get-youtube-subtitle-url

Get the url for a youtube video's subtitles.

Install

$ npm install --save @joegesualdo/get-youtube-subtitle-url-node

Usage

import getYoutubeSubtitleUrl from '@joegesualdo/get-youtube-subtitle-url-node';

const videoId ='7W-d2gtis7k'
getYoutubeSubtitleUrl('TImPW-khOww')
.then((result) => {
  console.log(result)
  // {
  //   automaticallyGenerated: false,
  //   url: 'https://www.youtube.com/api/timedtext?lang=en&fmt=vtt&name=&v=TImPW-khOww'
  // }
})
.catch(err => {
  // Executed if subtitles are not available for this video.
})

API

getYoutubeSubtitleUrl(videoId, opts)

Fetches the url for the subtitles

| Name | Type | Description | |------|------|-------------| | videoId | String | The id of the youtube video |

Returns: Object, with the url and whether or not the subtitles were automatically generated.

Options

| Name | Type | Default | Options | Description | |------|------|-------------|----------|-------| | type | String | either | auto, nonauto, either |The type of subtitles|

import getYoutubeSubtitleUrl from '@joegesualdo/get-youtube-subtitle-url-node';

const videoId ='TImPW-khOww'
getYoutubeSubtitleUrl('TImPW-khOww', {type: 'nonauto'})
.then((result) => {
  console.log(result)
  // {
  //   automaticallyGenerated: false,
  //   url: 'https://www.youtube.com/api/timedtext?lang=en&fmt=vtt&name=&v=TImPW-khOww'
  // }
})
.catch(err => {
  // Executed if subtitles are not available for this video.
})

Test

$ npm test

License

MIT © Joe Gesualdo