Building a Video Transcriber with Node.js and OpenAI API

1h 2mIntermediate2024-01-12

Authors

Fikayo Adepoju

Technical Writer | Software Developer

Course details

Formerly complicated tasks like audio transcription for videos have become much simpler thanks to the rise of APIs like OpenAI's Whisper. But while this exciting new tool can handle transcription, if you want to transcribe a lot of audio, your code still needs to set up connections and authentication and pipe the information back and forth. In this course, instructor Fikayo Adepoju shows you how to integrate Node.js applications with the OpenAI Whisper API. Learn how to set up OpenAI API access, build the video transcriber interface, develop the back end and connect to the AI, and then bring it all together.

This course is designed for intermediate and advanced developers interested in the future of development with generative AI and the integration of applications with AI models.

Skills covered

JavaScript FrameworksChatGPTAPIsOpenAIGenerative AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Web DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentOne-Off

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - AI-powered video transcription
02 - Who is this course for
03 - What you should know

1. Setting Up OpenAI API Access

04 - Signing up for an OpenAI account
05 - Upgrading to a paid API account
06 - The Whisper model
07 - Understanding tokens and pricing
08 - Generating an API key

2. Building the Video Transcriber Interface

09 - Cloning the seed project
10 - Project code walkthrough
11 - Adding the video upload functionality
12 - Adding the transcribeVideo function
13 - Adding the displayTranscription function

3. Building the Back End - Connecting to the AI

14 - Building out the Express.js API
15 - Configuring the OpenAI library
16 - Adding routes
17 - Setting up file upload functionality
18 - Transcribing with the Whisper API

4. Bringing It All Together

19 - Connecting the front end to the API
20 - Adding a progress indicator
21 - Editing transcriptions

Conclusion

22 - Next steps