YouTube Summarizer

🚀 Overview

YouTube Summarizer is a powerful tool that extracts and summarizes YouTube video transcripts using AI. This project leverages Next.js, Google Cloud AI, and Generative AI models to generate concise and easy-to-read summaries of video content.

✨ Features

• 🎯 AI-powered Summarization - Automatically extracts key points from YouTube videos.
• 🔄 Proxy Support - Uses a proxy to bypass YouTube restrictions.
• 🎨 Clean UI - Minimalist and responsive design using TailwindCSS.

📸 Demo

🔗 Live Demo

🛠️ Installation

To set up the project locally, follow these steps:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/jorgepedraza88/youtube-summarizer.git
cd youtube-summarizer

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start the development server
npm run dev

🔧 Configuration

1. Environment Variables

   • Create a .env.local file and add your API credentials:

   GEMINI_API_KEY=[YOUR.GEMINI.API.KEY]
   PROXY_HOST=[YOUR.PROXY.HOST]
   PROXY_PORT=[YOUR.PROXY.PORT]
   PROXY_USER=[YOUR.PROXY.USERNAME]
   PROXY_PASSWORD=[YOUR.PROXY.PASSWORD]
   

2. Proxy Setup

   • The app uses a proxy to fetch transcripts without being blocked by YouTube.
   • Ensure your proxy credentials are correct to avoid connection issues.

📜 Usage

1. Enter a YouTube video URL.
2. Click Summarize to generate an AI-driven summary.
3. The app caches results to improve performance and reduce API calls.

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Frontend: Next.js, React, TailwindCSS
• Backend: Next.js API Routes, Axios
• AI Services: Google Generative AI (Gemini-1.5-flash-8b)
• Proxy Support: A secure proxy for bypassing YouTube restrictions

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

📬 Contact

For questions or suggestions, reach out to Jorge Pedraza at [email protected].

Made with ❤️ by Jorge Pedraza.