Service Descriptions

The YouTube Transcript Summarizer relies on several key services to function:

YouTube API Service

Location: services/youtube_api_service.py

Responsibilities:

• Fetching video transcripts using the YouTube Transcript API
• Retrieving video metadata using the YouTube Data API

Key Methods:

• get_youtube_transcript(video_id, include_timestamps)
• get_video_metadata(video_id)

OpenAI API Service

Location: services/openai_api_service.py

Responsibilities:

• Generating summaries of video transcripts using OpenAI’s language models

Key Methods:

• summarize_text(text, metadata, max_words, used_model)

User Authentication Service

Location: services/user_auth_service.py

Responsibilities:

• User registration and authentication
• JWT token generation and verification

Key Methods:

• register_user(username, email, password)
• authenticate_user(identifier, password)
• generate_token(user)
• authenticate_user_by_token(token)

These services encapsulate the core business logic of the application, interacting with external APIs and managing user authentication.