TubeScriber

TubeScriber is a tool to download and store information from YouTube channels.

Prerequisites

• uv for Python version and dependency management
• YouTube Data API v3 key will be required upon first startup

Installation

git clone https://github.com/nos-tromo/TubeScriber.git
cd TubeScriber
uv sync

Usage

Run main.py to retrieve data from multiple channels:

uv run python main.py [CHANNEL_HANDLE_1] [CHANNEL_HANDLE_2] ... [CHANNEL_HANDLE_N]

The script will download all transcripts available from the channel via accessing the Uploads playlist as well as other information available via the YouTube Data API v3. A channel's handle can be located in the URL: youtube.com/@handle. The API has a limit of 10,000 GET requests per day.

Output

TubeScriber creates:

• txt files for every transcript
• csv files for channel info, videos and transcripts
• all results combined are stored in an SQLite database at output/tubescriber.db

Logfiles

If you face errors or unusual behavior, see .logs for further debugging.

Feedback

I hope you find this application to be a valuable tool. If you have any feedback or suggestions on how to improve TubeScriber, please let me know. I'm always looking for ways to improve this tool to better serve the community.