How to avoid IP bans when using youtube-transcript-api to fetch YouTube video transcripts?

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I’m trying to make an agent that get YouTube videos transcript but i keep having ip ban or a ban from requests to youtube-transcript-api, how to manage this?

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YouTube automatically blocks too many requests from the same computer to prevent spam. It’s like a security guard stopping someone who asks for too many things too quickly and may be solve by SOCKS5 & HTTPs Proxy Servers

Just let me know few quries.

  1. How many videos are we trying to process per hour/day?
  2. Are we processing them all at once or can we spread it out?
  3. Do we have budget for any paid solutions if needed?
  4. When do the blocks usually happen, after how many requests?
  5. How long do the blocks typically last?
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