Releases: devhims/youtube-caption-extractor
Releases · devhims/youtube-caption-extractor
Enhanced Serverless Support
🚀 What's New in v1.8.2
Enhanced Serverless Support
- Robust serverless deployment compatibility with automatic environment detection
- Advanced bot detection bypass using improved session management and header fingerprinting
- Automatic fallback strategies between XML captions and JSON transcript APIs
Improved Data Extraction
- Multi-location search for video titles and descriptions with comprehensive fallback strategies
- Modern Transcript API integration using YouTube's engagement panel system
- Better error handling with graceful degradation and detailed debugging
🌐 Deployment Compatibility
- ✅ Local Development: Full API access with traditional caption extraction
- ✅ Traditional Servers: Seamless Node.js deployment support
- ✅ Serverless Platforms: Auto-detects Vercel, AWS Lambda, Netlify, Cloudflare Workers
- ✅ Edge Runtime: Compatible with edge computing environments