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Integrating YouTube Content into Your Search Agent

Expanding your search agent’s capabilities to include content from YouTube videos can significantly enhance its ability to provide engaging and multimedia-rich answers. The add_youtube function enables the straightforward addition of YouTube videos, allowing your search agent to leverage video descriptions, titles, and potentially transcribed content for a more diverse search experience.

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Function Overview

The add_youtube method is specifically designed for integrating YouTube video content into your search agent, offering a range of parameters to customize how this content is processed, indexed, and retrieved.

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Parameters

  • urls (List[str]): A list of URLs for the YouTube videos you want to add. Each URL points to a specific video whose content will be made searchable by your agent.
  • system_prompt (str): An optional prompt to guide the system in processing YouTube video content. This can direct the focus towards relevant aspects of the video, such as the description or transcribed speech.
  • query_wrapper_prompt (str): An optional prompt to enhance the relevance of search queries by providing a context specific to the YouTube content.
  • embed_model (Union[str, EmbedType]): The embedding model used for processing and embedding the text content extracted from YouTube videos. Defaults to a standard model suitable for general content.
  • llm_params (dict): Parameters for integrating Large Language Models, enhancing the agent’s understanding of video content and improving query processing.
  • vector_store_params (dict): Configuration for vector storage, detailing how and where the extracted embeddings from video content are stored.
  • service_context_params (dict): Additional parameters to customize the service context for YouTube content integration.
  • query_engine_params (dict): Customization parameters for the query engine, affecting how YouTube content is searched and matched with user queries.
  • retriever_params (dict): Configuration for the document retriever component, determining how YouTube video content is indexed and retrieved.

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Example Usage

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Adding Multiple YouTube Videos

search_agent.add_youtube(
    urls=[
        "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=video1",
        "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=video2"
    ],
)
This example demonstrates how to add specific YouTube videos to your search agent.