https://github.com/mkly/youtube-closed-captions

Python library for downloading closed captions(subtitles) from Youtube
https://github.com/mkly/youtube-closed-captions

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Python library for downloading closed captions(subtitles) from Youtube

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mkly/youtube-closed-captions
• Owner: mkly
• License: other
• Created: 2016-11-07T00:22:28.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-04-17T16:08:41.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-09T16:19:44.076Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 15.6 KB
• Stars: 57
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 21
• Open Issues: 6
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  • Readme: README.rst
  • License: LICENSE

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Youtube Closed Captions

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Downloads the closed captions(subtitles) from Youtube videos

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  :target: https://circleci.com/gh/mkly/youtube-closed-captions

Requirements

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* Currently requires python >= 3.5

To Use

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.. code:: python

   from ytcc.download import Download

   video_id = 'jNQXAC9IVRw'

   download = Download()

   # Language is optional and default to "en"

   # YouTube uses "en","fr" not "en-US", "fr-FR"

   captions = download.get_captions(video_id, 'en')

Development

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Run Tests

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*Note:* Functional tests do download directly from Youtube

.. code:: bash

   ## All tests

   python -m unittest discover

   ## Unit tests

   python -m unittest discover test/unit

   ## Functional tests

   python -m unittest discover test/functional