YTjs

Youtube API v3 Universal Javascript Library for nodeJS, AMD and browser which provides easy API

No Jquery needed.

How to get Youtube API Key

Click here

Node JS

Example

var youtube = require('ytjs')("API KEY");

youtube.getdata({ videoId: "TlgqWeuhJj4"},function(err, result){
    if(err) {
      console.log(err);
      return false;
    }
    console.log(result);
});

Browser

include yt.js

<script type="text/javascript" src="yt.js" ></script>

Initalize the library and get Data

var youtube  = $youtube("API KEY");

 youtube.getdata({ videoId: "TlgqWeuhJj4" },function(err, result){
    if(err) {
      console.log(err);
      return false;
    }
    console.log(result);
 });
        
youtube.getdata({ videoId: "PMr2NRPdpH4"}, function(err, result){
    if(err) {
      console.log(err);
      return false;
    }
    console.log(result);
});

Methods Available

1. getdata
2. search
3. getComments
4. getRelatedVideos

get video data (getdata)

youtube.getdata({ videoId: "TlgqWeuhJj4" },function(err, result){
    if(err) {
      console.log(err);
      return false;
    }
    console.log(result);
 });

Searching for Videos (search)

youtube.search({keyword: "rihanna love", fullResults: 1, order: "relevance"}, function(err, data){
    if(err) {
      console.log(err);
      return false;
    }
    console.log(data);
});

Comments (getComments)

youtube.getComments({videoId: "PMr2NRPdpH4"}, function(err, data){
    if(err) {
      console.log(err);
      return false;
    }
    console.log(data);
});   

Related videos (getRelatedVideos)

youtube.getRelatedVideos({videoId: "PMr2NRPdpH4"}, function(err, data){
    if(err) {
      console.log(err);
      return false;
    }
    console.log(data);
});       

Options

getdata

1. videoId : youtube video id
2. part: "snippet,statistics,contentDetails" // you can pass either of three orcombination or all

output format (getdata)

You can get wide variety of data from getdata method and always youtube original data can be referred in raw

"title":
"description":
"rating":
"views":"",
"publishedAt":
"dthumbnail":
"mthumbnail":
"hthumbnail":
"sthumbnail":
"categoryId":
"channelTitle":
"videoId":"",
"duration":
"mins":
"hr":
"secs":
"dimension":
definition":
caption":
licensedContent":
"viewCount":
"likeCount":
"dislikeCount":
"favoriteCount":
"commentCount":
"kind":
"channelId":
"thumbnails":{}
"tags":{}
"liveBroadcastContent":"none"
"localized":{}
"projection":
"raw":{}

search

1. keyword : keyword for search
2. order: "relevance" // date, rating, viewCount, videoCount, title
3. type : "basic" // "detailed" will provide additional information for each search video
4. navigate : "next" // would render next set of results as youtube only allows 50 videos at a time

output format (search)

You can get wide variety of data from search method. Results of search will be returned in videos array and always youtube original data can be referred in raw

"videos" : []
nextPageToken:
prevPageToken:
kind:

comments

youtube.getComments({videoId: "PMr2NRPdpH4"}, function(err, data){
    if(err) {
      console.log(err);
      return false;
    }
    console.log(data);
    nextComments();
});

// next set of comments
function nextComments() {
    youtube.getComments({videoId: "PMr2NRPdpH4", navigate: "next"}, function(err, data){
        if(err) {
          console.log(err);
          return false;
        }
        console.log(data);
    });
}

output format (getComments)

You can get wide variety of data from getComments method. Results of comments will be returned in items array and always youtube original data can be referred in raw

items array item usually have different values such as textDisplay, authorDisplayName, authorProfileImageUrl, likeCount etc

items : []
nextPageToken:
prevPageToken:
resultsPerPage:
raw:

Related videos (getRelatedVideos)

youtube.getRelatedVideos({videoId: "PMr2NRPdpH4"}, function(err, data){
    if(err) {
      console.log(err);
      return false;
    }
    console.log(data);
});    

output format (getRelatedVideos)

You can get wide variety of data from getRelatedVideos method. Results of related videos will be returned in videos array and always youtube original data can be referred in raw

"videos" : []
nextPageToken:
prevPageToken:
kind:

debug mode

Debug mode will print details to your console. you can enable debug mode during intialization by passing true

var youtube  = $youtube("API KEY", true);

Implemented Features

[ x ] get Video Data

[ x ] search for videos

[ x ] get Comments

[ x ] npm module

[ x ] related videos

Upcoming Plan

[ ] Please open an issue