Disclamer

This is based on a fork.
By July 02, 2024, it is working.

Browser Youtube Downloader

This library is a tiny wrapper around the ytdl-core library to make it work in the browser.
Also add other stuff - such as ytpl and ytsr.
We don't care about bugs and issues, do what you want. This library is just a proof of concept.
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Have fun!

Explanations

In order to make ytdl-core work in the browser, we use two steps:
1. We [browserify]() the source code
2. We use proxyquireify to mock miniget and m3u8stream to bypass CORS errors by YouTube.

Usage

Here is an example usage. You can replace /dist/ytdl.js with the path to the library's
entry file.

``html
...

...



`

Customize

This is the source code of the library:

`ts
const proxyquire = require('proxyquireify')(require);
const realMiniget = require('miniget');
const m3u8stream = require('m3u8stream');
// We import the library so it cached before using proxyquire
const ytdlCore = require('ytdl-core');

interface YtdlBrowserOptions {
proxyUrl: string; // Ex: 'https://cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com/'
proxyquireStubs?: any;
}

module.exports = (options: YtdlBrowserOptions) => {
return proxyquire('ytdl-core', {
miniget(url, opts){
return realMiniget(options.proxyUrl + url, opts);
},
m3u8stream(url, opts){
return m3u8stream(options.proxyUrl + url, opts);
},
...(options.proxyquireStubs || {})
});
};
`

You are very welcomed to hack the settings (especially with option proxyquireStubs).
For instance, if you want to use a custom implementation of the miniget library:
`js
const ytdl = window.require('ytdl-core-browser')({
proxyUrl: ...
proxyquireStubs: {
miniget(url,options){
// Your custom mock of miniget(...)
},
m3u8stream(url, options){
// Your custom mock of m3u8stream(...)
}
}
})
``