Youtube Captions Downloader

A library for downloading captions from YouTube videos.

Installation

To use this library in your project, run the following command:

npm i youtube-captions-as-xml

Usage

import YoutubeCaptionsDownloader from 'youtube-captions-as-xml';

const youtubeCaptions = new YoutubeCaptionsDownloader();

youtubeCaptions.getCaptionAsXml('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ')
  .then(xml => {
    console.log(xml);
  })
  .catch(error => {
    console.error(error);
  });

API

getCaptionAsXml(youtubeLink: string) Fetches the captions of the video as XML.

Arguments

• youtubeLink: The link of the YouTube video.

Returns

• A promise that resolves to the captions in XML format.

Errors

• TooManyRequests: If the request is blocked by a reCAPTCHA.
• VideoUnavailable: If the video is not available.
• TranscriptsDisabled: If the transcripts are disabled for the video.
• NoTranscriptAvailable: If no transcripts are available for the video.

Known Issues

You may need to access the following url: https://cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com/ and request access to use this library. The reason is while testing from localhost, you may stumble upon the following error: 'http://localhost:3000' has been blocked by CORS policy: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. To fix this, access the aforementioned url and request for access, which is typically granted instantly.

License

This library is available under the MIT License.

Contributing

If you find any bugs or have any suggestions for improvements, feel free to open an issue or a pull request.