PaulCombal / node-ytpl

Anonymous YouTube playlist resolver.

node-ytpl

Simple js only package to resolve YouTube Playlists. Does not require any login or Google-API-Key.

Support

You can contact us for support on our chat server

Usage

var ytpl = require('ytpl');

const playlist = await ytpl('UU_aEa8K-EOJ3D6gOs7HcyNg');
dosth(playlist);

API

ytpl(id, [options])

Attempts to resolve the given playlist id

• id

  • id of the yt-playlist
  • or a playlist url
  • or a user url (resolves to uploaded playlist)
  • or a channel url (resolves to uploaded playlist)

• options

  • object with options
  • possible settings:
  • gl[String] -> 2-Digit Code of a Country, defaults to US - Allows for localisation of the request
  • hl[String] -> 2-Digit Code for a Language, defaults to en - Allows for localisation of the request
  • limit[Number] -> limits the pulled items, defaults to 100, set to Infinity to get the whole playlist - numbers <1 result in the default being used
  • pages[Number] -> limits the pulled pages, pages contain 100 items, set to Infinity to get the whole playlist - numbers <1 result in the default limit being used - overwrites limit
  • requestOptions[Object] -> Additional parameters to passed to miniget, which is used to do the https requests

• returns a Promise

• Example response

ytpl.continueReq(continuationData)

Continues a previous request by pulling yet another page.
The previous request had to be done using pages limitation.

Usage

var ytpl = require('ytpl');

const playlist = await ytpl('UU_aEa8K-EOJ3D6gOs7HcyNg', { pages: 1 });
display(playlist.items);
const r2 = ytpl.continueReq(playlist.continuation);
display(r2.items);
const r3 = ytpl.continueReq(r2.continuation);
display(r3.items);

• returns a Promise resolving into { continuation, items }

ytpl.validateID(string)

Returns true if able to parse out a (formally) valid playlist ID.

ytpl.getPlaylistID(string)

Returns a playlist ID from a YouTube URL. Can be called with the playlist ID directly, in which case it just resolves.

• returns a promise resolving into a string containing the id

ytpl.channelPlaylists(channelID)

Returns the playlists created by a specific user or channel. Watch out: many returned fields are set to null as they are not provided by Youtube. You will have to fetch those manually after this call if you need to.

Related / Works well with

• node-ytdl-core
• node-ytsr

Install

npm install --save ytpl

License

MIT