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Fetch meta information about YouTube videos, fix 403 error

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# Youtube Info [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/philbot9/youtube-info.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/philbot9/youtube-info) ## Purpose A Node.js module that fetches meta information about YouTube videos. The information is scraped directly from the YouTube website, so no need for a Google API-key. **This project is in no way affiliated with YouTube.** ## Installation Install as a module via npm. ```bash $ npm install youtube-info ``` ## Usage `http//www.youtube.com/watch?v={videoId}` ``` javascript var fetchVideoInfo = require('youtube-info'); fetchVideoInfo(videoId, cb); ``` | Parameter | Meaning | |:--------------|:---------------| | videoId | ID of youtube Video | | callback | (optional) callback function | ### Promises API ``` javascript var fetchVideoInfo = require('youtube-info'); fetchVideoInfo('{videoId}').then(function (videoInfo) { console.log(videoInfo); }); ``` ### Callback API ``` javascript var fetchVideoInfo = require('youtube-info'); fetchVideoInfo('{videoId}', function (err, videoInfo) { if (err) throw new Error(err); console.log(videoInfo); }); ``` ## Result ``` { videoId: '{video Id}', url: '{video url}', title: '{video title}', description: '{video description as HTML}', owner: '{video owner}', channelId: '{owner channel id}', thumbnailUrl: '{video thumbnail url}', embedURL: '{video embed url}', datePublished: '{video publication date}', genre: '{video genre}', paid: {true/false}, unlisted: {true/false}, isFamilyFriendly: {true/false}, duration: {video duration in seconds}, views: {number of views}, regionsAllowed: [ '{two letter country code}', ... ], commentCount: {number of comments}, likeCount: {number of likes}, dislikeCount: {number of dislikes}, channelThumbnailUrl: {channel thumbnail url} } ```