YouTube Full Text Search – Search all of a channel from the commandline

yt-fts is a simple python script that uses yt-dlp to scrape all of a youtube channels subtitles and load them into an sqlite database that is searchable from the command line. It allows you to query a channel for specific key word or phrase and will generate time stamped youtube urls to the video containing the keyword.

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In plain words

YouTube Full Text Search is a Python script that downloads all subtitles from a YouTube channel and stores them in a searchable SQLite database. Users can search for keywords or phrases from the command line to find specific content across a channel's videos. The tool generates timestamped YouTube links that jump directly to moments containing the searched terms, making it useful for researchers, journalists, and content creators who need to find information within large video archives.

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