🔒 SyntaxError: invalid syntax (Google API) | Python | Page 1

wheat wharf Apr 8, 2026, 11:26 PM

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I'm new to Python, I want to run Google's API but it doesn't work:

warm windBOT Apr 8, 2026, 11:26 PM

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wheat wharf I'm new to Python, I want to run Google's API but it doesn't work:

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@wheat wharf

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sly osprey Apr 8, 2026, 11:28 PM

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what have you tried?

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what code do you have so far?

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we can't help you if you don't respond

willow raven Apr 8, 2026, 11:30 PM

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@wheat wharf this is the thread you opened.

rose marten Apr 8, 2026, 11:32 PM

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wheat wharf I'm new to Python, I want to run Google's API but it doesn't work:

Still need help?

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:02 AM

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Yes

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@rose marten @sly osprey

#python-discussion message

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I used VSC's terminal to get the API hooked up

rose marten Apr 9, 2026, 12:06 AM

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wheat wharf I used VSC's terminal to get the API hooked up

Can you share the code? Without exposing the API keys of course

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:06 AM

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Basically this is the GitHub article:
https://github.com/luismartinezs/download-yt-transcripts

GitHub

GitHub - luismartinezs/download-yt-transcripts

Contribute to luismartinezs/download-yt-transcripts development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Then:

I already got my API key thing from Google, Brave AI told me this:

Step-by-Step Implementation:
Get the Key: Navigate to the Google Cloud Console, enable the YouTube Data API v3, and create an API key under the Credentials section. 
Install Library: Install the necessary package via terminal using pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client. 
Authenticate in Code: Initialize the YouTube service object by calling build('youtube', 'v3', developerKey='YOUR_API_KEY') from the googleapiclient.discovery module. ```

Following:

```from googleapiclient.discovery import build

# Replace 'YOUR_API_KEY' with the actual key obtained from Google Cloud Console
api_key = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
api_service_name = "youtube"
api_version = "v3"

# Build the service object
youtube = build(api_service_name, api_version, developerKey=api_key)

# Example: Retrieve channel statistics
request = youtube.channels().list(
    part="snippet,contentDetails,statistics",
    id="UC_x5XG1OV2P6uZZ5FSM9Ttw"
)
response = request.execute()
print(response)```

And then somehow links back to the link I sent above, I can pull channel IDs from YT.

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:07 AM

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ok...

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ive just been reading this https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/code_samples/code_snippets?apix=true

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:08 AM

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Fortune teller, what does it say?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:08 AM

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it's more for the other people in this thread

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but please do take a look

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:09 AM

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Oh so you're helping the helpers

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That's on some different level

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Sure will

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:09 AM

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stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:10 AM

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wheat wharf Oh so you're helping the helpers

nah, im just referencing where im getting info from

rose marten Apr 9, 2026, 12:10 AM

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wheat wharf Then: I already got my API key thing from Google, Brave AI told me this: ``` S...

ok so whats the problem?

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:10 AM

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I wanna do this:
https://github.com/luismartinezs/download-yt-transcripts

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:10 AM

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we know

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we are asking you: what is the problem you face

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:11 AM

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The problem is that I don't know how

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So far, I got the API run in the VSC terminal

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I got the API key

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I got the channel ID

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Now I don't know how to run the script in the GitHub thing

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:12 AM

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you dont run scripts in github

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you have to download the script to your computer to run it

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https://github.com/luismartinezs/download-yt-transcripts/blob/main/download-transcripts.py#L29-L30 this tells you where to put the channel ID

warm windBOT Apr 9, 2026, 12:13 AM

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download-transcripts.py lines 29 to 30

# Replace with the channel ID you're interested in
channel_id = 'UCRVjl9pOdgYAF3HBFyj36mg'```

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:14 AM

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https://github.com/luismartinezs/download-yt-transcripts/blob/main/download-transcripts.py#L9-L11 you will need to run the script with an environment variable

warm windBOT Apr 9, 2026, 12:14 AM

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download-transcripts.py lines 9 to 11

api_key = os.getenv('YOUTUBE_API_KEY')
if not api_key:
    raise ValueError("Please set the YOUTUBE_API_KEY environment variable.")```

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:14 AM

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Next steps are:

Paste channel id into file download-transcripts.py
Change the language tag in languages=['en'] if you need to
Run script py download-transcripts.py, all transcripts will be appended to a new file

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?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:15 AM

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the instructions doesnt say it, but you have to set your API key in your environment variable too

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:15 AM

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stiff ivy https://github.com/luismartinezs/download-yt-transcripts/blob/main/download-tran...

What's an environment variable? :l

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:15 AM

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wheat wharf Then: I already got my API key thing from Google, Brave AI told me this: ``` S...

Do these say it? @stiff ivy

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:16 AM

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essentially it's a list of keys and value, which your code can use to get some info
usually it's used for secret codes/API keys that you should never give to anyone else

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:17 AM

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wheat wharf Do these say it? <@496498864912728076>

no, it doesnt say it

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:17 AM

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Okay so what now?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:17 AM

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hold on

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are you using windows?

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:19 AM

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Win10

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Pro

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:21 AM

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do you know what is cmd or Powershell?

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:21 AM

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Yes

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:21 AM

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which one are you using?

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:21 AM

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CMD

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:23 AM

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i believe the command is

set YOUTUBE_API_KEY="replace_this_with_your_youtube_api_key"

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im not on windows so i cant test it

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:23 AM

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On CMD?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:23 AM

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yea

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you will need to do this before you run the script

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bruh

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delete this

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:24 AM

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It's partial

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:25 AM

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even if it's partial, it reduces the entropy needed to brute force, significantly

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:25 AM

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Crazy world we live in

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Ok

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:25 AM

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you really should create a new one

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:25 AM

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We'll pretend it didn't happen

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:25 AM

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stiff ivy even if it's partial, it reduces the entropy needed to brute force, significantl...

it's like telling people the first 10 characters of your password, it's going to make it much easier to guess

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at least we know the command works

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:26 AM

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It doesn't give any feedback whatsoever

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:26 AM

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try following the instructions for the script now

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:26 AM

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On CMD?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:26 AM

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yea

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:27 AM

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Where to start from?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:27 AM

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wdym?

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:27 AM

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https://github.com/luismartinezs/download-yt-transcripts/blob/main/download-transcripts.py#L9-L11

warm windBOT Apr 9, 2026, 12:27 AM

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download-transcripts.py lines 9 to 11

api_key = os.getenv('YOUTUBE_API_KEY')
if not api_key:
    raise ValueError("Please set the YOUTUBE_API_KEY environment variable.")```

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:27 AM

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This?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:27 AM

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no

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we already set that

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you need to replace the channel id in the script

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with the channel you are trying to get transcripts from

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:28 AM

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https://github.com/luismartinezs/download-yt-transcripts/blob/771151ab7b728b053983e3e6e2ed81d4255d894e/download-transcripts.py#L16

warm windBOT Apr 9, 2026, 12:28 AM

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download-transcripts.py line 16

def get_video_ids(channel_id):```

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:28 AM

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This?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:29 AM

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https://github.com/luismartinezs/download-yt-transcripts/blob/main/download-transcripts.py#L29-L30

warm windBOT Apr 9, 2026, 12:29 AM

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download-transcripts.py lines 29 to 30

# Replace with the channel ID you're interested in
channel_id = 'UCRVjl9pOdgYAF3HBFyj36mg'```

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:29 AM

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Sorry I don't speak code

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:29 AM

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yea we usually help people who are trying to learn code, not just run them

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:30 AM

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warm wind `download-transcripts.py` lines 29 to 30 ```py # Replace with the channel ID you...

have you replaced the channel_id here?

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:30 AM

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Yessir

prime tangle Apr 9, 2026, 12:31 AM

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wheat wharf Sorry I don't speak code

never too late to start learning 😉

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:31 AM

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where did you download the script to, in your computer?

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:32 AM

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stiff ivy where did you download the script to, in your computer?

I didn't download anything

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:32 AM

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again, you need to download the script to your computer to run it

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:33 AM

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stiff ivy again, you need to download the script to your computer to run it

Like put it into VSC?

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Terminal?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:33 AM

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do you know what is downloading a file?

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:33 AM

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Yes, where to download it from? GitHub?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:33 AM

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yea

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:33 AM

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How do I do that?

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This?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:34 AM

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you will want to unzip it to some folder

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:36 AM

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stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:36 AM

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in your cmd window, you want to navigate to this directory

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:37 AM

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D:\download-yt-transcripts-main\download-yt-transcripts-main

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:37 AM

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cd D:\download-yt-transcripts-main\download-yt-transcripts-main

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:38 AM

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stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:38 AM

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hmm

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hold on

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you need to run D: first

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:38 AM

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stiff ivy `cd D:\download-yt-transcripts-main\download-yt-transcripts-main`

before you run this

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:40 AM

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Okay

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stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:41 AM

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set your API key first

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like what you need just now

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:43 AM

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stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:43 AM

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wheat wharf

what command did you run?

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dont show the API key

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just show the command without the key

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:44 AM

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pc>set YOUTUBE_API_KEY=

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:44 AM

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what is pc>?

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:44 AM

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Good question, just got rid of that

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stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:45 AM

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if you right click download-transcripts.py does it show Open with... >

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can you open with vscode?

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:45 AM

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Terminal?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:45 AM

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right click in your folder in file explorer

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:46 AM

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Same directory?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:46 AM

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wheat wharf

it's here right?

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you want to open download-transcripts.py and replace the channel ID with the ID of the channel you want

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:48 AM

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stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:48 AM

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yes replace the ID on line 30

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 12:50 AM

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Done

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 12:50 AM

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sorry i just realized i missed something

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have you installed dotenv?

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i didnt see it earlier, but this script actually uses dotenv files to store the environment variables

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you will want to create a new file in vsc, write YOUTUBE_API_KEY="replace_this_with_your_youtube_api_key" inside, and then save it as .env in the same folder as the script

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:02 AM

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stiff ivy have you installed `dotenv`?

Uhh I don't know what that is

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:03 AM

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wheat wharf Uhh I don't know what that is

pip install python-dotenv

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:03 AM

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pip : The term 'pip' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling  
of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ pip install python-dotenv
+ ~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (pip:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException```

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Terminal VSC

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:04 AM

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hmm

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py -m pip install python-dotenv

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:05 AM

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Done

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:06 AM

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stiff ivy you will want to create a new file in vsc, write `YOUTUBE_API_KEY="replace_this_...

^

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:07 AM

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Done

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D:\download-yt-transcripts-main\download-yt-transcripts-main

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:08 AM

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no, the file should only be .env

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no name

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:11 AM

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Ok

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Run via CMD?

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Or VSC?

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Or Python??

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:11 AM

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either one is fine

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you run python via a terminal (CMD)

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your VSC has a built-in terminal

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:12 AM

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Let's use VSC

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:12 AM

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sure

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:12 AM

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That's some great practice for you

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I'm sure it'll help out probably sometime in the future

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:13 AM

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anyway

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:13 AM

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I don't think I'd retain a lot of knowledge from it but having that API running would be awesome

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:13 AM

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is the script working?

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:13 AM

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How do I tell? I don't even remember if I included the API key in the script

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:14 AM

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wheat wharf How do I tell? I don't even remember if I included the API key in the script

you are supposed to put this in your .env file

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:14 AM

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wheat wharf How do I tell? I don't even remember if I included the API key in the script

are there any error messages in vsc?

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:15 AM

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stiff ivy are there any error messages in vsc?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:15 AM

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i dont get it

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:15 AM

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You're mentioning if it works, how do I tell? I have to run it, right?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:15 AM

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have you not run the command py download-transcripts.py?

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:16 AM

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Not yet

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:16 AM

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you will need to navigate to the folder where you unzipped it

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:16 AM

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PS C:\Users\pc>```

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Yeah

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:16 AM

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i think the command is also cd

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cd D:\download-yt-transcripts-main\download-yt-transcripts-main

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:17 AM

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It switched

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Now run it?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:17 AM

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yea

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:17 AM

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:\download-yt-transcripts-main\download-yt-transcripts-main\download-transcripts.py", line 4, in <module>
    from youtube_transcript_api import YouTubeTranscriptApi
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'youtube_transcript_api'
PS D:\download-yt-transcripts-main\download-yt-transcripts-main>```

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:17 AM

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hmm

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you will need to install that too
py -m pip install youtube-transcript-api

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:19 AM

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Done

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Now re-running

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Have another.

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download-transcripts.py : The term 'download-transcripts.py' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, 
or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.  
At line:1 char:2
+  download-transcripts.py
+  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (download-transcripts.py:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
 

Suggestion [3,General]: The command download-transcripts.py was not found, but does exist in the current location. Windows PowerShell does not load commands from the current location by default. If you trust this command, instead type: ".\download-transcripts.py". See "get-help about_Command_Precedence" for more details.
PS D:\download-yt-transcripts-main\download-yt-transcripts-main>```

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:20 AM

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you run it with py download-transcripts.py

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not just download-transcripts.py

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:21 AM

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Nothing happens?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:22 AM

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are there any new files in your folder?

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:22 AM

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Oh yes

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I see the channel's key

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:22 AM

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i just realized something

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:22 AM

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As a .txt file

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:23 AM

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the author of the script speaks spanish

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https://github.com/luismartinezs/download-yt-transcripts/blob/main/download-transcripts.py#L37

warm windBOT Apr 9, 2026, 1:23 AM

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download-transcripts.py line 37

transcript = YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcript(video_id, languages=['es'])```

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:23 AM

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Oh ffs

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Good spot

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:23 AM

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you have to change es to en if you want english

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:23 AM

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So where's that going back?

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Changed

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Okay next

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:25 AM

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re-run the script

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you may want to delete the txt files that it saved just now

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but it's fine

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:25 AM

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stiff ivy re-run the script

py download-transcripts.py?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:26 AM

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delete the files it saved just now if you want to avoid confusion

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:26 AM

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Done

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:26 AM

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wheat wharf `py download-transcripts.py`?

Confirm

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:26 AM

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yea

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:26 AM

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New file

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What now

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:27 AM

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what is the content of the file

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:27 AM

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prime tangle never too late to start learning 😉

These things are wild, I'd never be like zehata

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:28 AM

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did it work?

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:28 AM

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stiff ivy what is the content of the file

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Channel ID is in there down

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:28 AM

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stiff ivy did it work?

I assume I need to run it in terminal VSC? Right?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:28 AM

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yea, what is inside the file? is it what you wanted?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:29 AM

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wheat wharf I assume I need to run it in terminal VSC? Right?

run what?

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:29 AM

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stiff ivy yea, what is inside the file? is it what you wanted?

0kb

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:29 AM

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hmm

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:29 AM

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stiff ivy run what?

Oh so that script downloads the video subtitles?

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Yeah no it didn't work

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:29 AM

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was there no error messages?

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what's the channel ID

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:30 AM

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stiff ivy was there no error messages?

No

prime tangle Apr 9, 2026, 1:30 AM

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wheat wharf These things are wild, I'd never be like zehata

you don't need to be, and there is no use to comparing yourself to others

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:31 AM

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stiff ivy what's the channel ID

UC0fDV9ojOuKTrntPRlgKkcQ

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:32 AM

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hmm does youtube not provide the auto generated transcripts...

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:34 AM

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So the script is faulty?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:34 AM

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idk i will have to check

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:45 AM

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wheat wharf So the script is faulty?

yes, the script is faulty

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on line 39, you want to replace it with
transcript = YouTubeTranscriptApi().fetch(video_id, languages=["en"])

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:47 AM

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Old:

file.write(f"Transcript for Video ID: {video_id}\n")

New:

transcript = YouTubeTranscriptApi().fetch(video_id, languages=["en"])

?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:47 AM

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sorry

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37

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:48 AM

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You are forgiven

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:49 AM

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try running the script now

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:49 AM

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Same result

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If you think this script can't be fixed, we can move onto another.

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:50 AM

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what's the error

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:50 AM

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If you think it can, we can give it a try.

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No visible error. Just an empty .txt

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:50 AM

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no

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im not asking for the content of the file

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i am asking for the error in your terminal when you run it

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:50 AM

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Nothing happens

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The only visible change is the .txt generation

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Nothing else

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:51 AM

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hmm

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in any case, this script is not accounting for youtube rate limiting

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so it wouldnt work for this many videos

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even if you could get it running

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:53 AM

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How much is it rate limited to?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:53 AM

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idk

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if youtube told people, people would abuse it

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and of course, i cannot help you with circumventing youtube's rate limit

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because that would be against server rules

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sorry about that

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:55 AM

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I set it to 1 in line 18

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:56 AM

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if you want to try 1 video, then change line 42 to

file.write(f"{line.text}\n")
```as well

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the script is outdated, so it's still using old functions and type definition

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:56 AM

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So what'd be the new line 42?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:56 AM

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file.write(f"{line.text}\n")

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 1:57 AM

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Where do I put "1"?

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Instead of n?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 1:59 AM

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sorry?

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im not asking you to change n to 1

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 2:00 AM

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wheat wharf I set it to 1 in line 18

you change it to 1 in line 18, not on line 42

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 2:00 AM

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Ah

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Script seems to be bad

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 2:01 AM

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what is the error

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 2:01 AM

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Blank

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 2:01 AM

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can you try running it in cmd instead of vsc?

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 2:01 AM

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Same directory?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 2:02 AM

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yes

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 2:02 AM

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:\download-yt-transcripts-main\download-yt-transcripts-main\download-transcripts.py", line 31, in <module>
    video_ids = get_video_ids(channel_id)
  File "D:\download-yt-transcripts-main\download-yt-transcripts-main\download-transcripts.py", line 19, in get_video_ids
    response = request.execute()
  File "C:\Users\pc\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\googleapiclient\_helpers.py", line 130, in positional_wrapper
    return wrapped(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\pc\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\googleapiclient\http.py", line 938, in execute
    raise HttpError(resp, content, uri=self.uri)
googleapiclient.errors.HttpError: <HttpError 400 when requesting https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search?part=id&channelId=UCRVjl9pOdgYAF3HBFyj36mg&maxResults=1&type=video&key=%22AIzaSyBv_PoZtbqgDgYfQ-KRHIqLC2Xd7fR_Lqo%22&alt=json returned "API key not valid. Please pass a valid API key.". Details: "[{'message': 'API key not valid. Please pass a valid API key.', 'domain': 'global', 'reason': 'badRequest'}]">

D:\download-yt-transcripts-main\download-yt-transcripts-main>```

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 2:02 AM

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Details: "[{'message': 'API key not valid. Please pass a valid API key.', 'domain': 'global', 'reason': 'badRequest'}]">

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how did you get your API key?

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 2:03 AM

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https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials

Google Cloud Platform

Google Cloud Platform lets you build, deploy, and scale applications, websites, and services on the same infrastructure as Google.

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 2:03 AM

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ok...

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and it doesnt work?

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 2:03 AM

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Yeah

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Should I make a new API key?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 2:04 AM

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that one i cant help you with

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if you previous API key doesnt work, why would creating a new one fix it?

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and uh

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mine does work

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 2:05 AM

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It was pinged?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 2:05 AM

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so you will need someone else to help you for this

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 2:06 AM

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wheat wharf ```D:\download-yt-transcripts-main\download-yt-transcripts-main>py download-tran...

well, that's just what the error message says

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 2:06 AM

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Didn't have this enabled

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 2:08 AM

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stiff ivy mine does work

So the script worked on your end?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 2:08 AM

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wheat wharf So the script worked on your end?

but i got rate limited

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 2:08 AM

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stiff ivy but i got rate limited

At how many requests?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 2:08 AM

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2

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even if it works

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you are not going to get very far

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because the script doesnt account for rate limiting

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typically you would want to retry only after some time

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 2:10 AM

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There's an interval between each rate limit?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 2:10 AM

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usually it's time-based, yes

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 2:10 AM

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Or could it be pulled one after another?

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Ah

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 2:10 AM

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it might be like

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idk

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once a minute

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 2:10 AM

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https://github.com/roundyyy/yt-bulk-subtitles-downloader

https://gist.github.com/udaylunawat/6c3cf79abbcffd0029905cc253c28869

Any of these could work?

GitHub

GitHub - roundyyy/yt-bulk-subtitles-downloader: A high-performance ...

A high-performance CLI tool for mass downloading subtitles (captions) from YouTube channels, playlists, or individual videos. - roundyyy/yt-bulk-subtitles-downloader

Gist

Download youtube transcripts in bulk for Google takeout youtube dat...

Download youtube transcripts in bulk for Google takeout youtube data (supports both csv and json) - yt_transcripts_bulk.py

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 2:10 AM

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i have no idea

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 2:11 AM

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stiff ivy once a minute

Could it be automated? And even if, how would it take other videos?

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 2:11 AM

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idk

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it can be automated, but you need to figure out what is a safe limit

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 2:11 AM

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Unrelated to integration, yeah, needs testing too

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This is like hacking into NASA

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 2:12 AM

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this is quite typical

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for most applications

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it's not just youtube

wheat wharf Apr 9, 2026, 2:12 AM

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But why didn't my API work?

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I don't get that part..

stiff ivy Apr 9, 2026, 2:12 AM

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i have no idea

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sorry

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