ytdl-getinfo

Gets video information using youtube-dl

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ytdl-getinfo
Gets information on a video (or playlist) using youtube-dl.
Like the getInfo function of node-youtube-dl, but promisified and event-based.

Usage

const { getInfo } = require('ytdl-getinfo')

Examples

  • Basic example:
```javascript getInfo('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7BddpYYNGk').then(info => {
// info.items[0] should contain the output of youtube-dl --dump-json
console.log(info.items[0].title)
}) ```
  • Video Search:
```javascript getInfo('Muzzy - Endgame').then(info => {
// info.items[0] contains information of the first search result
console.log(info.items[0].url)
}) ```
  • Custom Arguments:
```javascript getInfo('v7BddpYYNGk', '--format=bestaudio').then(info => {
// ...
}) ```
  • Playlists (event based)
```javascript getInfo('PLwiyx1dc3P2JR9N8gQaQNBCvlSlap7re').then(info => {
// info.partial is true for playlists
if (info.partial) {
  info.on('video', v => console.log(v.title))
  info.on('done', () => console.log(`Playlist contains ${info.items.length} items.`))
}
}) ```
  • Playlists (promise based)
```javascript getInfo('PLwiyx1dc3P2JR9N8gQaQNBCvlSlap7re', , true).then(info => {
// info.items contains all the playlist items
}) ```
  • Multiple queries at once (acts like a playlist)
```javascript getInfo('v7BddpYYNGk', 'BMhrBLDB2U').then(info => {
// ...
}) ```

Manually updating the youtube-dl binary

require('ytdl-getinfo').update().then(version => {
  console.log(`youtube-dl updated to version ${version}`)
})

Determining the version of the youtube-dl binary

require('ytdl-getinfo').getVersion().then(version => {
  console.log(`Current youtube-dl version: ${version}`)
})