modbender 🎬 YouTube Master
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
- Go to Google Cloud Console
- Create a project
- Enable YouTube Data API v3
- Create credentials (API Key)
- Free quota: 10,000 units/day
Getting Apify Token
- Go to Apify
- Sign up / Login
- 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