https://github.com/nebularnerd/yt-url-extractor

A Tampermonkey (and other *monkey) script to extract YT ID(s) from most YT pages with a single click
https://github.com/nebularnerd/yt-url-extractor

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A Tampermonkey (and other *monkey) script to extract YT ID(s) from most YT pages with a single click

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/nebularnerd/yt-url-extractor
• Owner: NebularNerd
• License: unlicense
• Created: 2023-02-28T14:54:08.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-07T09:44:08.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-09-26T14:43:59.423Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: greasemonkey-script, greasemonkey-userscript, tampermonkey, tampermonkey-script, tampermonkey-userscript, violentmonkey-script, violentmonkey-userscript, youtube, youtube-dl, yt-dlp
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 52.7 KB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE

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# YT-URL-Extractor

A Tampermonkey (and other *monkey) script to extract YT ID(s) from most YT pages with a single click

## What is this thing?

I wanted an easy one click solution to grab every YouTube ID from a page, then give me a neat list without duplicates ready for use elsewhere. I also fancied brushing up on my Tampermonkey/Javascript skills so though I would give it a go. I set to work throwing a solution together and ended up with this, it's a fairly neat solution that adds a discrete 📋 button at the top of most pages, clicking it will either copy the current URL if you are watching a video or short, or on a playlist style page you'll get every a list of every URL on the page.

## Features

- Quick and easy to use

- Should work with most *monkey variants: Tested/Developed with Chrome Tampermonkey v4.18.1, Also tested on Firefox Greasemonkey 4.11 (from 2021)

- Auto updates if your *monkey variant supports it

## Sounds great, how do I use it?

- The easiest way to install this is to click this link:  

[:floppy_disk: YT-URL-Extractor.user.js](https://github.com/NebularNerd/YT-URL-Extractor/raw/main/YT-URL-Extractor.user.js)  

most *monkey's auto install features will then take care of things, this also can be used to manually trigger an update.

- **OR**, view the [YT-URL-Extractor.user.js](/YT-URL-Extractor.user.js) and then click the `RAW` button, if you wish to check out the code first.

- **OR**, Download or Copy/Paste the [YT-URL-Extractor.user.js](/YT-URL-Extractor.user.js) into your *monkey, save and activate.  

 

Next time you vist a supported page (you may need to refresh if you are already on a YT page) you will see a small clipboard icon 📋 next to the mic icon at the top of the page. 

![Playlist page](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/8470449/221897997-c751be58-659b-4584-b0ac-ddbc3275f6fb.jpg)

  

Give that a click and a banner will briefly flash to let you know it's done it job.  

![Banner flash](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/8470449/221898882-82af3aa8-374a-4659-84c8-ca685e53af53.jpg)  

Paste your output wherever you need it, depending on the page there will be two outcomes:

- On a single video or short page you'll get just the URL from the video you are watching in this style [https://youtu.be/8jMPgvaOXH8](https://youtu.be/8jMPgvaOXH8), I know there is the share button, this saves a couple of clicks.

- On a playlist page or where multiple videos are diplayed you'll get a nice list like this:  

  

  https://youtu.be/UzE1njGyTBw  

  https://youtu.be/W48MqXVUYFI  

  https://youtu.be/a8_GYCiYmWI  

  https://youtu.be/hsyH84UP2Ns  

  https://youtu.be/Hmh6nGYKCEs  

  https://youtu.be/0IZP_oX_6Ic  

  https://youtu.be/8ZKzx1C4-DY  

  https://youtu.be/2g3m9p35cDo  

  https://youtu.be/KABSYzPqTTg  

  https://youtu.be/9ca2K5bJpvU  

  https://youtu.be/G0XntICXcyA  

  https://youtu.be/gpxUcIJ1tGs  

  https://youtu.be/Ei2cD61Je7A  

  https://youtu.be/SfpUM5Wrh2A  

  https://youtu.be/quI772XuCpo  

  https://youtu.be/YioAD0gQQSM  

  https://youtu.be/H2t7lknrK28  

  https://youtu.be/4RXdusySjsk  

  https://youtu.be/Z5ezsReZcxU  

 

## Limitations

If you are on a channels homepage and they have some sort of carousel/spinner thing, you'll only get the ID's for the items you can see, the others are not generated/rendered until you bring them into view. I decided to leave it there after coding it but it's not much use on that page.

## To-do

- [ ] Code optimisation: Code is fast enough but I'm sure there are a couple of things that could be better

- [ ] Add clipboard button to individual videos links, quickly grab individual URLs as well as whole page

- [x] Add auto update

## License

Published under the [The Unlicense](/LICENSE)

- The check current URL code is derived from [resu @ Stackoverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/a/35038669) and is used under their [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) License

- The handy check clipboard code is by [Mordo95 @ Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/userscripts/comments/p7mra9/comment/h9l6p8c/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)

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