Sort YouTube Videos

Additional sorting options for YouTube channel videos.

Demo

Demo coming soon!!!

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Why?

YouTube only offers few sorting options, But, I want to use some other sorting options like Sort videos by least viewed video to most viewed video, sort by video duration, etc...

No API key is required

Installation

npm i sort-youtube-videos

with yarn:

yarn add sort-youtube-videos

sortByViews(url): - Sort videos by views.

Parameter	Description	required
URL	YouTube channel url or channel Id	true
sorting options	Default option lh to sort videos from least viewed videos to most viewed videos, hl to sort videos from Most popular upload to least popular upload	false

Example

const { sortByViews } = require("sort-youtube-videos");
// import { sortLowToHigh } from "sort-youtube-videos"

const url = "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5RRWuMJu7yP1DQwnW_nAvA"; //url or channel id
//Sort by views low to high
sortByViews(url).then((res) => console.log(res));

// response type
[
  {
    type: "video",
    title: "#shorts",
    videoId: "DOrVURA_O90",
    author: "Anas and Ammar",
    authorId: "UC5RRWuMJu7yP1DQwnW_nAvA",
    videoThumbnails: [[Object], [Object], [Object], [Object]],
    viewCountText: "10 views",
    viewCount: 17,
    publishedText: "4 months ago",
    durationText: "0:57",
    lengthSeconds: 57,
    liveNow: false,
    premiere: false,
    premium: false,
  },
  {
    type: "video",
    title: "Ramzan Ki Shan Episode 04",
    videoId: "7VO4ZLBVQiY",
    author: "Anas and Ammar",
    authorId: "UC5RRWuMJu7yP1DQwnW_nAvA",
    videoThumbnails: [[Object], [Object], [Object], [Object]],
    viewCountText: "17 views",
    viewCount: 17,
    publishedText: "5 months ago",
    durationText: "8:08",
    lengthSeconds: 488,
    liveNow: false,
    premiere: false,
    premium: false,
  },
  //   ... 109 more items
];

sortByDuration(url): - Sort videos by duration

Parameter	Description	required
URL	YouTube channel url or channel Id	true
sorting options	Two sorting options are available: Default sl (short -> long) and ls (long -> short)	false

Example

const { sortByDuration } = require("sort-youtube-videos");
// import { sortByDuration } "sort-youtube-videos";

const url = "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5RRWuMJu7yP1DQwnW_nAvA"; //url or channel id
const sortBy = "sl"; // options: sl - ls

sortByDuration(url, sortBy).then((res) => console.log(res));

// response type
[
  {
    type: "video",
    title: "Ramadan Ki Shan Episode 11 Digitally Presented by Spiced Foods",
    videoId: "dgoBBYbSKUQ",
    author: "Anas and Ammar",
    authorId: "UC5RRWuMJu7yP1DQwnW_nAvA",
    videoThumbnails: [[Object], [Object], [Object], [Object]],
    viewCountText: "15 views",
    viewCount: 15,
    publishedText: "5 months ago",
    durationText: "4:09",
    lengthSeconds: 249,
    liveNow: false,
    premiere: false,
    premium: false,
  },
  {
    type: "video",
    title:
      "Watch latest movies, web series and TV channels for free without any subscription ||Android",
    videoId: "ummVLFK17GI",
    author: "Anas and Ammar",
    authorId: "UC5RRWuMJu7yP1DQwnW_nAvA",
    videoThumbnails: [[Object], [Object], [Object], [Object]],
    viewCountText: "16 views",
    viewCount: 16,
    publishedText: "1 year ago",
    durationText: "4:11",
    lengthSeconds: 251,
    liveNow: false,
    premiere: false,
    premium: false,
  },
  //   ... 109 more items
];

search_channel(name): - Get YouTube channel URL

Parameter	Description	required
Channel Name	To get YouTube channel name	true

Example

const { search_channel } = require("sort-youtube-videos");
// import { search_channel } from "sort-youtube-videos";

const channelName = "Codestick"; // YouTube  channel name
search_channel(channelName).then((res) => console.log(res));

// response type
// return all channel with this name
[
  {
    channelId: "UCYGZ4todIWGIUS1B8ZjML1w",
    description: "Learn Coding... Happy Coding.....",
    link: "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYGZ4todIWGIUS1B8ZjML1w",
    thumbnails: [[Object], [Object]],
    subscribed: false,
    uploadedVideos: 57,
    verified: false,
  },
  {
    channelId: "UCae4VwFs7LtQimLOhk6Gdow",
    description: "",
    link: "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCae4VwFs7LtQimLOhk6Gdow",
    thumbnails: [[Object], [Object]],
    subscribed: false,
    uploadedVideos: 2,
    verified: false,
  },
  // all channels with this name
];

Sorting options:

• Sort videos by views (least viewed video to most viewed video 1 view - 1M views) sortByViews(url);
• Sort by video duration (shortest duration to longest duration and longest duration to shortest duration ) sortByDuration(channelName);
• More sorting options coming soon

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome.