this is a fork & port to react native of TimeForANinja/node-ytsr
Simple react native package to search for Youtube for Videos, Playlists and many more. Does not require any login or Google-API-Key.
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import ytsr from 'react-native-ytsr'
const search = await ytsr('TimeForNinjaIsAwesome')
console.log(search)
Searches for the given string
-
searchString
- search string or url (from getFilters) to search from
-
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 - safeSearch[Boolean] -> pull items in youtube restriction mode.
- limit[integer] -> limits the pulled items, defaults to 100, set to Infinity to get the whole list of search results - numbers <1 result in the default being used
- pages[Number] -> limits the pulled pages, pages contain 20-30 items, set to Infinity to get the whole list of search results - 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
Pulls avaible filters for the given string or link
import ytsr from 'react-native-ytsr'
const filters1 = await ytsr.getFilters('github');
const filter1 = filters1.get('Type').get('Video');
const filters2 = await ytsr.getFilters(filter1.url);
const filter2 = filters2.get('Features').get('Live');
const options = {
pages: 2,
}
const searchResults = await ytsr(filter2.url, options);
console.log(searchResults)
searchString
- string to search for
- or previously optained filter ref
options
- 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 - requestOptions[Object] -> Additional parameters to passed to miniget, which is used to do the https requests
- gl[String] -> 2-Digit Code of a Country, defaults to
- returns a Promise resulting in a
Map<String, Map<String, Filter>>
- Example response
Continues a previous request by pulling yet another page.
The previous request had to be done using pages
limitation.
import ytsr from 'react-native-ytsr'
const search = await ytsr('github', { pages: 1 });
console.log(search)
const r2 = ytsr.continueReq(search.continuation);
console.log(r2.items)
const r3 = ytsr.continueReq(r2.continuation);
console.log(r3.items)
- returns a Promise resolving into
{ continuation, items }
npm install --save react-native-ytsr
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