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Enhanced Serverless Support

16 Jul 17:42

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🚀 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