Changelog
All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
The format is based on Keep a Changelog ,
and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning .
1.0.0 - 2025-10-24Added
Initial release of YouTube Playlist Transcript Scraper
Batch transcript extraction from YouTube playlists
Configurable maxResults parameter to limit number of videos processed
Rich metadata enrichment for each transcript:
Video title, description, publication date
Channel name, view count, duration
Direct video URL
Error handling for videos without available transcripts
Timestamped transcript data with start time and duration
Input validation via INPUT_SCHEMA.json
Actor chaining with streamers/youtube-scraper and pintostudio/youtube-transcript-scraper
Technical Details
Uses Apify SDK v3
Node.js 16+ support
Sequential processing of videos
Proper dataset handling with defaultDatasetId
Documentation
Comprehensive README with usage examples
Handoff documentation with technical decisions
Sample output in examples directory
MIT License
Known Limitations
Sequential processing (parallel processing planned for v2.0.0)
No language selection for multi-language transcripts
No retry logic for failed requests
JSON-only output format
[Unreleased]
Planned for v2.0.0
Parallel processing with configurable batch size
Language selection parameter
CSV/TXT export formats
Retry logic with exponential backoff
Progress indicators during execution
Separate error tracking dataset
Performance optimizations for large playlists
