youtube-info-streams: Node.js

Fetch meta information about YouTube videos including stream urls

Table of contents:

Quickstart
- Installing the library
- Using the library
License

Quickstart

Installing the library

npm install youtube-info-streams --save

Using the library

import * as yt from 'youtube-info-streams';

/**
 * Given a search query, searching on youtube
 * @param {string} search value (videoId).
 */
const video = await yt.info('y5kIrbG2gRc');
console.log('Info:');
console.log(video);

{
  page: 'watch',
          player_response: {
  responseContext: {
    serviceTrackingParams: [Array],
            maxAgeSeconds: 0,
            mainAppWebResponseContext: [Object],
            webResponseContextExtensionData: [Object]
  },
  playabilityStatus: {
    status: 'OK',
            playableInEmbed: true,
            miniplayer: [Object],
            contextParams: 'Q0FFU0FnZ0M='
  },
  streamingData: {
    expiresInSeconds: '21540',
            formats: [Array],
            adaptiveFormats: [Array],
            serverAbrStreamingUrl: 'https://rr1---sn-h0jeenek.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1729490261&ei=9ZgVZ8qtEImFi9oP066m2Ac&ip=2a02%3A8070%3A6482%3Af180%3Ac93f%3A7f4f%3A84f8%3A4b40&id=o-AOqR2qtkmxUTcJWAFFTwl1kIvIHbn76NCBvOYIO2kLPW&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&xpc=EgVo2aDSNQ%3D%3D&met=1729468661%2C&mh=gB&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-h0jeenek%2Csn-h0jeln7l&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=1&pl=47&rms=au%2Cau&initcwndbps=1968750&spc=54MbxYppOIX_U-mSm132FCrFmosp6hXRtCeL7J96LqHzxkqDdVU85leJ5XEm&svpuc=1&ns=PKoH20bBDpckeuJj0EFZ7PMQ&sabr=1&rqh=1&mt=1729468398&fvip=2&keepalive=yes&fexp=51312688&c=WEB&n=4iiOPEWTu0_49bu&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cxpc%2Cspc%2Csvpuc%2Cns%2Csabr%2Crqh&sig=AJfQdSswRQIgLxPm4-irO2GoUDwsZkorQnkEMtabkhwnYl51h0FV9U8CIQD6RW5lM1mRIX43dGBQjYIU1_aucTnfupOmXEjjwRO4nQ%3D%3D&lsparams=met%2Cmh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Crms%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=ACJ0pHgwRQIhAIN_b0mtp1yPQ3yRtxH-UIoyGVO32I1CxZmZO0NtzHZGAiBuIxUwnk2WdpaRnXawavXTd9inD_UVHuFKJoLZDf2_Vw%3D%3D'
  },
  playbackTracking: {
    videostatsPlaybackUrl: [Object],
            videostatsDelayplayUrl: [Object],
            videostatsWatchtimeUrl: [Object],
            ptrackingUrl: [Object],
            qoeUrl: [Object],
            atrUrl: [Object],
            videostatsScheduledFlushWalltimeSeconds: [Array],
            videostatsDefaultFlushIntervalSeconds: 40
  },
  captions: { playerCaptionsTracklistRenderer: [Object] },
  videoDetails: {
    videoId: 'y5kIrbG2gRc',
            title: 'How to Download Free Music On Your iPhone (OFFLINE) 2020',
            lengthSeconds: '120',
            keywords: [Array],
            channelId: 'UCFzpTuxdolZ_EaZr-emNgbg',
            isOwnerViewing: false,
            shortDescription: 'This video will show you how to download free music and videos on your iphone easy and fast',
            isCrawlable: true,
            thumbnail: [Object],
            allowRatings: true,
            viewCount: '209',
            author: 'Max Maustermann',
            isPrivate: false,
            isUnpluggedCorpus: false,
            isLiveContent: false
  },
  playerConfig: {
    audioConfig: [Object],
            streamSelectionConfig: [Object],
            mediaCommonConfig: [Object],
            webPlayerConfig: [Object]
  },
  storyboards: { playerStoryboardSpecRenderer: [Object] },
  microformat: { playerMicroformatRenderer: [Object] },
  cards: { cardCollectionRenderer: [Object] },
  trackingParams: 'CAAQu2kiEwiK_NHplJ6JAxWJwkIFHVOXCXs=',
          attestation: { playerAttestationRenderer: [Object] },
  adBreakHeartbeatParams: 'Q0FBJTNE',
          frameworkUpdates: { entityBatchUpdate: [Object] }
},
  response: {
    responseContext: {
      serviceTrackingParams: [Array],
              mainAppWebResponseContext: [Object],
              webResponseContextExtensionData: [Object]
    },
    contents: { twoColumnWatchNextResults: [Object] },
    currentVideoEndpoint: {
      clickTrackingParams: 'CAAQg2ciEwirgtLplJ6JAxXY0EIFHcE6EVM=',
              commandMetadata: [Object],
              watchEndpoint: [Object]
    },
    trackingParams: 'CAAQg2ciEwirgtLplJ6JAxXY0EIFHcE6EVM=',
            playerOverlays: { playerOverlayRenderer: [Object] },
    onResponseReceivedEndpoints: [ [Object] ],
            engagementPanels: [ [Object], [Object], [Object], [Object], [Object], [Object] ],
            topbar: { desktopTopbarRenderer: [Object] },
    pageVisualEffects: [ [Object] ],
            frameworkUpdates: { entityBatchUpdate: [Object] }
  },
  html5player: '/s/player/e627e516/player_ias.vflset/de_DE/base.js',
          formats: [
  {
    itag: 18,
    url: 'https://rr1---sn-h0jeenek.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1729490261&ei=9ZgVZ6zSKsfi6dsPva76gAs&ip=2a02%3A8070%3A6482%3Af180%3Ac93f%3A7f4f%3A84f8%3A4b40&id=o-ABQMB8SHouvmKRpQxtd6toVw0PoNn5_AGpfDwkrX1Voc&itag=18&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&xpc=EgVo2aDSNQ%3D%3D&met=1729468661%2C&mh=gB&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-h0jeenek%2Csn-h0jeln7l&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=1&pl=47&rms=au%2Cau&initcwndbps=2110000&spc=54MbxWKZLZWK38i9I2t-r1OJQzdzRK7z5CKyV_UbMko69OUWUdjw_fyiuNPw&vprv=1&svpuc=1&mime=video%2Fmp4&rqh=1&cnr=14&ratebypass=yes&dur=120.209&lmt=1634733971863121&mt=1729468143&fvip=2&fexp=51312688&c=ANDROID&txp=6218224&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cxpc%2Cspc%2Cvprv%2Csvpuc%2Cmime%2Crqh%2Ccnr%2Cratebypass%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AJfQdSswRQIgLnBmUJEJRo7K6oLJe4Vjbr3mmBrvfZLEeQiZ_X5fzvUCIQCvi8SDEoOWgNn4WfenrDUoWs__wrF2XwdLvAw6yK2dAg%3D%3D&lsparams=met%2Cmh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Crms%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=ACJ0pHgwRAIgdiqfZU92N8YjHvZdiSoO8fTqflJVqSvGxEF3DHlMXD4CIF24iLN1QTE6T8h7D0lb9eYhwU_akUaV_beGDC9y11qh',
    mimeType: 'video/mp4; codecs="avc1.42001E, mp4a.40.2"',
    bitrate: 195086,
    width: 166,
    height: 360,
    lastModified: '1634733971863121',
    quality: 'small',
    fps: 30,
    qualityLabel: '240p',
    projectionType: 'RECTANGULAR',
    audioQuality: 'AUDIO_QUALITY_LOW',
    approxDurationMs: '120209',
    audioSampleRate: '44100',
    audioChannels: 2
  },
        ...
]
}

Supported Node.js Versions

Our client libraries follow the Node.js release schedule. Libraries are compatible with all current active and maintenance versions of Node.js.

License

Apache Version 2.0

See LICENSE

Package detail

youtube-info-streams

readme