youtube-search

Search for youtube videos

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import youtubeSearch from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/youtube-search';
</script>

README

youtube-search

build status JavaScript Style Guide

Easily search for videos on Youtube using their v3 API.

Options

You can pass a lot of optional parameters as the second parameter, they are documented here.

Rate limiting

Google enforces a rate limit on the Youtube Data API. You will probably need to register your application for a key and supply this key in the opts.

JavaScript Usage

var search = require('youtube-search');

var opts = {
  maxResults: 10,
  key: 'yourkey'
};

search('jsconf', opts, function(err, results) {
  if(err) return console.log(err);

  console.dir(results);
});

TypeScript Usage

A TypeScript definition file is included so that 'youtube-search' can be used easily from TypeScript.

import * as youtubeSearch from "youtube-search";

var opts: youtubeSearch.YouTubeSearchOptions = {
  maxResults: 10,
  key: "yourkey"
};

youtubeSearch("jsconf", opts, (err, results) => {
  if(err) return console.log(err);

  console.dir(results);
});

Tests

To run the tests you need a Youtube v3 API key:

API_KEY=<your-api-key> npm test