This project is a YouTube subtitle scraper that extracts subtitle text from YouTube videos. It sends a POST request to savesubs.com api.

• Sends POST requests to an API endpoint to extract subtitle URLs.
• Cleans subtitle text by removing newlines, extra spaces, and special characters.
• Handles retries and logs errors for failed requests.

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/faisal-fida/youtube-subtitle-scraper.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd youtube-subtitle-scraper

3. Install the required dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

1. Run the scraper by executing the app.py file:

   python app.py

2. The script will print the scraped data, including the title, duration, uploader, and cleaned subtitles.

from scraper import run_scraper

yt_url = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ckGtkuflsM"

yt_data = run_scraper(yt_url)

if yt_data:
    print(yt_data)

The scraper uses Python's built-in logging module to log information, warnings, and errors. Logs are printed to the console for easy debugging.

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request for any improvements or bug fixes.