# youtube-metadata-cli

> Get metadata on YouTube videos.

Latest version **0.1.1** (published 2017-06-09) · ISC license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install youtube-metadata-cli
pnpm add youtube-metadata-cli
yarn add youtube-metadata-cli
bun add youtube-metadata-cli
```

Provides the command `youtube-metadata`.

## Health

**Score 25/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.

Positive: no vulnerabilities.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support; pre 1.0.

Negative: abandoned.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 |
| Published | 2017-06-09 |
| First published | 2017-06-09 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | ISC |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Node | >=6 |
| Dependencies | 5 |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | yes |
| GitHub stars | 7 |
| Author | Jannis R |
| Maintainers | derhuerst |
| Keywords | youtube, metadata, download, youtube-dl, playlist, cli |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/youtube-metadata-cli
- Repository: https://github.com/derhuerst/youtube-metadata-cli
- Issues: https://github.com/derhuerst/youtube-metadata-cli/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/youtube-metadata-cli

## Dependencies (5)

- [ndjson](https://npm.io/package/ndjson.md) ^1.5.0
- [minimist](https://npm.io/package/minimist.md) ^1.2.0
- [through2](https://npm.io/package/through2.md) ^2.0.3
- [lodash.omit](https://npm.io/package/lodash.omit.md) ^4.5.0
- [csv-write-stream](https://npm.io/package/csv-write-stream.md) ^2.0.0

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## Recent versions

- 0.1.1 (latest) — 2017-06-09
- 0.1.0 — 2017-06-09

## README

# youtube-metadata-cli

**Get metadata on YouTube videos.** Uses [the wonderful `youtube-dl`](http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/). Supports playlists.

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## Installing

```shell
npm install -g youtube-metadata-cli
```


## Usage

```js
Usage:
    youtube-metadata <url>

Options:
    --format -f  Output format.
                 Default: csv
                 Available: csv,ndjson,url

Examples:
    youtube-metadata --format url 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFtmB2U3Clo&list=PLJ7QPuvv91Jsf2mEnwtCaVyxkuLMkRJF6'
```

It will write one line of metadata per video.

`youtube-metadata-cli` can als be used from JavaScript:

```js
const getYoutubeMetadata = require('youtube-metadata-cli')

getYoutubeMetadata('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFtmB2U3Clo&list=PLJ7QPuvv91Jsf2mEnwtCaVyxkuLMkRJF6')
.on('error', console.error)
.on('data', (meta) => {
	console.log(meta.display_id, meta.title)
})
```


## Contributing

If you have a question or have difficulties using `youtube-metadata-cli`, please double-check your code and setup first. If you think you have found a bug or want to propose a feature, refer to [the issues page](https://github.com/derhuerst/youtube-metadata-cli/issues).

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