aalimovs / tomtube-server

tyke tube server

• cp .env.example .env

• nano .env and input your youtube api key

• npm i && npm start

searching

searching is done in the search.js file, which actually exposes an express endpoint then handles all the search logic

the searching can return 2 types of results - videos and playlists

common data structures

example video ids

974E6IU_4I0

search result object schema

// video
{
    "type": "video",
    "id": "Lo2qQmj0_h4",
    "title": "AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long (Official Video)",
    "author": "acdcVEVO",
    "duration": "03:31"
}

//playlist
{
    "type": "playlist",
    "id": "PLSKiP8AuSHih2m6mzB69N_tQXA6R1ExNC",
    "title": "Top Tracks - AC/DC",
    "author": "AC/DC - Topic",
    "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v2AC41dglnM/hqdefault.jpg"
}