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@natsu.darkcore/ytdl-darkcore

v2.0.1

Published

YouTube scraper/downloader — InnerTube API directo, zero external deps

Readme

@natsu.darkcore/ytdl-darkcore

YouTube scraper/downloader. InnerTube API directa. Zero dependencias externas.

  • Usa la API interna de YouTube (ANDROID client) → URLs directas, sin decipher
  • Sin yt-dlp, sin módulos npm de terceros, solo node:https
  • ffmpeg opcional para merging audio+video o conversión de formato

Instalación

npm install @natsu.darkcore/ytdl-darkcore

Uso

import { getVideoInfo, downloadStream } from '@natsu.darkcore/ytdl-darkcore'

const info = await getVideoInfo('dQw4w9WgXcQ')
console.log(info.title, info.formats.length, 'formats disponibles')

// Descargar el mejor audio (itag 251 = opus 160k)
const audio = info.bestAudio!
const path = await downloadStream(audio, './descargas/audio.webm')
console.log('Descargado:', path)

API

getVideoInfo(videoId)

Usa InnerTube API. Retorna VideoInfo con todos los formats (URLs directas).

downloadStream(format, outputPath, opts?)

Descarga un stream con node:https. Soporta descarga multisegment para DASH.

getFfmpegPath(), getFfmpegBinDir()

Localiza o auto-descarga ffmpeg (solo si se necesita merging/conversión).

Cómo funciona

  1. getVideoInfo hace un POST a youtubei/v1/player con API key y ANDROID client
  2. YouTube responde con metadatos + hasta 50+ formats con URLs directas
  3. El ANDROID client no requiere decipher (a diferencia del web client)
  4. downloadStream descarga con node:https, con soporte de fragmentos concurrentes para DASH

Seguridad

Sin exec de subprocesos para extracción. Sin shell. Sin inyección. Solo HTTP requests.

Licencia

MIT