# metascraper-youtube

> Metascraper rules tailored for YouTube pages — richer metadata than generic HTML parsers.

Latest version **5.58.1** (published 2026-09-17) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install metascraper-youtube
pnpm add metascraper-youtube
yarn add metascraper-youtube
bun add metascraper-youtube
```

## Health

**Score 65/100 (B)** — status: active.

Positive: has types; no vulnerabilities; recently updated; high maintenance score; high quality score.

Warnings: low downloads; no esm support.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 5.58.1 |
| Published | 2026-09-17 |
| First published | 2017-12-31 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Node | >= 22 |
| Dependencies | 4 |
| Unpacked size | 5.1 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 2738 |
| Author | microlink.io |
| Maintainers | kikobeats |
| Keywords | channel, extract, html, metadata, metascraper, preview, scraper, video, watch, youtube |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/metascraper-youtube
- Repository: https://github.com/microlinkhq/metascraper
- Homepage: https://github.com/microlinkhq/metascraper/packages/metascraper-youtube
- Issues: https://github.com/microlinkhq/metascraper/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/metascraper-youtube

## Dependencies (4)

- [p-locate](https://npm.io/package/p-locate.md) ~7.0.0
- [get-video-id](https://npm.io/package/get-video-id.md) 3
- [reachable-url](https://npm.io/package/reachable-url.md) ~2.1.4
- [@metascraper/helpers](https://npm.io/package/@metascraper/helpers.md) 5.56.2

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## Recent versions

- 5.58.1 (latest) — 2026-09-17
- 5.56.2 — 2026-08-17
- 5.55.2 — 2026-08-13
- 5.55.1 — 2026-08-10
- 5.55.0 — 2026-08-09
- 5.54.1 — 2026-08-07
- 5.54.0 — 2026-08-07
- 5.53.1 — 2026-08-02
- 5.53.0 — 2026-07-30
- 5.52.0 — 2026-07-29
- 5.51.1 — 2026-06-19
- 5.50.6 — 2026-06-09
- 5.50.5 — 2026-06-09
- 5.50.1 — 2026-04-14
- 5.50.0 — 2026-03-20
- … 282 more at https://npm.io/package/metascraper-youtube/versions

## README

<div align="center">
  <br>
  <img style="width: 500px; margin:3rem 0 1.5rem;" src="https://metascraper.js.org/static/logo-banner.png" alt="metascraper">
  <br>
  <br>
  <p align="center"><strong>metascraper-youtube</strong>: Metascraper integration with YouTube.</p>
  <p align="center">See our <a href="https://metascraper.js.org" target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>website</a> for more information.</p>
  <br>
</div>

## Install

```bash
$ npm install metascraper-youtube --save
```

#### options

##### gotOpts

Type: `object`

Any option provided here will passed to [got#options](https://github.com/sindresorhus/got#options).

## License

**metascraper-youtube** © [Microlink](https://microlink.io), released under the [MIT](https://github.com/microlinkhq/metascraper/blob/master/LICENSE.md) License.<br>
Authored and maintained by [Microlink](https://microlink.io) with help from [contributors](https://github.com/microlinkhq/metascraper/contributors).

> [microlink.io](https://microlink.io) · GitHub [microlinkhq](https://github.com/microlinkhq) · X [@microlinkhq](https://x.com/microlinkhq)

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