play-dl-fix/play-dl/YouTube/README.md

YouTube Downloader/Search

Downloades youtube videos, playlist and also searches song

This is a light-weight youtube downloader and searcher.

• searches by video, playlist, channel
• obtains audio playback url.

Video commands usage :-

1. video_basic_info(url : string)

This is what downloader gets first.

let video = await video_basic_info(url)

2. video_info(url : string)

This contains everything with deciphered formats along with video_details.

let video = await video_info(url)

3. formats

This shows all formats availiable of a video

let video = await video_info(url)
console.log(video.format)

Playlist commands usage :-

1. playlist_info(url : string)

This containes every thing about a playlist

let playlist = await playlist_info(url) //This only fetches first 100 songs from a playlist

2. playlist.fetch()

This fetches whole playlist.

let playlist = await playlist_info(url) //This only fetches first 100 songs from a playlist

await playlist.fetch() // This one fetches all songs from a playlist.

3. playlist.page(page_number : number)

This gives you no. of videos from a page

Pages : every 100 songs have been divided into pages. So for example: There are 782 songs in a playlist, so there will be 8 pages.

let playlist = await playlist_info(url) //This only fetches first 100 songs from a playlist

await playlist.fetch() // This one fetches all songs from a playlist.

console.log(playlist.page(1)) // This displays first 100 songs of a playlist

4. playlist.total_videos

This tells you total no of videos that have been fetched so far.

let playlist = await playlist_info(url) //This only fetches first 100 songs from a playlist

await playlist.fetch() // This one fetches all songs from a playlist.

console.log(playlist.total_videos) // This displays total no. of videos fetched so far.

5. playlist.videoCount

This tells total no. of songs in a playlist.

let playlist = await playlist_info(url) //This only fetches first 100 songs from a playlist

await playlist.fetch() // This one fetches all songs from a playlist.

console.log(playlist.videoCount) // This displays total no. of videos in a playlist

Search Command Usage :-

1. search(url : string, options? : SearchOptions)

This enables all searching mechanism (video, channel, playlist)

let result = await search('Rick Roll')
console.log(result[0].url)

SearchOptions

type?: "video" | "playlist" | "channel" | "all";
limit?: number;