YouTube Video Summarizer

A Django web application that generates concise summaries of YouTube videos using Natural Language Processing (NLP). The application extracts the transcript from YouTube videos and creates a summary highlighting the key points.

Features

• Clean, minimalist user interface
• YouTube video transcript extraction
• Automatic text summarization using spaCy NLP
• Responsive design that works on both desktop and mobile devices
• Error handling for invalid YouTube URLs

Prerequisites

• Python 3.x
• Django 4.1.7
• spaCy with English language model
• youtube-transcript-api

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone <repository-url>
cd <project-directory>

2. Create and activate a virtual environment:

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install the required packages:

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Download the spaCy English language model:

python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm

5. Run migrations:

python manage.py migrate

6. Start the development server:

python manage.py runserver

The application will be available at http://127.0.0.1:8000/

Usage

1. Visit the application's homepage
2. Enter a valid YouTube video URL in the input field
3. Click the "Submit" button
4. The application will display a summary of the video content

Technical Details

• The application uses the youtube-transcript-api to extract video transcripts
• Text processing and summarization is performed using spaCy's NLP capabilities
• The summary is generated using extractive summarization techniques
• The frontend is built with HTML and CSS, featuring a responsive design

Project Structure

s8project/
├── home/                   # Main application directory
│   ├── utils.py           # Contains transcript and summarization logic
│   ├── views.py           # View functions
│   └── urls.py            # URL routing
├── templates/             # HTML templates
│   └── index.html         # Main page template
├── s8project/             # Project configuration
│   ├── settings.py        # Django settings
│   └── urls.py            # Project URL configuration
├── manage.py              # Django management script
└── requirements.txt       # Project dependencies

Security Notes

• For production deployment, make sure to:
  • Set DEBUG = False in settings.py
  • Update SECRET_KEY with a secure value
  • Configure ALLOWED_HOSTS
  • Set up proper security middleware

Known Limitations

• Only works with YouTube videos that have available transcripts
• Summary quality depends on the video transcript quality
• Currently only supports English language videos

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

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