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NativeScript YouTube Parser

A util to extract raw video-URLs and format information from a YouTube-video page. This way you can play YouTube videos in the native video player. The plugin is based on npm package youtube-parser and adapted to the NativeScript framework (removed cli & excess dependencies). Works on iOS and Android.

Installation

Run npm i nativescript-youtube-parser in the ROOT directory of your project.

Usage

getURL(url, format)

url - 'watch video' page on YouTube.
format - Object { quality: 'small | medium | high', container: 'mp4 | flv | 3pg | webm' }
return value - A promise object to resolve with an array of URL/format info objects that match the requested format.

var youtubeParser = require('nativescript-youtube-parser');

youtubeParser.getURL('https://youtu.be/C_vqnySNhQ0', { quality: 'medium', container: 'mp4' })
    .then(function (urlList) {
        console.log("YouTube mp4 video url: ", urlList[0].url);
    }
);

Changelog

2.0.1

Fixed issue with common.js include

2.0.0

Code refactor, api-changes

1.1.0

Fixed an https issue on Android that would cause the plugin not to work

1.0.0

Initial release

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