/youtube-transcript-api-cf-worker

Primary LanguageTypeScript

youtube-transcript-api-cf-worker

This Bun-powered project converts YouTube video subtitles to SRT format using Cloudflare Workers.

Setup

  1. Install Bun if you haven't already.

  2. Clone and enter the repo:

    git clone https://github.com/nicobailon/youtube-transcript-api-cf-worker.git
cd youtube-transcript-api-cf-worker

  3. Install dependencies:

    bun install

  4. Get Wrangler:

    bun add -g wrangler

  5. Log into Cloudflare:

    wrangler login

Dev Mode

Run locally:

wrangler dev

Access at http://localhost:8787.

Ship It

Deploy to Cloudflare:

wrangler publish

How to Use

Hit your worker with a GET request:

https://your-worker.workers.dev/?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7Qe96fqg1M

You'll get the SRT content as plain text.

Project Anatomy

  • src/index.ts: Worker logic
  • wrangler.toml: Cloudflare config
  • package.json: Project metadata
  • tsconfig.json: TypeScript settings

Open Source Goodies

  • youtube-captions-scraper (MIT)
  • @cloudflare/workers-types (BSD-3-Clause)
  • typescript (Apache-2.0)

Contribute

PRs welcome!

License

MIT. Go wild.