@rolme/ytscript/dist/utils/titleFetcher.js

A CLI tool to download YouTube transcripts and generate summaries

import { getVideoId } from './videoId.js';
import ytdl from 'ytdl-core';
/**
 * Fetches the title of a YouTube video from its URL
 * @param url The YouTube video URL
 * @returns The video title
 */
export async function getTitleFromUrl(url) {
    try {
        const videoId = getVideoId(url);
        const info = await ytdl.getInfo(videoId);
        return info.videoDetails.title;
    }
    catch (error) {
        if (error instanceof Error && error.message === 'Invalid YouTube URL') {
            throw error;
        }
        throw new Error('Failed to fetch video title');
    }
}