[Edit]

app.py

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ ytt_api = YouTubeTranscriptApi(
 # Function to fetch and format YouTube transcript using the video ID
 def fetch_transcript(video_id: str):
     try:
-        # Fetch transcript
         transcript_obj = ytt_api.fetch(video_id)
         # Extract and join only the text fields from FetchedTranscriptSnippet objects
         full_text = " ".join([snippet.text for snippet in transcript_obj.snippets])
@@ -21,14 +20,14 @@ def fetch_transcript(video_id: str):
     except Exception as e:
         return f"Error fetching transcript: {str(e)}"
 
-
-# Gradio Interface
+# Gradio Interface for API (no UI)
 iface = gr.Interface(
     fn=fetch_transcript,
     inputs=gr.Textbox(label="Enter YouTube Video ID"),
     outputs=gr.Textbox(label="Transcript"),
-    live=True
+    live=False,
+    api=True  # This flag turns the interface into an API
 )
 
-# Launch the Gradio app
-iface.launch()
+# Launch the Gradio app in API mode
+iface.launch(share=True)  # share=True allows external access to the API