Watching a 60-minute YouTube video to get the key points wastes valuable time. Professionals, students, and researchers need quick summaries of video content to decide if a full watch is worthwhile and to reference key information later.
YouTubeTranscripts.co extracts the complete transcript, which you feed into any LLM for instant summarization. Get bullet-point summaries, chapter breakdowns with timestamps, key quotes, and structured notes from any video in seconds instead of hours.
import httpx
from openai import OpenAI
# Get transcript
resp = httpx.get(
"https://api.youtubetranscripts.co/v1/transcript",
params={"url": "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID", "format": "text"},
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
video = resp.json()
# Generate summary
client = OpenAI()
summary = client.chat.completions.create(
model="gpt-4o",
messages=[
{"role": "system", "content": "Provide a comprehensive summary of this video transcript. Include: 1) A one-paragraph overview, 2) Key points as bullet points, 3) Notable quotes, 4) Action items or takeaways."},
{"role": "user", "content": f"Video: {video['title']} by {video['channel']}\n\n{video['text']}"},
],
)
print(f"Summary of: {video['title']}\n")
print(summary.choices[0].message.content)Get summaries of any YouTube video in seconds
Generate bullet points, key quotes, and takeaways
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