youtube-dl-js-wrapper

youtube-dl-js-wrapper

youtube-dl-js-wrapper is a JavaScript package that provides a wrapper for the popular youtube-dl command-line tool, allowing you to download and extract information from YouTube videos in your Node.js projects.

Installation

You can install youtube-dl-js-wrapper using NPM:

npm install youtube-dl-js-wrapper

Usage

Here is an example of how to use youtube-dl-js-wrapper to download a YouTube video and extract information about it:

const downloadYoutube = require('youtube-dl-js-wrapper');

downloadYoutube('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xKWiCMKKJg', {
  dumpSingleJson: true,
  noCheckCertificates: true,
  noWarnings: true,
  preferFreeFormats: true,
  addHeader: [
    'referer:youtube.com',
    'user-agent:googlebot'
  ]
}).then(output => console.log(output));

This example downloads a video from YouTube with the specified URL and outputs its information in a single JSON object. Several options are passed to customize the download, such as disabling certificate checks, suppressing warnings, preferring free formats, and adding custom headers to the request. The output variable is logged to the console, which contains the output of the youtube-dl command.

Notes

• youtube-dl-js-wrapper is a wrapper for the youtube-dl command-line tool, which means that you must have youtube-dl installed on your system for this package to work.
• This package uses the child_process module to run youtube-dl as a child process. As a result, it may not work correctly on all platforms. If you encounter any issues, please file a bug report on the GitHub page.
• This package is intended for personal use only. Downloading copyrighted material may be illegal in your country.

Contributing

Contributions to youtube-dl-js-wrapper are welcome! Please submit pull requests or open issues on the GitHub page.

License

youtube-dl-js-wrapper is licensed under the MIT License.