YouTube

Search YouTube videos and extract transcripts/captions.

YouTube

Search YouTube videos and extract transcripts/captions. Transcript extraction works without an API key; search requires a YouTube Data API v3 key.

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Quick Start

import { Agent, openai, YouTubeToolkit } from "@radaros/core";

const yt = new YouTubeToolkit();

const agent = new Agent({
  name: "video-researcher",
  model: openai("gpt-4o"),
  instructions: "Extract and summarize YouTube video transcripts.",
  tools: [...yt.getTools()],
});

const result = await agent.run(
  "Get the transcript of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
);

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Config

apiKey · string

YouTube Data API v3 key for search. Falls back to YOUTUBE_API_KEY env var.

enableSearch · boolean · default: "true"

Enable the youtube_search tool (requires API key).

enableTranscript · boolean · default: "true"

Enable the youtube_transcript tool (no API key needed).

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Tools

Tool	Description
youtube_transcript	Get captions/transcript for a YouTube video by URL or ID. No API key needed.
youtube_search	Search YouTube for videos. Returns titles, channels, and URLs. Requires API key.

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Environment Variables

export YOUTUBE_API_KEY="AIza..."

Get an API key from the Google Cloud Console.