https://github.com/randomgamingdev/yt-transcript-downloader

A Firefox Extension that allows you to download the Transcripts of Youtube Videos as JSONs
https://github.com/randomgamingdev/yt-transcript-downloader

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A Firefox Extension that allows you to download the Transcripts of Youtube Videos as JSONs

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/randomgamingdev/yt-transcript-downloader
• Owner: RandomGamingDev
• License: mit
• Created: 2024-07-20T06:18:04.000Z (11 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-07-21T17:02:06.000Z (11 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-21T18:43:37.969Z (11 months ago)
• Topics: addon, captions, download-transcripts, downloader, extension, firefox, firefox-addon, firefox-extension, javascript, recorder, simple, small, transcript, transcript-data, transcript-downloader, youtube, youtube-api, youtube-scraper, youtube-scrapping
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-transcript-downloader/
• Size: 9.77 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Youtube Transcript Downloader aka yt-transcript-downloader

### A Firefox Extension that allows you to download the Transcripts of Youtube Videos as JSONs. Perfect for all your Youtube Historian and Research needs!

You can use it here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-transcript-downloader/

![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0fd2cde4-313e-479d-a492-4a4b299fc90d)

## Results

### After hitting the vanilla `Show transcript` button

![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/96afa76c-042e-4678-a2b9-cf564a229392)

### You now get a new download button that you can click on to download the transcript as a JSON

![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/05e691d7-f1b1-4767-b26b-a50e4dfaf22f)

![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/107f8dde-1d91-4fed-bc4b-1529f8ced1ec)

### The format of the JSON is the following:

#### { "title": ``, "url": ``, "sections": [{ "name": , "lines": [{ ``: `` }, `...`] }, `...`] }

#### Youtube videos without sections just have one section with a blank name

## How it works

It takes the transcript tab, converts it to text, and the does some custom parsing in order to turn it into a JSON file containing all metadata from the transcript that could be needed.