yt-info-server

yt-info-server is a simple command-line HTTP server that lets clients get information about YouTube videos, including title, thumbnail, related videos, direct links to streamable video files, etc. using ytdl-core.

Installation

$ npm install -g yt-info-server

Usage

To start hosting:

$ yt-info-server port

Replace port with the port to host on, e.g. 8080. If no port is specified, the server will default to 5678.

Clients can get data from the server with a URL like this:

http://localhost:5678/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6EoRBvdVPQ

Just append the full YouTube video URL to the server address to get info about that video. The server will return the JSON output of ytdl.getInfo. If there's an error, the server will return a string describing the error, like this:

{"error":"Error: Invalid video URL. The URL should be a full YouTube video URL."}

A public installation of this server is at https://ytinfo.benjaminlowry.com/.

License

MIT License

Copyright (C) 2019 Benjamin Lowry

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.