The yt-search npm package is a simple and efficient tool for searching YouTube videos, channels, and playlists. It provides an easy-to-use interface for fetching YouTube search results and metadata.
Search for Videos
This feature allows you to search for YouTube videos based on a query string. The code sample demonstrates how to search for videos related to 'Node.js tutorial' and log the results.
const ytSearch = require('yt-search');
async function searchVideos(query) {
const result = await ytSearch(query);
return result.videos;
}
searchVideos('Node.js tutorial').then(videos => {
console.log(videos);
});Search for Channels
This feature allows you to search for YouTube channels based on a query string. The code sample demonstrates how to search for channels related to 'Tech channels' and log the results.
const ytSearch = require('yt-search');
async function searchChannels(query) {
const result = await ytSearch(query);
return result.channels;
}
searchChannels('Tech channels').then(channels => {
console.log(channels);
});Search for Playlists
This feature allows you to search for YouTube playlists based on a query string. The code sample demonstrates how to search for playlists related to 'Music playlists' and log the results.
const ytSearch = require('yt-search');
async function searchPlaylists(query) {
const result = await ytSearch(query);
return result.playlists;
}
searchPlaylists('Music playlists').then(playlists => {
console.log(playlists);
});Get Video Details
This feature allows you to get detailed information about a specific YouTube video using its video ID. The code sample demonstrates how to fetch and log details for the video with ID 'dQw4w9WgXcQ'.
const ytSearch = require('yt-search');
async function getVideoDetails(videoId) {
const result = await ytSearch({ videoId });
return result;
}
getVideoDetails('dQw4w9WgXcQ').then(video => {
console.log(video);
});The youtube-search package provides similar functionality for searching YouTube videos. It allows you to search for videos and retrieve metadata, but it may require an API key for access, unlike yt-search which does not.
The ytsr package is another alternative for searching YouTube content. It offers more advanced search capabilities and filtering options compared to yt-search, but it also requires more configuration.
The simple-youtube-api package provides a more comprehensive interface for interacting with the YouTube Data API. It supports searching for videos, channels, and playlists, as well as managing YouTube resources, but it requires an API key.
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The npm package yt-search receives a total of 141,286 weekly downloads. As such, yt-search popularity was classified as popular.
We found that yt-search demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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