Introduction
This post is about the usage of nodejs module: youtube-api, which is to query youtube for videos. There are options to search youtube videos, list all videos from a playlist, list all videos from a channel. Also, you can fetch descriptive details about a video.This library is ES6, promise compatible.
How to Download
From npmjs.com, look for youtube-api-es6: NpmJs Youtube API ES6Or, in your package.json file, include: youtube-api-es6 by running commmand:
npm install youtube-api-es6Quick Examples
To fetch details of a single Videoconst youtubeService = require('youtube-api-es6').youtubeService;
const youtubeConfig = {
key: 'Your key'
};
return youtubeService.init(youtubeConfig)
.then(function() {
return youtubeService.getVideoDetail('a7hGVtz8syM');
})
.then(function(res) {
console.log(JSON.stringify(res, null, 3));
});Output
For sample output response: See Youtube API ResponseUsage of library
Initialization
First, you need to initialize the libraryconst youtubeService = require('youtube-api-es6').youtubeService;
const youtubeConfig = {
key: 'your key'
};
youtubeService.init(youtubeConfig);APIs available
fetchAllVideosFromChannel(channelId)
Returns snippet level details of all the videos in this channel. You can then use another API: getVideoDetail to fetch details about that video, and getAllCommentsForVideo to get all comments for that video.search(params)
Search for videos. Example: ```js var opts = { maxResults: 10, //channelId: 'UCNNxPxH_zIPxvWy5QMFkruA', part: 'snippet',// playlistId: 'xxx',
type: 'video'};
<h3>getVideoDetail(videoId, detailOptions)</h3>
Get video details. Second parameter is optional: detailOptions, and by default it returns details for levels: snippet,contentDetails,topicDetails,statistics.
You can also pass which level of details you want in this parameter. Each level should be passed comma separated.
Example:
```js
getVideoDetail(1234, 'snippet,statistics');listPlaylist(playlistId)
List all the videos from a playlist. Details of video will be snippet level.getAllCommentsForVideo(videoId)
Get all comments recursively for a video. Comments includes all parent level and child level comments.Need Support or Report an Issue
Goto: https://github.com/GyanBlog/youtube-api-nodejs/issuesYoutube API reference
For youtube api reference, please visit: Youtube Official Rest APIs pageSome Examples
To get thumbnail of a video
Use api:
getVideoDetail(videoId, 'snippet')const youtubeService = require('youtube-api-es6').youtubeService;
const youtubeConfig = {
key: 'Your key'
};
return youtubeService.init(youtubeConfig)
.then(function() {
return youtubeService.getVideoDetail('a7hGVtz8syM', 'snippet');
})
.then(function(res) {
console.log(JSON.stringify(res, null, 3));
});
