play-dl-fix/docs/YouTube

YouTube

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);

Validate

yt_validate(url : string)

This will validate url and return type or boolean

Returns : video | playlist | false

let check = yt_validate(url)

if(!check) // Invalid URL

if(check === "video") //URL is video url

if(check === "playlist") //URL is a playlist url

Extract ID

extractID(url : string)

This will return videoID or playlistID from a url

Note : URL like this will return a playlist ID only.

let id = extractID(url)

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, cookie? : string)

The basic video details play-dl fetches at first from url or videoID.

Cookies are optional and are required for playing age restricted videos.

const video = await video_basic_info(url)

video_info(url : string, cookie? : string)

This contains everything with deciphered formats along with video_details. It can fetech data from url or videoID.

Cookies are optional and are required for playing age restricted videos.

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 from a url or playlistID.

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_pages property

  This returns total no. of pages 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_pages)
  // This displays total no. of pages fetched so far.
  
  for(let i = 1; i <= playlist.total_pages; i++){
      queue.push(...playlist.page(i))
  } // This will push every video in that playlist to your queue
  

• 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.