YouTubeSearch

An complete private YouTube Api for .NET (C#, VB.NET).

YouTubeSearch is a library for .NET, written in C#, to search and extract the download link from YouTube videos and download them.

Target	Branch	Version	Download link
Nuget	master	v2.2.1

Target platforms

This library is using .NET Standard 2.0 and is therefore compatible with the following platforms (see Microsoft Docs).

• .NET Framework 4.6.1+
• .NET Core 2.0+
• Mono 5.4+
• Xamarin.iOS 10.14+
• Xamarin.Mac 3.8+
• Xamarin.Android 8.0+
• UWP 10.0.16299+
• Unity 2018.1+

Example code

>> Search <<

string querystring = "Usher";
int querypages = 1;

VideoSearch videos = new VideoSearch();
var items = await videos.GetVideos(querystring, querypages);

foreach (var item in items)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Title: " + item.getTitle());
    Console.WriteLine("Author: " + item.getAuthor());
    Console.WriteLine("Description: " + item.getDescription());
    Console.WriteLine("Duration: " + item.getDuration());
    Console.WriteLine("Url: " + item.getUrl());
    Console.WriteLine("Thumbnail: " + item.getThumbnail());
    Console.WriteLine("ViewCount: " + item.getViewCount());
    Console.WriteLine("");
}

>> Download <<

string link = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daKz_b7LrsE";

IEnumerable<VideoInfo> videoInfos = DownloadUrlResolver.GetDownloadUrls(link, false);

DownloadVideo(videoInfos);

Supported Items

• Title
• Author
• Description
• Duration
• Thumbnail
• Url
• View count

Torsten Klinger - (c) 2020 | Nuremberg, Germany.