Get information from the html of a youtube video page.
$ npm install --save @joegesualdo/youtube-video-scraper-node
import YoutubeVideoScraper from "@joegesualdo/youtube-video-scraper-node"
let videoId = 'D_U6luQ6I90'
new YoutubeVideoScraper(videoId)
.then(scraper => {
scraper.getMetaInformation()
.then(meta => {
console.log(meta)
})
.catch(err => {
console.log(err)
})
scraper.getAuthorInfo()
.then(author => {
console.log(author)
})
scraper.getDescriptionExtras()
.then(result => {
console.log(result)
})
scraper.getViewCount()
.then(viewCount=> {
console.log(viewCount)
})
})Constructor: Creates a scraper instance
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| videoId | String |
The ID of the youtube video |
Returns: Promise, and passes the instance of YoutubeVideoScraper
import YoutubeVideoScraper from "@joegesualdo/youtube-video-scraper-node"
let videoId = 'D_U6luQ6I90'
new YoutubeVideoScraper(videoId)
.then(scraper => {
scraper.getAuthorInfo()
.then(meta => {
console.log(meta)
})
})Get the meta information of the youtube video
Returns: Object, that represent all the meta information.
import YoutubeVideoScraper from "@joegesualdo/youtube-video-scraper-node"
let videoId = 'D_U6luQ6I90'
new YoutubeVideoScraper(videoId)
.then(scraper => {
scraper.getMetaInformation()
.then(meta => {
console.log(meta)
})
.catch(err => {
console.log(err)
})
})Get information about the author of the video
Returns: Object, with the keys name and channelId
import YoutubeVideoScraper from "@joegesualdo/youtube-video-scraper-node"
let videoId = 'D_U6luQ6I90'
new YoutubeVideoScraper(videoId)
.then(scraper => {
scraper.getAuthorInfo()
.then(author=> {
console.log(author)
})
.catch(err => {
console.log(err)
})
})Gets extra information
Returns: Object
import YoutubeVideoScraper from "@joegesualdo/youtube-video-scraper-node"
let videoId = 'D_U6luQ6I90'
new YoutubeVideoScraper(videoId)
.then(scraper => {
scraper.getDescriptionExtras()
.then(result => {
console.log(result)
})
.catch(err => {
console.log(err)
})
})Get the number of views.
Returns: Number that represent number of view a video has
import YoutubeVideoScraper from "@joegesualdo/youtube-video-scraper-node"
let videoId = 'D_U6luQ6I90'
new YoutubeVideoScraper(videoId)
.then(scraper => {
scraper.getViewCount()
.then(meta => {
console.log(meta)
})
.catch(err => {
console.log(err)
})
})$ npm test
$ npm run build
- example-package - Add description of the example package here.
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