YouTube 每日视频总结 Telegram 机器人#

This skill deploys a YouTube monitoring bot that:

1. Polls configured YouTube channels via RSS feed (no API key needed for this step)
2. Extracts video transcripts using youtube-transcript-api
3. Falls back to audio download via yt-dlp if no subtitles are available
4. Summarizes content using Google Gemini 2.5 Flash (supports both text and audio input natively)
5. Sends a beautifully formatted bilingual (Chinese + English) summary to Telegram

Prerequisites#

You need these three secrets configured in your environment:

• GEMINI_API_KEY — from Google AI Studio
• TG_BOT_TOKEN — from Telegram @BotFather
• TG_CHAT_ID — your personal or group Telegram chat ID

File Structure#

FilePurposeconfig.pyAll configuration, API keys, and YouTube channel settingsyoutube_monitor.pyRSS polling and local deduplication via db.json``extractor.pyTranscript fetching or audio download fallbackai_summarizer.pyGemini API integration (text + audio)tg_notifier.pyTelegram message delivery with chunkingmain.pyMain entry point with daily 8:00 AM schedulingrequirements.txtAll Python dependencies

Setup & Usage#

Step 1: Configure channels and secrets#

Edit config.py and add your API keys and the YouTube Channel IDs you want to monitor:

python

YOUTUBE_CHANNELS = {
    "UCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx": "Channel Name Here"
}

Step 2: Install dependencies#

bash

pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 3: Run#

For a one-off immediate check:

bash

python main.py

For long-running background mode (runs daily at 8 AM Izmir time):

bash

nohup python main.py > bot.log 2>&1 &

How to Find a YouTube Channel ID#

1. Go to the YouTube channel page
2. Click the channel name, then go to About
3. Click "Share Channel" and copy the link — the ID starts with UC...
4. Or use commentpicker.com/youtube-channel-id.php

Notes#

• The bot tracks processed videos in db.json so it never sends duplicate summaries
• If Gemini API is not configured, the bot will fail gracefully with a clear error message
• Long videos with audio fallback may take 1–2 minutes to upload and process