youtube-api-thumbnails

Get Youtube thumbnails via Youtube API

Before you start

Follow the official Google tutorial to obtain API KEY

1. You need a Google Account to access the Google API Console, request an API key, and register your application.

2. Create a project in the Google Developers Console and obtain authorization credentials so your application can submit API requests.

3. After creating your project, make sure the YouTube Data API is one of the services that your application is registered to use:

   • Go to the Developers Console and select the project that you just registered.
   • Open the API Library in the Google Developers Console. If prompted, select a project or create a new one. In the list of APIs, make sure the status is ON for the YouTube Data API v3.

4. In Credentials in left menu you can generate your API key

Instalation

$ npm install youtube-api-thumbnails

Usage

Call the module

var thumbnails = require('youtube-api-thumbnails');

Configuration

thumbnails.config({
  	key: "<your Youtube API key>",	// required
    returnAsArray: true,			// optional, default is false
    onlyHighestRes: true,			// optional, default is false
    getResolutions: true			// optional, default is false
})

Get Youtube video thumbnails

thumbnails.get(id, callback);

id

Array of youtube videos ID

callback( err, thumbnails )

If error appears err contains error message else is null.

thumbnails is an object with videos ID and links to their thumbnails. Check examples for more information

Examples

thumbnails.get([ 'aaa' , 'Z0ZUwh8GOo0' , 'Rh9a1ICbIJE' ], function (err, thumbnails) {
    if(err){
      console.log(err);
      return;
    }
 
    console.log(thumbnails);
});

Only existing videos will appear in result so video ID 'aaa' will be missing

Result

With default configuration ( only key set )

[
    Z0ZUwh8GOo0: {
    	default: 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z0ZUwh8GOo0/default.jpg',
    	medium: 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z0ZUwh8GOo0/mqdefault.jpg',
    	high: 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z0ZUwh8GOo0/hqdefault.jpg',
    	standard: 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z0ZUwh8GOo0/sddefault.jpg' },
  	Rh9a1ICbIJE: {
  		default: 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Rh9a1ICbIJE/default.jpg',
    	medium: 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Rh9a1ICbIJE/mqdefault.jpg',
    	high: 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Rh9a1ICbIJE/hqdefault.jpg',
    	standard: 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Rh9a1ICbIJE/sddefault.jpg',
    	maxres: 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Rh9a1ICbIJE/maxresdefault.jpg' }
]

If returnAsArray is set to true in config

[
    Z0ZUwh8GOo0: [
    	'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z0ZUwh8GOo0/default.jpg',
    	'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z0ZUwh8GOo0/mqdefault.jpg',
    	'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z0ZUwh8GOo0/hqdefault.jpg',
    	'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z0ZUwh8GOo0/sddefault.jpg' ],
  	Rh9a1ICbIJE: [
    	'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Rh9a1ICbIJE/default.jpg',
    	'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Rh9a1ICbIJE/mqdefault.jpg',
    	'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Rh9a1ICbIJE/hqdefault.jpg',
    	'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Rh9a1ICbIJE/sddefault.jpg',
    	'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Rh9a1ICbIJE/maxresdefault.jpg' ]
]

If onlyHighestRes and getResolutions are set to true in config

[
    Z0ZUwh8GOo0: {
    	url: 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z0ZUwh8GOo0/sddefault.jpg',
    	width: 640,
   		height: 480 },
  	Rh9a1ICbIJE: {
    	url: 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Rh9a1ICbIJE/maxresdefault.jpg',
    	width: 1280,
    	height: 720 }
]

Version

1.0.1

License

MIT