[Edit]

app.py

@@ -1,34 +1,19 @@
-import yt_dlp
 import gradio as gr
+from youtube_transcript_api import YouTubeTranscriptApi
 
-def get_captions(video_url, lang='en'):
-    ydl_opts = {
-        'skip_download': True,
-        'writesubtitles': True,
-        'subtitleslangs': [lang],
-        'writeautomaticsub': True,
-        'quiet': True,
-        'forcejson': True
-    }
-
+def fetch_transcript(video_id):
     try:
-        with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
-            info = ydl.extract_info(video_url, download=False)
-            subtitles = info.get('subtitles') or info.get('automatic_captions')
-            if subtitles and lang in subtitles:
-                subtitle_url = subtitles[lang][0]['url']
-                return f"✅ Captions Found:\n{subtitle_url}"
-            return "⚠️ No captions found for this language."
+        transcript = YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcript(video_id)
+        return '\n'.join([f"{entry['text']}" for entry in transcript])
     except Exception as e:
-        return f"❌ Error: {str(e)}"
+        return f"Error: {str(e)}"
+
+iface = gr.Interface(
+    fn=fetch_transcript,
+    inputs=gr.Textbox(label="YouTube Video ID"),
+    outputs=gr.Textbox(label="Transcript"),
+    title="YouTube Transcript Fetcher",
+    description="Enter a YouTube video ID to fetch its transcript."
+)
 
-gr.Interface(
-    fn=get_captions,
-    inputs=[
-        gr.Textbox(label="YouTube Video URL"),
-        gr.Textbox(value="en", label="Language Code (e.g., en, es, fr)")
-    ],
-    outputs="text",
-    title="YouTube Caption Extractor",
-    description="Paste a YouTube video URL and get the direct link to the captions (auto or uploaded)."
-).launch()
+iface.launch()

requirements.txt

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 gradio
-yt-dlp
+youtube_transcript_api