trldvix/youtube-transcript-api
Java library which allows you to retrieve subtitles/transcripts for a single YouTube video or for an entire playlists or channels.
# Technical Summary Retrieves transcripts via YouTube's undocumented API without headless browser scraping, supporting both manual and auto-generated captions with translation capabilities. Built around a pluggable `YoutubeClient` architecture (defaulting to Java 11 HttpClient) and provides bulk retrieval across playlists/channels with structured `Fragment` objects containing timing metadata. Designed for Java 11+ with Android compatibility through custom client implementations, though requires proxy rotation for cloud deployments due to YouTube IP blocking.
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