Changelog

Track API updates, new features, and breaking changes.

v1.2.0

Released: January 2025

New Features

• Infographic Generation - Generate visual summary infographics for processed videos

  {
    "options": {
      "generate_infographic": true
    }
  }
  

• Key Insights Mode - New summary mode focused on actionable takeaways

  {
    "options": {
      "summary_modes": ["key_insights"]
    }
  }
  

• Priority Processing - Pro plan can now request priority processing

  {
    "priority": "high"
  }
  

Improvements

• Faster transcript extraction (30% improvement)
• Better handling of videos with auto-generated captions
• Improved language detection accuracy

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue with certain YouTube Shorts URLs not being recognized
• Fixed webhook delivery retries not respecting exponential backoff
• Fixed rare race condition in batch processing

v1.1.0

Released: December 2024

New Features

• Batch Processing API - Process multiple videos in a single request

  POST /api/v1/batch/process
  

• Webhook Events - Receive real-time notifications for job events

  • job.completed

  • job.failed

  • batch.completed

• Study Notes Mode - New summary format optimized for learning

  {
    "options": {
      "summary_modes": ["study_notes"]
    }
  }
  

Improvements

• Added

  progress_percentage

  to job status endpoint
• Increased maximum transcript length to 10MB
• Added support for YouTube Shorts URLs

Deprecations

• summary_type

  parameter renamed to

  summary_modes

  (array)
  • Old parameter still works but will be removed in v2.0

v1.0.0

Released: November 2024

Initial Release

The first stable release of the YT2Text API.

Features

• Video Processing - Extract transcripts from YouTube videos

  POST /api/v1/videos/process
  

• AI Summaries - Generate summaries in multiple formats

  • tldr

    - Quick 2-3 sentence summary

  • detailed

    - Comprehensive summary with key points

  • timestamped

    - Outline with timestamp references
• Job Management
  • Check job status
  • Retrieve completed results
  • List recent jobs
• Authentication
  • API key authentication
  • Bearer token support
• Rate Limiting
  • Per-key rate limits
  • Monthly quotas per plan

SDKs

• JavaScript/TypeScript SDK
• Python SDK
• Swift SDK (iOS)
• Kotlin SDK (Android)

API Versioning

The YT2Text API uses URL-based versioning:

https://api.yt2text.cc/api/v1/videos/process

Version Lifecycle

Breaking Changes Policy

We avoid breaking changes whenever possible. When necessary:

1. Announcement - 90 days advance notice via email and changelog
2. Deprecation - Old behavior continues to work with warnings
3. Migration Guide - Documentation for updating your integration
4. Sunset - Old behavior removed after deprecation period

Subscribing to Updates

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• GitHub - Watch our changelog repository

Migration Guides

v1.0 to v1.1

Summary Types to Summary Modes

The

summary_type

summary_modes

// Before (v1.0)
{
- "summary_type": "tldr"
}

// After (v1.1)
{
+ "summary_modes": ["tldr"]
}

You can now request multiple summary types in a single request:

{
  "summary_modes": ["tldr", "detailed", "study_notes"]
}

Upcoming Features

Features planned for future releases:

• Playlist Processing - Process entire YouTube playlists
• Channel Analytics - Analyze content patterns across channels
• Custom AI Prompts - Define your own summary formats
• Multi-language Summaries - Generate summaries in different languages
• Audio/Podcast Support - Extend beyond YouTube to podcast feeds