https://github.com/mattwright324/youtube-api-proxy

https://github.com/mattwright324/youtube-api-proxy

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mattwright324/youtube-api-proxy
• Owner: mattwright324
• License: mit
• Created: 2024-12-26T19:12:33.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-02-02T18:46:30.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-02T19:33:44.640Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 16.6 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# YouTube API Proxy

Self-host a user rate-limited YouTube API proxy (must provide your own key for v3).

Requests to V3 make use of the requester's IP as the `quotaUser` parameter so you can enforce your project's

`Queries per minute per user` limit.

```

GET https://ytapi.example.com/v1/resolve_url?url=https://www.youtube.com/@VanityUrl

    -> POST https://youtubei.googleapis.com/youtubei/v1/navigation/resolve_url

GET https://ytapi.example.com/v3/videos?part=snippet&id=dQw4w9WgXcQ 

    -> GET https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos?part=snippet&id=dQw4w9WgXcQ

```

## Build

Make a copy of `.env.template` as your `.env` and fill in missing properties.

Check the YouTube API section below to get your own API key and determine allowed paths & parameters.

Make sure dependencies are installed then run

```shell

$ npm install

$ npm run start

```

- http://localhost:3000

- http://localhost:3000/v1/resolve_url?url=https://www.youtube.com/@RickAstleyVEVO

- http://localhost:3000/v3/videos?part=snippet&id=dQw4w9WgXcQ

- http://localhost:3000/v3/videoCategories?part=snippet&regionCode=US

## YouTube API

A YouTube API key is required in your `.env` API_V3_KEY property.

- https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/dashboard

- https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started

- https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs