play-dl-fix/README.md

Why play-dl ?

ytdl-core has some issues with miniget and also stream abort issues. On the other hand, youtube-dl is a very perfect alternative but it takes time to launch. Hence, play-dl is created to avoid these issues along with providing comparatively faster performance than others.

Download videos/playlists or search for videos

This is a light-weight youtube downloader and searcher.

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

Installation

npm install play-dl@latest

Examples

For pre-made examples, head over to /examples folder.

Basic Usage

const youtube = require('play-dl');
// ES6: import youtube from 'play-dl';
const options = {
    limit : 1
}
const results = await youtube.search('post malone sunflower', options);

Stream

stream(url : string, error_check? : boolean)

This is basic to create a youtube stream from a url.

 let source = await stream(<url>) // This will create a stream Class which contains type and stream to be played.
 let resource = createAudioResource(source.stream, {
            inputType : source.type
        }) // This creates resource for playing
        
let source = await stream(<url>, true) //This will check for 404 error if any

Note : enabling error_check will take more time to start streaming

stream_from_info(info : infoData, error_check? : boolean)

This is basic to create a youtube stream from a info [ from video_info function ].

let info = await video_info(<url>)
 let source = await stream_from_info(info) // This will create a stream Class which contains type and stream to be played.
 let resource = createAudioResource(source.stream, {
            inputType : source.type
        }) // This creates resource for playing
        
let source = await stream_from_info(info, true) //This will check for 404 error if any

Note : enabling error_check will take more time to start streaming

Search

search(url : string, options? : SearchOptions)

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

const options = {
    limit : 1
}
const results = await youtube.search('never gonna give you up', options);
console.log(results[0].url);

• SearchOptions

  • type : video | channel | playlist
  • limit : integer

Video

video_basic_info(url : string)

The basic video details play-dl fetches at first.

const video = await video_basic_info(url)

video_info(url : string)

This contains everything with deciphered formats along with video_details.

const video = await video_info(url)

• format property

  This returns all the formats available for a video.

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

Playlist

playlist_info(url : string, parseIncomplete : boolean)

This fetches all details about a playlist.

parseIncomplete is optional parameter if you want to parse playlist with hidden videos.

const playlist = await playlist_info(url)
//This only fetches first 100 videos from a playlist

const playlist = await playlist_info(url, true)
//This only fetches first 100 videos from a playlist and also parses playlist with hidden videos

• fetch() method

  This fetches and returns all videos from the whole provided playlist .

  const playlist = await playlist_info(url)
  //This only fetches first 100 videos from a playlist
  
  await playlist.fetch()
  // This one fetches all videos from a playlist.
  

• page(page_number : number)

  This returns no. of videos from a page.

  Every 100 videos have been divided into pages. Example: There are 782 videos in a playlist, so there will be 8 pages.

  const playlist = await playlist_info(url);
  // This only fetches first 100 videos from a playlist.
  
  await playlist.fetch();
  // This one fetches all videos from a playlist.
  
  console.log(playlist.page(1));
  // This displays first 100 videos of a playlist
  
  

• total_videos property

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

  const playlist = await playlist_info(url)
  //This only fetches first 100 videos from a playlist.
  
  await playlist.fetch()
  // This one fetches all videos from a playlist.
  
  console.log(playlist.total_videos)
  // This displays total no. of videos fetched so far.
  

• videoCount property

  This returns total no. of videos in the provided playlist.

  const playlist = await playlist_info(url)
  //This only fetches first 100 videos from a playlist.
  
  await playlist.fetch()
  // This one fetches all videos from a playlist.
  
  console.log(playlist.videoCount)
  // This displays total no. of videos in a playlist.