videos

Download videos from YouTube

Install

$ npm install videos

Usage

const videos = require("videos");
 
const download = videos("https://youtu.be/q6EoRBvdVPQ", "KIzaSyDIWDAP8xcj2cVu6TBY8z2uVG6Nb7TqUIM", "/home/videos");
 
download.then(downloads => {
    downloads[0].onProgress(progress => {
        // Display download progress...
    });
 
    downloads[0].then(() => {
        // Download finished...
    });
 
    downloads[0].catch(err => {
        // Display error downloading...
    });
});

API

videos(url, apiKey, videosPath, [options])

Returns a Promise that is fulfilled when the url's metadata is fetched, or rejects if the fetching fails. The fulfilled value is an Array of PProgress promises which represent each video's download (in case the url is for a playlist) or the video's download (in case the url is for a video).

url

Type: string

The url to the playlist or video you want to download.

apiKey

Type: string

The API key used to authenticate with the YouTube Data API.

For more information about creating API keys, check out the API guide.

videosPath

Type: string

The path to download videos to.

options

start

Type: Number
Default: 0
Range: 0-50

Index to start downloading videos at (this option will be ignored if a video url is given). Note that if start is negative, 0 will be used instead and if start is bigger than 50, it will be used instead.

max

Type: Number
Default: 5
Range: 0-50

Maximum amount of videos to download from the given playlist url (this option will be ignored if a video url is given). Note that if max is negative, 0 will be used instead and if max is bigger than 50, it will be used instead.

If the start and max options are specified and start + max is bigger than 50, 50 - start videos will be downloaded instead of max.

Related

• videos-cli - CLI for this module

License

MIT © Itai Steinherz