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Build a Viral Hook Generator using YouTube Transcripts & OpenAI
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Build a Viral Hook Generator using YouTube Transcripts & OpenAI

via Dev.to TutorialOlamide Olaniyan1mo ago

The first 15 seconds of a YouTube video dictate its success. If the "hook" fails, the viewer clicks away, retention plummets, and the algorithm buries the video. What if you could analyze the exact words top creators use in their first 15 seconds, and use AI to generate similar hooks for your own niche? In this tutorial, we'll build a Python script that: Fetches a viral YouTube video. Extracts the transcript (subtitles). Isolates the first 15 seconds of spoken text (the Hook). Uses OpenAI (ChatGPT) to reverse-engineer the psychology of the hook and generate new ones for your topic. The Tech Stack Python 3 SociaVault API (to fetch YouTube transcripts without dealing with headless browsers or CAPTCHAs) OpenAI API (to analyze and generate text) Step 1: Setup Install the required libraries: pip install requests openai python-dotenv Create a .env file: SOCIAVAULT_API_KEY=your_sociavault_key OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_key Step 2: Fetching the Transcript YouTube's official API makes getting t

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