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YouTube webmcp tool: extract transcripts
- URL-scoped to youtube.com/watch pages - Returns metadata (title, author, duration, etc.) + transcript segments - Supports language selection and text/segments output format
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‎src/lib/webmcp/builtin-sources.ts‎

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}]
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};
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}
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`,
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agentboard_youtube_transcript: `'use webmcp-tool v1';
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export const metadata = {
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name: 'youtube_transcript',
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namespace: 'agentboard',
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version: '1.0.0',
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description: 'Extract transcript/captions and metadata from current YouTube video.',
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match: ['*://www.youtube.com/watch*', '*://youtube.com/watch*'],
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inputSchema: {
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type: 'object',
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properties: {
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language: {
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type: 'string',
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description: 'Preferred language code (e.g., "en", "es"). Defaults to English or first available.'
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},
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format: {
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type: 'string',
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enum: ['segments', 'text'],
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description: '"segments" returns timestamped array, "text" returns concatenated plain text. Default: "segments"'
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}
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},
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additionalProperties: false
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}
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};
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export async function execute(args = {}) {
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const videoId = new URL(window.location.href).searchParams.get('v');
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if (!videoId) {
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throw new Error('Not on a YouTube video page (no video ID found)');
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}
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// Always fetch fresh playerResponse via Innertube API.
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// We can't use window.ytInitialPlayerResponse because the caption URLs
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// contain signatures and expiry timestamps that become stale.
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const playerResponse = await fetchPlayerResponseViaInnertube(videoId);
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if (!playerResponse) {
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throw new Error('Could not retrieve video data from YouTube');
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}
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// Extract video metadata
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const videoDetails = playerResponse.videoDetails || {};
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const metadata = {
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videoId,
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title: videoDetails.title || '',
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author: videoDetails.author || '',
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channelId: videoDetails.channelId || '',
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lengthSeconds: parseInt(videoDetails.lengthSeconds, 10) || 0,
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viewCount: parseInt(videoDetails.viewCount, 10) || 0,
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description: videoDetails.shortDescription || '',
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keywords: videoDetails.keywords || [],
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isLive: videoDetails.isLiveContent || false
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};
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// Extract caption tracks
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const captionTracks = playerResponse?.captions?.playerCaptionsTracklistRenderer?.captionTracks;
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if (!captionTracks?.length) {
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// Return metadata even if no captions available
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return {
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metadata,
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transcript: null,
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error: 'No captions available for this video'
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};
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}
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// Prefer manual captions over auto-generated (ASR)
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// Manual captions don't have 'kind' field, auto-generated have kind: 'asr'
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const manualTracks = captionTracks.filter(t => !t.kind);
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const tracksToSearch = manualTracks.length > 0 ? manualTracks : captionTracks;
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// Select language: prefer requested, then English, then first available
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const preferredLang = args.language || 'en';
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const selectedTrack =
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tracksToSearch.find(t => t.languageCode === preferredLang) ||
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tracksToSearch.find(t => t.languageCode.startsWith(preferredLang)) ||
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tracksToSearch.find(t => t.languageCode.startsWith('en')) ||
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tracksToSearch[0];
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// Fetch transcript as JSON (fmt=json3) to avoid XML parsing and Trusted Types CSP issues
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const jsonUrl = selectedTrack.baseUrl + '&fmt=json3';
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const transcriptResponse = await fetch(jsonUrl, { credentials: 'include' });
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if (!transcriptResponse.ok) {
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throw new Error(\`Failed to fetch transcript: \${transcriptResponse.status}\`);
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}
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const transcriptData = await transcriptResponse.json();
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// Parse JSON format into segments
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const segments = parseTranscriptJson(transcriptData);
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// Build transcript object
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const transcript = {
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language: selectedTrack.languageCode,
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languageName: selectedTrack.name?.simpleText || selectedTrack.languageCode,
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isAutoGenerated: selectedTrack.kind === 'asr',
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segmentCount: segments.length
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};
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if (args.format === 'text') {
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transcript.text = segments.map(s => s.text).join(' ');
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} else {
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transcript.segments = segments;
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}
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return { metadata, transcript };
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}
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/**
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* Fetch player response via YouTube's Innertube API.
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* This is the internal API YouTube uses for its own player.
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*/
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async function fetchPlayerResponseViaInnertube(videoId) {
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// Extract API key from page HTML
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const html = document.documentElement.outerHTML;
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const apiKeyMatch = html.match(/"INNERTUBE_API_KEY":"([^"]+)"/);
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if (!apiKeyMatch) {
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throw new Error('Could not find YouTube API key on page');
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}
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const apiKey = apiKeyMatch[1];
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const innertubeUrl = \`https://www.youtube.com/youtubei/v1/player?key=\${apiKey}\`;
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const response = await fetch(innertubeUrl, {
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method: 'POST',
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headers: {
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'Content-Type': 'application/json'
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},
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body: JSON.stringify({
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context: {
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client: {
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clientName: 'WEB',
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clientVersion: '2.20250101.00.00'
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}
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},
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videoId
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})
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});
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if (!response.ok) {
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throw new Error(\`Innertube API request failed: \${response.status}\`);
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}
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return response.json();
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}
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/**
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* Parse YouTube's JSON transcript format (fmt=json3) into structured segments.
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* JSON format has events with segs arrays containing utf8 text.
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*/
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function parseTranscriptJson(data) {
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const segments = [];
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if (!data.events) {
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return segments;
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}
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for (const event of data.events) {
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// Skip events without segments (e.g., format markers)
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if (!event.segs) continue;
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// Concatenate all segment text
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const text = event.segs
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.map(seg => seg.utf8 || '')
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.join('')
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.trim();
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if (text) {
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segments.push({
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start: (event.tStartMs || 0) / 1000,
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duration: (event.dDurationMs || 0) / 1000,
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text
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});
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}
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}
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return segments;
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}
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`,
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agentboard_fetch_url: `/**
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* System Tool: URL Fetch for LLM Research

‎src/lib/webmcp/tools/registry.ts‎

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description:
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'Dynamically discovers and registers Shopify MCP tools for searching merchant catalog and managing cart.',
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},
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{
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id: 'agentboard_youtube_transcript',
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file: 'tools/agentboard_youtube_transcript.js',
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match: ['*://www.youtube.com/watch*', '*://youtube.com/watch*'],
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version: '1.0.0',
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description: 'Extract transcript/captions and metadata from current YouTube video.',
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},
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];

‎src/lib/webmcp/tools/youtube_transcript/script.js‎

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'use webmcp-tool v1';
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export const metadata = {
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name: 'youtube_transcript',
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namespace: 'agentboard',
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version: '1.0.0',
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description: 'Extract transcript/captions and metadata from current YouTube video.',
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match: ['*://www.youtube.com/watch*', '*://youtube.com/watch*'],
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inputSchema: {
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type: 'object',
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properties: {
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language: {
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type: 'string',
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description: 'Preferred language code (e.g., "en", "es"). Defaults to English or first available.'
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},
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format: {
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type: 'string',
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enum: ['segments', 'text'],
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description: '"segments" returns timestamped array, "text" returns concatenated plain text. Default: "segments"'
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}
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},
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additionalProperties: false
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}
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};
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export async function execute(args = {}) {
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const videoId = new URL(window.location.href).searchParams.get('v');
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if (!videoId) {
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throw new Error('Not on a YouTube video page (no video ID found)');
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}
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// Always fetch fresh playerResponse via Innertube API.
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// We can't use window.ytInitialPlayerResponse because the caption URLs
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// contain signatures and expiry timestamps that become stale.
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const playerResponse = await fetchPlayerResponseViaInnertube(videoId);
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if (!playerResponse) {
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throw new Error('Could not retrieve video data from YouTube');
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}
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// Extract video metadata
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const videoDetails = playerResponse.videoDetails || {};
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const metadata = {
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videoId,
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title: videoDetails.title || '',
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author: videoDetails.author || '',
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channelId: videoDetails.channelId || '',
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lengthSeconds: parseInt(videoDetails.lengthSeconds, 10) || 0,
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viewCount: parseInt(videoDetails.viewCount, 10) || 0,
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description: videoDetails.shortDescription || '',
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keywords: videoDetails.keywords || [],
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isLive: videoDetails.isLiveContent || false
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};
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// Extract caption tracks
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const captionTracks = playerResponse?.captions?.playerCaptionsTracklistRenderer?.captionTracks;
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if (!captionTracks?.length) {
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// Return metadata even if no captions available
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return {
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metadata,
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transcript: null,
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error: 'No captions available for this video'
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};
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}
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// Prefer manual captions over auto-generated (ASR)
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// Manual captions don't have 'kind' field, auto-generated have kind: 'asr'
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const manualTracks = captionTracks.filter(t => !t.kind);
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const tracksToSearch = manualTracks.length > 0 ? manualTracks : captionTracks;
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// Select language: prefer requested, then English, then first available
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const preferredLang = args.language || 'en';
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const selectedTrack =
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tracksToSearch.find(t => t.languageCode === preferredLang) ||
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tracksToSearch.find(t => t.languageCode.startsWith(preferredLang)) ||
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tracksToSearch.find(t => t.languageCode.startsWith('en')) ||
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tracksToSearch[0];
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// Fetch transcript as JSON (fmt=json3) to avoid XML parsing and Trusted Types CSP issues
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const jsonUrl = selectedTrack.baseUrl + '&fmt=json3';
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const transcriptResponse = await fetch(jsonUrl, { credentials: 'include' });
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if (!transcriptResponse.ok) {
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throw new Error(`Failed to fetch transcript: ${transcriptResponse.status}`);
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}
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const transcriptData = await transcriptResponse.json();
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// Parse JSON format into segments
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const segments = parseTranscriptJson(transcriptData);
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const transcript = {
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language: selectedTrack.languageCode,
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languageName: selectedTrack.name?.simpleText || selectedTrack.languageCode,
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isAutoGenerated: selectedTrack.kind === 'asr',
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segmentCount: segments.length
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if (args.format === 'text') {
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transcript.text = segments.map(s => s.text).join(' ');
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} else {
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transcript.segments = segments;
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}
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return { metadata, transcript };
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}
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* Fetch player response via YouTube's Innertube API.
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*/
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async function fetchPlayerResponseViaInnertube(videoId) {
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// Extract API key from page HTML
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const html = document.documentElement.outerHTML;
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const apiKeyMatch = html.match(/"INNERTUBE_API_KEY":"([^"]+)"/);
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if (!apiKeyMatch) {
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throw new Error('Could not find YouTube API key on page');
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}
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const apiKey = apiKeyMatch[1];
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const innertubeUrl = `https://www.youtube.com/youtubei/v1/player?key=${apiKey}`;
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const response = await fetch(innertubeUrl, {
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headers: {
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context: {
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client: {
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function parseTranscriptJson(data) {
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if (!data.events) {
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.map(seg => seg.utf8 || '')
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}

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// Should inject once, not 3x for rapid navigations
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// Core scripts (relay, polyfill, bridge) + some tools = at least 3
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expect(injectionLog.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(3);
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expect(injectionLog.length).toBeLessThan(3 * 3 + COMPILED_TOOLS.length); // way less than triple
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