youtube-metadata-swift

Get YouTube metadata without YouTube API

youtube-metadata-swift is a Swift package and command-line tool for fetching metadata of YouTube videos.

Features

• Fetch metadata for YouTube videos.
• Display the title, author, and thumbnail URL of a video.
• Command-line interface with usage instructions.

Installation

Swift Package

To use youtube-metadata-swift as a dependency in your Swift project, add the following to your Package.swift:

dependencies: [
    .package(url: "https://github.com/ezefranca/youtube-metadata-swift.git", from: "1.0.0")
],
targets: [
    .target(
        name: "YourTarget",
        dependencies: ["YTMetadataRequesterLib"]),
]

Command-Line Tool

To install the command-line tool, you can use the provided install.sh script:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/ezefranca/youtube-metadata-swift.git
   cd youtube-metadata-swift

2. Run the install script:

   ./install.sh

This will build the tool and copy it to /usr/local/bin.

Usage

Command-Line Tool

To fetch metadata for a YouTube video, run:

ytmeta <YouTube URL>

How to get a video metadata from url

    func getMetadata() async {
        let vid = "https://youtu.be/TRqiFPpw2fY"
        let req = YTMetadataRequester()

        do {
            let metadata = try await req.getMetadata(for: vid)
            print("Title: \(metadata.title)")
        } catch {
            print("Failed to fetch metadata: \(error.localizedDescription)")
        }
    }

Response

{
  title: 'Foo Fighters - The Sky Is A Neighborhood (Official Music Video)',
  author_name: 'foofightersVEVO',
  author_url: 'https://www.youtube.com/user/foofightersVEVO',
  type: 'video',
  height: 113,
  width: 200,
  version: '1.0',
  provider_name: 'YouTube',
  provider_url: 'https://www.youtube.com/',
  thumbnail_height: 360,
  thumbnail_width: 480,
  thumbnail_url: 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TRqiFPpw2fY/hqdefault.jpg',
  html: '<iframe width="200" height="113" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TRqiFPpw2fY?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>'
}

// MARK: -Metadata
struct Metadata: Codable {
    let authorName: String
    let authorURL: String
    let height: Int
    let html, providerName: String
    let providerURL: String
    let thumbnailHeight: Int
    let thumbnailURL: String
    let thumbnailWidth: Int
    let title, type, version: String
    let width: Int
}

Related

A npm module with the same purpose

License

This project is provided for educational purposes only. It is not affiliated with and has not been approved by Youtube.