Simple js only package to resolve YouTube Playlists. Does not require any login or Google-API-Key.

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const ytpl = require('ytpl');

const playlist = await ytpl('UU_aEa8K-EOJ3D6gOs7HcyNg');

Attempts to resolve the given playlist id

• id

  • id of the yt-playlist
  • or a playlist url
  • or a user url (resolves to uploaded playlist)
  • or a channel url (resolves to uploaded playlist)

• options

  • object with options
  • possible settings:
  • gl[String] -> 2-Digit Code of a Country, defaults to US - Allows for localisation of the request
  • hl[String] -> 2-Digit Code for a Language, defaults to en - Allows for localisation of the request
  • limit[Number] -> limits the pulled items, defaults to 100, set to Infinity to get the whole playlist - numbers <1 result in the default being used
  • pages[Number] -> limits the pulled pages, pages contain 100 items, set to Infinity to get the whole playlist - numbers <1 result in the default limit being used - overwrites limit
  • requestOptions[Object] -> Additional parameters to passed to miniget, which is used to do the https requests

• returns a Promise

• Example response

Continues a previous request by pulling yet another page.
The previous request had to be done using pages limitation.

const ytpl = require('ytpl');

const firstResultBatch = await ytpl('UU_aEa8K-EOJ3D6gOs7HcyNg', { pages: 1 });
const secondResultBatch = ytpl.continueReq(firstResultBatch.continuation);
const thirdResultBatch = ytpl.continueReq(secondResultBatch.continuation);

// You can now use the .items property of all result batches e.g.:
console.log(firstResultBatch.items);
console.log(secondResultBatch.items);
console.log(thirdResultBatch.items);

• returns a Promise resolving into { continuation, items }

Returns true if able to parse out a (formally) valid playlist ID.

Returns a playlist ID from a YouTube URL. Can be called with the playlist ID directly, in which case it just resolves.

• returns a promise resolving into a string containing the id

• node-ytdl-core
• node-ytsr

npm install --save ytpl

MIT