https://github.com/philbot9/youtube-info

Fetch meta information about YouTube videos
https://github.com/philbot9/youtube-info

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Fetch meta information about YouTube videos

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/philbot9/youtube-info
• Owner: philbot9
• License: isc
• Archived: true
• Created: 2015-12-09T02:52:46.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-01-31T15:44:02.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-06T17:54:27.024Z (4 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 138 KB
• Stars: 43
• Watchers: 6
• Forks: 20
• Open Issues: 13
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Youtube Info

## Deprecation Notice

This package has been deprecated and no longer works.

## Purpose

A Node.js module that fetches meta information about YouTube videos. The information is scraped directly from the YouTube website, so no need for a Google API-key.

**This project is in no way affiliated with YouTube.**

## Installation

Install as a module via npm.

```bash

$ npm install youtube-info

```

## Usage

`http//www.youtube.com/watch?v={videoId}`

```javascript

var fetchVideoInfo = require('youtube-info')

fetchVideoInfo(videoId, cb)

```

| Parameter | Meaning                      |

| :-------- | :--------------------------- |

| videoId   | ID of youtube Video          |

| callback  | (optional) callback function |

### Promises API

```javascript

var fetchVideoInfo = require('youtube-info')

fetchVideoInfo('{videoId}').then(function (videoInfo) {

  console.log(videoInfo)

})

```

### Callback API

```javascript

var fetchVideoInfo = require('youtube-info')

fetchVideoInfo('{videoId}', function (err, videoInfo) {

  if (err) throw new Error(err)

  console.log(videoInfo)

})

```

## Result

```

{

  videoId: '{video Id}',

  url: '{video url}',

  title: '{video title}',

  description: '{video description as HTML}',

  owner: '{video owner}',

  channelId: '{owner channel id}',

  thumbnailUrl: '{video thumbnail url}',

  embedURL: '{video embed url}',

  datePublished: '{video publication date}',

  genre: '{video genre}',

  paid: {true/false},

  unlisted: {true/false},

  isFamilyFriendly: {true/false},

  duration: {video duration in seconds},

  views: {number of views},

  regionsAllowed: [ '{two letter country code}', ... ],

  commentCount: {number of comments},

  likeCount: {number of likes},

  dislikeCount: {number of dislikes},

  channelThumbnailUrl: {channel thumbnail url}

}

```