🎥 TubeScoop API 📺

This project is a Node.js application that uses the Express.js framework to create a simple YouTube information fetcher.

Features

• API: This project doesn't use YouTube's API; it instead "scrapes" the public web pages for the information.

Routes 🛣️

Name	Path	Body Content	Protocol	Response
Search	/search	query	POST	ReducedVideo
Get Playlist Details	/get_playlist	url	POST	Playlist
Get Video Details	/get_video	url	POST	FullVideo
Get Channel Details	/get_channel	url (/@[...] or /channel/[...])	POST	DepthChannel
Get A Channel's Videos	/get_channel_videos	url (/@[...] or /channel/[...])	POST	ReducedVideo

Examples 🌟

Fetching information on a YouTube video:

curl -X POST http(s)://[your_domain]:[your_port]/get_video
   -H "Content-Type: application/json"
   -d '{"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"}'  

Fetching information on a YouTube channel:

curl -X POST http(s)://[your_domain]:[your_port]/get_channel
   -H "Content-Type: application/json"
   -d '{"url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw"}'  

Fetching a list of a channel's videos:

curl -X POST http(s)://[your_domain]:[your_port]/get_channel_videos
   -H "Content-Type: application/json"
   -d '{"url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw"}'  

Fetching playlist information:

curl -X POST http(s)://[your_domain]:[your_port]/get_playlist
   -H "Content-Type: application/json"
   -d '{"url": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlaN88a7y2_qSLH3pLiQIQ6isY_DZTtdg"}'  

Searching YouTube:

curl -X POST http(s)://[your_domain]:[your_port]/search
   -H "Content-Type: application/json"
   -d '{"query": "What is the rickroll trend?"}'  

Error Handling 🚨

The application includes error-handling middleware.

Running the Server 🚀

The server listens on port 3000. To start the server, use the following command:

node main.js

You should see the message "Server is running on port 3000" in the console.

Future Improvements 🌱

• Add more endpoints to fetch other types of data from YouTube.
• Improve error handling to provide more detailed error messages.
• Add tests to ensure the reliability of the application.

Contributing 🤝

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you want to change.

License 📜

MIT