README.md

timestamper

A CLI tool that uses AI to generate YouTube video timestamps for you.

Prerequisites

• .NET 7
• An Azure subscription. Create one for free.
• Access granted to Azure OpenAI in the desired Azure subscription.
• Access permissions to create Azure OpenAI resources and to deploy models.

How to setup

1. Clone the code.

2. Move into the directory.

3. Create a NuGet package:

   dotnet pack

4. Install as a global or local tool

How to use

The text is generated by AI, please revise before publishing.

1. Set an environment variable with your OpenAI API Key

   export openai_api_key=your-key-value
   export AZURE_OPENAI_KEY="" 
   export AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT=""
   export AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME=""

2. Run the tool running timestamper <url> <# of timestamps>

   timestamper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2mUpkApObk 2

How it works

• YouTube Explode is used to intereact with YouTube API to get video captions.
• Azure OpenAI .NET SDK is used to interact with Azure OpenAI.

Contributing

Feel free to open up an issue or reach out to me with.

• Gwyneth Pena-Siguenza: @madebygps