Generating YouTube Transcript via API Route Handlers – Part 6.2 Epic Next.js Tutorial for Beginners

About this Video

• Video Title: Generating YouTube Transcript via API Route Handlers – Part 6.2 Epic Next.js Tutorial for Beginners
• Channel: Strapi
• Speakers: One speaker (name not provided in transcript)
• Duration: 00:09:34

Introduction

This video, part of an Epic Next.js tutorial, demonstrates how to build a video summary section using a Next.js route handler, OpenAI, and LinkChain. The tutorial focuses on fetching YouTube transcripts, handling API keys, and implementing validation for YouTube video IDs.

Key Takeaways

• Fetching YouTube Transcripts: The video explains how to retrieve YouTube transcripts using a custom function, addressing issues with a previously used npm package. A code snippet is provided and explained.
• Data Transformation: A transformData function concatenates transcript segments into a single string for processing.
• YouTube ID Validation: An extractYouTubeID function validates the format of YouTube video IDs, returning an error if invalid. This validation is integrated into both the API route handler and the front-end form.
• API Authentication and Credit Checks: The tutorial demonstrates how to incorporate authentication and credit checks into the API route handler. Error messages are returned to the front end if the user is not authenticated or has insufficient credits.
• Error Handling: The video covers error handling throughout the process, showing how to manage errors from transcript fetching, ID validation, and API usage. These errors are displayed to the user via toast messages.