Get YouTube transcript (from subtitles / caption file)

yt-txt.py

import sys
import subprocess

if len(sys.argv) < 2:
	print("Please provide a YouTube video URL as the first argument.")
	sys.exit(1)

video_url = sys.argv[1]

command = [
	"yt-dlp",
	"--write-sub",
	"--write-auto-sub",
	"--sub-lang",
	"en.*",
	"--skip-download",
	video_url,
]

try:
	subprocess.run(command, check=True)
	print("Command executed successfully.")
except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
	print(f"Error: {e}")

### convert vtt to txt

import os
import re
import glob

# Find the first file matching the pattern *.vtt
vtt_files = glob.glob('*.vtt')
if vtt_files:
	first_vtt_file = vtt_files[0]
	output_file = first_vtt_file + '.txt'

	# Process the first *.vtt file found
	with open(first_vtt_file, 'r') as infile, open(output_file, 'w') as outfile:
		print('Saving output to ' + output_file)
		seen = set()
		for line in infile:
			if (
				not re.search(':', line) and
				line not in seen and
				line.strip() != "[Music]" and
				line.strip() != "WEBVTT" and
				line.strip() != ""
			):
				seen.add(line)
				outfile.write(line)

	# Delete all *.vtt files in the current directory
	# for vtt_file in vtt_files:
		# os.remove(vtt_file)
else:
	print("No *.vtt files found in the current directory.")