Description

ytdlp-nodejs is a Node.js library that provides functionality to download videos from YouTube, get video streams and thumbnails. It is based on the popular Python library, ytdlp, and has strong TypeScript type support. has strong TypeScript type support.

Installation

npm i ytdlp-nodejs

Get Started

const ytdlp = require('ytdlp-nodejs')
const {createWriteStream} = require('fs')
const url = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzc_aX8c8g4";

const file = createWriteStream("test.mp4");
// get stream
const stream = ytdlp
    .stream(url, {
        filter: "videoonly",
        quality: "2160p",
    })
    .on("error", (err) => {
        console.log(err);
    })
    .pipe(file);

// download video
ytdlp
    .download(url, {
        filter: "mergevideo",
        quality: "1080p",
        output: {
          fileName: "hello.mp4",
          outDir: "test",
        },
    })
    .on("progress", (data) => {
        console.log(data);
    });

API

$ ytdlp.download(url: string, options?: DownloadOptions)

$ ytdlp.stream(url: string, options?: StreamOptions):stream

$ ytdlp.thumbnail(url: string, options?:ThumbnailsOptions): string

DownloadOptions

filter: "videoonly" | "audioonly" | "audioandvideo" | "mergevideo"

• filter: "videoonly"

  • quality: "2160p" | "1440p" | "1080p" | "720p" | "480p" | "360p" | "240p" | "144p" | "highest" | "lowest" (default: 'highest')
  • format: "mp4" | "webm" (default:'mp4')

• filter: "audioonly"

  • quality: "highest" | "lowest" (default:'highest')

• filter: "audioandvideo"

  • quality: "highest" | "lowest" (default:'highest')
  • format: "mp4" | "webm" (default:'mp4')

• filter: "audioonly"

  • quality: 0 to 10 (default:5)
  • format: "aac" | "flac" | "mp3" | "m4a" | "opus" | "vorbis" | "wav" | "alac" (default:'mp3')

• filter: "mergevideo"

  • quality: "2160p" | "1440p" | "1080p" | "720p" | "480p" | "360p" | "240p" | "144p" | "highest" | "lowest" (default: 'highest')
  • format: "mkv" | "mp4" | "ogg" | "webm" | "flv" (default:'mp4')
  • embedSubs: boolean (default:false)
  • embedThumbnail: boolean (default:false)

output: "string" | "object"

• string : Path string
• object : { outDir: string, fileName: string | 'default' }

StreamOptions

filter: "videoonly" | "audioonly" | "audioandvideo"

• filter: "videoonly"

  • quality: "2160p" | "1440p" | "1080p" | "720p" | "480p" | "360p" | "240p" | "144p" | "highest" | "lowest" (default: 'highest')

• filter: "audioonly"

  • quality: "highest" | "lowest" (default:'highest')

• filter: "audioandvideo"

  • quality: "highest" | "lowest" (default:'highest')

• filter: "extractaudio"

  • quality: 0 to 10 (default:5)
  • format: "aac" | "flac" | "mp3" | "m4a" | "opus" | "vorbis" | "wav" | "alac" (default:'mp3')

• filter: "mergevideo"

  • quality: "2160p" | "1440p" | "1080p" | "720p" | "480p" | "360p" | "240p" | "144p" | "highest" | "lowest" (default: 'highest')
  • format: "mkv" | "mp4" | "ogg" | "webm" | "flv" (default:'mp4')
  • embedSubs: boolean (default:false)
  • embedThumbnail: boolean (default:false)
  • defaultQuality: "highest" | "lowest" | "none" (default:'highest')

ThumbnailsOptions

• quality: "max" | "hq" | "mq" | "sd" | "default" (default: 'default')
• type: "jpg" | "webp" (default: 'jpg')

Contribution

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