Convert YouTube Videos to Markdown

YouTube is the world's second-largest search engine and a massive repository of educational content, tutorials, lectures, and discussions. But video content is hard to search, quote, or feed to AI tools.

AnyPost converts YouTube video metadata — titles, descriptions, chapters — to clean Markdown, making video content searchable and AI-friendly.

Why Convert YouTube to Markdown?

Searchable Video Content

Video descriptions and chapters contain:

• Timestamps — navigate long videos quickly
• Resource links — mentioned tools, papers, websites
• Topic overviews — what the video covers
• Speaker bios — credentials and context
• Sponsor info — disclosures and promotions

Converting to Markdown lets you:

• Search across videos — find which video mentioned a topic
• Build study notes — organize video content by subject
• Feed to AI — give context about video content to LLMs
• Create bibliographies — cite video sources accurately

Research and Learning

Students and researchers use YouTube for:

• Lecture series — university courses, MOOCs
• Conference talks — technical presentations
• Tutorial content — how-to guides and walkthroughs
• Expert interviews — Q&A with specialists

How It Works

Standard YouTube URLs

Before: https://youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
After:  https://anypost.md/youtube/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Short URLs

Before: https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ
After:  https://anypost.md/youtube/dQw4w9WgXcQ

Sample Output

# How to Build a Markdown Converter

## Video Description

Learn how to build a tool that converts social media posts to clean Markdown.

**What you'll learn:**
- How to fetch content from various platforms
- Parsing different content formats
- Outputting clean, standardized Markdown
- Building a simple API

**Chapters:**
- 00:00 Introduction
- 02:15 Project setup
- 05:30 First API endpoint
- 12:45 Platform adapters
- 20:10 Error handling
- 28:00 Testing and deployment

**Resources:**
- GitHub repo: https://github.com/...
- Documentation: https://docs.example.com
- Support: https://discord.gg/...

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📺 YouTube · [Watch video](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ)

With Comments

# How to Build a Markdown Converter

[Description and chapters...]

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## Top Comments

### @viewer_one
This is exactly what I was looking for! Does it handle rate limiting?

### @viewer_two
Great tutorial. Would love to see a version for Rust next.

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📺 YouTube · 💬 234 comments · [Watch video](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ)

What's Included

AnyPost extracts:

Element	Included
Video title	✓
Full description	✓
Chapter timestamps	✓ (as formatted list)
Links in description	✓ (as Markdown)
Hashtags	✓
View count	✓
Upload date	✓
Channel name	✓
Top comments	With ?comments=on

Chapter Handling

YouTube chapters become a structured list:

**Chapters:**
- 00:00 Introduction
- 02:15 Architecture overview
- 05:30 Implementation
- 12:45 Testing
- 20:10 Deployment
- 28:00 Q&A

Click the timestamps in the original YouTube player to jump to those sections.

Free Tier Available

YouTube is included in the free tier:

Feature	Free Tier	With API Key
Video info	5/month	Unlimited
Comments	—	✓

API Usage

# Single video (free tier)
curl "https://anypost.md/youtube/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"

# With comments
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer apk_live_xxx"   "https://anypost.md/youtube/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ?comments=on"

# JSON API
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer apk_live_xxx"   "https://anypost.md/api/convert?url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"

Use Cases

Learning Management

Build structured notes from course videos:

# Save lecture info
curl "https://anypost.md/youtube/watch?v=lecture-id"   > ~/courses/course-name/week-1-lecture.md

Research Bibliographies

Cite video sources in academic work:

Create a bibliography entry for this YouTube video:

[paste anypost.md output]

Format in APA style with proper citation.

Content Curation

Track video resources on topics:

# Weekly video roundup
for video in $(cat video-urls.txt); do
  curl -H "Authorization: Bearer apk_live_xxx"     "https://anypost.md/youtube/${video}"
done > ~/content/video-roundup-$(date +%Y%m%d).md

Troubleshooting

"Chapters aren't showing" Chapters are only available if the video creator added them. Not all videos have chapters.

"Description seems truncated" Some very long descriptions may be abbreviated. The core content is preserved.

"Comments are missing" Comments require an API key. Free tier includes video metadata only.

Related Conversions

• Convert all supported platforms
• API documentation
• Pricing and plans

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Last updated: May 28, 2026