get-youtube-chapters
parse chapters from a youtube video description
Install - Usage - License: Apache-2.0
YouTube now parses "chapters" from video descriptions like this:
This package aims to implement more-or-less similar parsing so you can figure out which chapters a video has on your own.
Install
npm install get-youtube-chapters
Usage
Pass in a description string:
var youtubeChapters = require('get-youtube-chapters')
var chapters = youtubeChapters(`
This is a sample description for a video with a track listing!
0:00 Intro
1:36 BOCA
4:44 Break the wall
8:29 Can't get you out of my mind
12:09 Dear
15:55 BOCA (Inst.)
`)
assert.deepStrictEqual(chapters, [
{ start: 0, title: 'Intro' },
{ start: 96, title: 'BOCA' },
{ start: 284, title: 'Break the wall' },
{ start: 509, title: "Can't get you out of my mind" },
{ start: 729, title: 'Dear' },
{ start: 955, title: 'BOCA (Inst.)' }
])The return value is an array of { start, title } objects. start is the start
time in seconds. Chapters run until the start of the next chapter, or the end of
the video.