[Potential Feature Request] YouTube Captions Download [390964204]

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ri...@gmail.com

created issue #1

Jan 19, 2025 06:48PM

Hello,

I want to clear up a point of misunderstanding that has affected me and numerous other users (judging by the number of issues and StackOverflow posts) and put in a feature request if appropriate

Previous responses to issues downloading captions are sometimes contradictory - I've seen both You may only download captions from your own video or any video that is public and have third-party captions download enabled (issue 1) and You can only list/edit/download captions for the videos that you own or any video that is public (issue 2)

Downloading captions does not work for most (or all?) public videos. As for "have third-party captions download enabled", I haven't been able to find any documentation on this, and I have not found how to enable third-party caption downloading for my own YouTube videos

Can we get clarification on third-party caption downloading? I might be missing something, or it might no longer be possible. I wonder if it's related to removing community captions in 2020. If it's no longer possible, I want to put in a feature request to enable it again

Thanks!

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sn...@google.com <sn...@google.com> Jan 20, 2025 06:01PM

Assigned to sn...@google.com.

sn...@google.com <sn...@google.com> #2Jan 21, 2025 06:00PM

Hi, thanks for reaching out and reporting this issue! Can you check and verify if you're seeing the same error when using API explorer link?

an...@gmail.com <an...@gmail.com> #3Feb 3, 2025 03:39PM

Hi,

Thank you for quick response. Yes, I actually copied curl code above from the API explorer.

I also tried with Python code below:

request = youtube.search().list(
    part="snippet",
    maxResults=50,
    order="viewCount",
    publishedAfter="2024-09-01T00:00:00Z",
    q="artificial intelligence",
    videoPaidProductPlacement="true",
)
response = request.execute()
return response

This also gave me invalid parameter error:

TypeError: Got an unexpected keyword argument videoPaidProductPlacement

hu...@gmail.com <hu...@gmail.com> #4Feb 11, 2025 01:53PM

Hello,

I wanted to check if there are any updates regarding this issue, as it is critical for my application. Could you share whether it's planned to be resolved and if there is an estimated timeline for a fix?

I would greatly appreciate any insights you can provide.

Thank you for your time and support.

ai...@gmail.com <ai...@gmail.com> #5Feb 11, 2025 05:46PM

I wrote nothing of this nor have an idea.

On Tuesday, February 11, 2025, <buganizer-system@google.com> wrote:

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Issue 390964204