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Guides, tutorials, and tips on YouTube transcripts, captions, and the transcript API.
Building Transcript Datasets for LLM Fine-Tuning
Build clean YouTube transcript datasets for LLM fine-tuning: source at scale, dedupe, normalize, and structure JSONL records the right way.
Zied · 6/25/2026 · 7 min read
YouTube Data API v3 vs a Dedicated Transcript API
The official YouTube API caps you at 10,000 quota units/day and blocks captions.download for videos you don't own. Here's where a transcript API fits.
Zied · 6/24/2026 · 8 min read
Extract YouTube Subtitles in Node.js: A Practical Guide
Learn how to fetch YouTube subtitles in Node.js using async/await, handle errors and rate limits, convert JSON to SRT/VTT, and batch requests safely.
Zied · 6/23/2026 · 8 min read
YouTube Transcript API: Build a Video Summarizer with GPT
Build a YouTube video summarizer API with GPT: fetch clean transcripts, chunk tokens, craft structured prompts, and cache results for production use.
Zied · 6/22/2026 · 11 min read
Why youtube-transcript-api Gets Blocked (and What to Do)
youtube-transcript-api breaks on cloud IPs due to ASN-level blocking & PoToken challenges. Learn the 3 failure modes and how to fix them.
Zied · 6/21/2026 · 8 min read
How to Get a YouTube Transcript as JSON in 5 Minutes
Get a YouTube transcript as clean JSON fast. Copy-paste curl, Python, and JavaScript examples, plus the gotchas around missing or auto captions.
Zied · 6/20/2026 · 9 min read