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youtube-stream-url

Get stream url from youtube video in node.js (included Copyright Music Video).

Installation

With npm do:

npm install youtube-stream-url

Usage

const Youtube = require('youtube-stream-url');

Youtube.getInfo({url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ7WN3yome4'}).then(video => console.log(video));

Full output

{ 
    videoDetails: {
        videoId: 'pJ7WN3yome4',
        title: 'M1 Ultra Mac Studio - Benchmarks & Thermals (The TRUTH!)',
        lengthSeconds: '1165',
        keywords: [
        'mac studio',
        'mac',
        'apple',
        'apple mac',
        'apple mac studio',
        'mac studio benchmarks',
        'mac studio teardown',
        'mac studio perfornance',
        'mac studio vs',
        'm1 ultra',
        'm1 ultra chip',
        'm1 ultra mac studio',
        'm1 ultra vs m1 max',
        'm1 max vs m1 ultra',
        'm1 max vs m1 ultra mac studio',
        'm1 ultra vs m1 max mac studio',
        'mac studio vs macbook pro',
        'mac studio vs imac',
        'mac studio vs mac mini',
        'mac studio thermal throttle test',
        'mac studio benchmarks test',
        'mac studio watt metere',
        'mac studio max tech',
        'mac studio ultra'
        ],
        channelId: 'UCptwuAv0XQHo1OQUSaO6NHw',
        isOwnerViewing: false,
        shortDescription: '...',
        isCrawlable: true,
        thumbnail: { thumbnails: [Array] },
        averageRating: 4.9487238,
        allowRatings: true,
        viewCount: '1124295',
        author: 'Thái Trinh Official',
        isPrivate: false,
        isUnpluggedCorpus: false,
        isLiveContent: false
    },
    formats: [
        {
        url: 'https://r4---sn-8qj-i5ol7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback...',
        type: 'video/mp4; codecs="avc1.64001F, mp4a.40.2"',
        itag: '22',
        quality: 'hd720'
        },
        ...
    ],
    liveData: { //For live video (videoDetails.isLiveContent == true)
        manifestUrl: 'https://manifest.googlevideo.com/...',
        data: {
            segments: [
                {
                    "isMasterPlaylist": true,
                    "streamInf": {
                        "bandwidth": 290288,
                        "codecs": [
                            "mp4a.40.5,avc1.42c00b"
                        ],
                        "resolution": 256,
                        "frameRate": 15,
                        "videoRange": "SDR",
                        "subtitles": "vtt",
                        "closedCaptions": "NONE"
                    },
                    "url": "https://manifest.googlevideo.com/api/manifest/hls_playlist/.../playlist/index.m3u8"
                },
                ...
            ],
            "media": {
                "SUBTITLES": {
                    "vtt": {
                        "en": {
                            "groupId": "vtt",
                            "uri": "https://manifest.googlevideo.com/...",
                            "type": "SUBTITLES",
                            "language": "en",
                            "name": "en",
                            "default": false,
                            "autoselect": "YES"
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

For live video, you can get HLS Stream URL via liveData field. liveData.data format is m3u8-file-parser output of manifest file from liveData.manifestUrl.

Handle error

By default, getInfo function return false when an error occurred while process. If you want manualy handle error, you can pass option throwOnError: true

try {
    await Youtube.getInfo({url: '...', throwOnError: true})
} catch (e) {
    //Handle error here
}

Update

Since the youtube-stream-url binary is updated regularly, you can run npm update to check for and download any updates for it.

License

MIT © Dang Dung