Unofficial YouTube Music API

Simple API Project for NodeJS written in TypeScript inspired by sigma67's python library

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development.

Prerequisites

1. NodeJS 10+
2. Yarn v2
3. Google Account (optional)

Installing

Using npm

Building it yourself

Clone github repo

  $ git clone https://github.com/vladdenisov/ytmusic-api 

Install dependencies

  $ yarn

Build it

  $ yarn build

You will see dist folder, where all built files are stored.

Usage

Anonymous usage

You should be able to just use it, if you need only information-getting features:

  const api = new YTMUSIC()
  const data = await api.getPlaylist('RDCLAK5uy_k1Wu8QbZASiGVqr1wmie9NIYo38aBqscQ')
  console.log(data.title)

Getting the cookie

Get the auth cookie from requests to YTMusic in your browser:

• Open YouTube Music in browser
• Go to the developer tools (Ctrl-Shift-I) and find an authenticated POST request. You can filter for /browse to easily find a suitable request.
• Copy cookie from Request Headers

Using in code

Import lib to your code:

  const { YTMUSIC } = require('ytmusic')
  // or if you build it yourself
  const { YTMUSIC } = require('path/to/ytmusic/dist/index.js')

Create new Instance of api with your cookie:

  const api = new YTMUSIC("cookie")

  // or if you want it to use not default account, specify userID (refer to docs to get it): 
  const api = new YTMUSIC("cookie", "userID")

Use it:

  const data = await api.getPlaylist('RDCLAK5uy_k1Wu8QbZASiGVqr1wmie9NIYo38aBqscQ')
  console.log(data.title)
  // { text: '80s Pop-Rock Anthems' }

Built With

• TypeScript - JavaScript that scales.
• node-fetch - A light-weight module that brings window.fetch to Node.js

Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for details on our code of conduct, and the process for submitting pull requests to us.

Just contribute <3

Versioning

We use SemVer for versioning. For the versions available, see the tags on this repository.

Authors

• Vlad Denisov - Initial work - vladdenisov
• Daniel Leong - dhleong

See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details