Youtube Master

Get YouTube video info, statistics, descriptions, thumbnails, and optionally transcripts. Uses YouTube Data API (free) for basic info and Apify (optional) fo...

Get comprehensive YouTube video data including metadata, statistics, descriptions, thumbnails, and optionally transcripts.

Why This Skill?

YouTube videos require multiple APIs to get complete data. This skill intelligently uses:

• YouTube Data API (FREE) → Video metadata, stats, description
• Apify API (OPTIONAL) → Only when transcripts requested

Advantages

💰 Cost Effective

• Default: YouTube API only (free quota)
• Transcript: Only 1 Apify request when explicitly requested
• No wasted API calls

⚡ Fast Performance

• YouTube API: ~200ms response
• Apify: Only loads when needed

📊 Complete Data

Data	Source
Title	✅ YouTube API
Description	✅ YouTube API
Channel Name	✅ YouTube API
View Count	✅ YouTube API
Like Count	✅ YouTube API
Comment Count	✅ YouTube API
Upload Date	✅ YouTube API
Thumbnail URL	✅ YouTube API
Tags	✅ YouTube API
Transcript	✅ Apify (on demand)

How It Works

┌─────────────────┐
│  Input: URL└────────┬/ID   │
────────┘
         │
         ▼
┌─────────────────┐
│ YouTube API    │ ◄── FREE, always runs
│ (viewCount,    │
│  description,   │
│  title, etc.)  │
└────────┬────────┘
         │
    ┌────┴────┐
    │         │
    ▼         ▼
┌───────┐ ┌──────────────┐
│ --    │ │ --transcript │
│info   │ │ is requested │
│only   │ └──────┬───────┘
└───┬───┘        │
    │            ▼
    │    ┌─────────────────┐
    │    │ Apify API      │ ◄── Only runs if
    │    │ (transcript)   │     explicitly asked
    │    └────────┬────────┘
    │             │
    └─────┬───────┘
          │
          ▼
┌─────────────────┐
│   Full Output   │
└─────────────────┘

Credentials Setup

Option 1: Environment Variables

export YOUTUBE_API_KEY="AIzaSy..."
export APIFY_TOKEN="apify_api_..."

Option 2: Credentials File (Recommended)

Add to ~/.openclaw/workspace/credentials/api-credentials.json:

{
  "google": {
    "api_key": "AIzaSy..."
  },
  "apify": {
    "api_key": "apify_api_..."
  }
}

Getting YouTube API Key

1. Go to Google Cloud Console
2. Create a project
3. Enable YouTube Data API v3
4. Create credentials (API Key)
5. Free quota: 10,000 units/day

Getting Apify Token

1. Go to Apify
2. Sign up / Login
3. Copy API token from Settings

Usage

Default (Info Only - FREE)

python3 get_transcript.py "VIDEO_ID"
python3 get_transcript.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"

With Transcript (Uses Apify)

python3 get_transcript.py "VIDEO_ID" --transcript
python3 get_transcript.py "VIDEO_ID" -t
python3 get_transcript.py "VIDEO_ID" --transcript --lang tr

Info Only

python3 get_transcript.py "VIDEO_ID" --info-only

Examples

Basic Video Info

python3 get_transcript.py dQw4w9WgXcQ

Video + Transcript

python3 get_transcript.py Oi3Z1wlZXhg --transcript --lang tr

Save to File

python3 get_transcript.py VIDEO_ID > output.txt

API Quotas

YouTube Data API (Free)

• 10,000 units/day (default)
• Video list: 1 unit per request
• Enough for ~10,000 video queries/day

Apify

• Free tier available
• Only charged when transcript requested

Files

• get_transcript.py - Main script