { print("Error: $e"); } } Fetching Transcripts for Multiple Videos dart Copy Edit import 'package:youtube_transcript_dart/youtube_transcript_dart.dart';

void main() async { try { final transcripts = await YouTubeTranscriptApi.getTranscripts( ['dQw4w9WgXcQ', 'LXb3EKWsInQ'], ); print(transcripts); } catch (e) { print("Error: $e"); } } Handling Errors The package throws exceptions for various error cases:

dart Copy Edit try { final transcript = await YouTubeTranscriptApi.getTranscript('INVALID_VIDEO_ID'); } catch (e) { print("Failed to fetch transcript: $e"); } 🛠️ Formatting Options Converting to JSON dart Copy Edit import 'package:youtube_transcript_dart/src/transcript_formatters.dart';

void main() async { final transcript = await YouTubeTranscriptApi.getTranscript('dQw4w9WgXcQ'); final jsonTranscript = formatTranscriptToJson(transcript); print(jsonTranscript); } Converting to WebVTT dart Copy Edit import 'package:youtube_transcript_dart/src/transcript_formatters.dart';

void main() async { final transcript = await YouTubeTranscriptApi.getTranscript('dQw4w9WgXcQ'); final webVTT = formatTranscriptToWebVTT(transcript); print(webVTT); } 📌 Supported Exceptions This package provides exception handling for the following cases:

Exception Description InvalidVideoIdException The video ID is invalid. NoTranscriptFoundException No transcript was found for the given video. TooManyRequestsException YouTube has blocked access due to excessive requests. TranscriptsDisabledException Transcripts are disabled for this video. TranscriptException A general exception for transcript retrieval failures. 📜 License This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.

👥 Contributing We welcome contributions! If you find a bug or have an idea for improvement, feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

Steps to Contribute Fork this repository. Create a new branch (feature-new-transcript-format). Commit your changes. Push to your fork and create a pull request. 🔗 Links 📦 Package on pub.dev: youtube_transcript_dart 📖 Dart Documentation: Dart Docs