YouTube Info

Collection of commands to interact with the YouTube API.

Features

• Video Information - get video title, description, view count, like count, thumbnails, license and more
• Video Duration - get video duration in milliseconds, seconds or minutes
• Video Captions - get video captions in different languages, formatted as an array or text, with or without timestamps
• Video Comments - get video comments, including author, comment, like count, published date, replies and more
• Get Playlist Items - get playlist items, including video title, description, published at, thumbnails and more
• Search Videos - search videos by keywords, channel, category, duration and more

Setup

1. Install the extension. You can follow the Extension Install Guide.

   Uninstall Old Extension

   This extension replaced the old 'YouTube Duration' extension. If you have the old extension installed, please uninstall it before installing this one.

2. You're all set! You can now use the commands below.

Optional Custom API Key

By default, the YouTube Info Extension uses my provided API key. This key is shared among everyone who installs and uses the extension.

Since the extension only retrieves YouTube video information, you do not need to authenticate on your end.

If you encounter errors like "quota exceeded", you can provide your own API key inside the Settings button.

How To Retrieve Your Own YouTube Data API Key:

1. Go to the Google Cloud Console at console.cloud.google.com.
2. Create a New Project or use an existing one by clicking 'Select a project'.
3. Enable YouTube Data API:
   • In the search bar, type "YouTube Data API" and select it.
   • Click "Enable" to activate the API for your project.
4. Create API Credentials:
   • Go to "API & Services" -> "Credentials" tab on the left-hand menu.
   • Click "+ Create Credentials" and choose "API Key."
   • Your new API key will be generated. Copy paste it into the box below.

   Recommended

   Click on the key and restrict the key to only work with the "YouTube Data API".

Commands

Get Video Info

Returns a video information object with details like title, description, view count, like count, thumbnails, license and more.

Example response object:

{
    "id": "nfRBUCBPwvw",
    "title": "Variables in SAMMI | What does the yellow box mean?!",
    "description": "Since the original video on...",
    "channelId": "UC9uWa-US_jCYmdwTI2sHpMw",
    "channelTitle": "Christina K.",
    "publishedAt": "2024-08-20T22:46:56Z",
    "categoryId": "20",
    "viewCount": "47",
    "likeCount": "4",
    "commentCount": "0",
    "favoriteCount": "0",
    "embeddable": 1.0,
    "embedHtml": "<iframe width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/nfRBUCBPwvw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen></iframe>",
    "madeForKids": 0.0,
    "licensedContent": 0.0,
    "license": "youtube",
    "thumbnails": {
        "maxres": {
            "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nfRBUCBPwvw/maxresdefault.jpg",
            "width": 1280.0,
            "height": 720.0
        },
        "default": {
            "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nfRBUCBPwvw/default.jpg",
            "width": 120.0,
            "height": 90.0
        },
        "medium": {
            "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nfRBUCBPwvw/mqdefault.jpg",
            "width": 320.0,
            "height": 180.0
        },
        "standard": {
            "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nfRBUCBPwvw/sddefault.jpg",
            "width": 640.0,
            "height": 480.0
        },
        "high": {
            "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nfRBUCBPwvw/hqdefault.jpg",
            "width": 480.0,
            "height": 360.0
        }
    }
}

Get Video Duration

Returns the video duration in milliseconds, seconds or minutes.

Get Video Captions

Retrieves captions for the specified YouTube Video.

Example captions array with timestamps enabled:

[
    "0:00 hey samis I'm Christina and today we",
    "0:04 will go over what a variable is and how",
    "0:08 we use them in",
    "0:09 Samy first things first what is a",
    "0:14 variable let's ask uh our new friend"
]

Get Video Comments

Retrieves comments for the specified YouTube Video.

Example response object with a single comment and a reply:

{
  "nextPageToken": "Z2V0X25ld2VzdF9maXJzdC0tQ2dnSWdBUVZGN2ZST0JJRkNJY2dHQUFTQlFpSUlCZ0FFZ1VJblNBWUFSSUZDSWtnR0FBU0JRaW9JQmdBR0FBaURnb01DSUMzc0pVR0VKRFpzYUFD",
  "items": [
    {
      "commentId": "UgxrNMw_Dhfrz3nHYSJ4AaABAg",
      "author": {
        "channelId": "UCFtWXvQOwHsHHE5d4c6KwWA",
        "channelUrl": "http://www.youtube.com/@BlazenMikay",
        "profileImageUrl": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AIdro_kPFmb7J_orOqFKMnB7C8rO7GXxNGHgLIwb7A2_EZbKpw=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
        "displayName": "@BlazenMikay"
      },
      "text": "so songs request are added into a playlist and not just queued up got it does this still work with sammi?",
      "publishedAt": "2024-07-22T20:06:42Z",
      "likeCount": 0.0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "commentId": "UgxrNMw_Dhfrz3nHYSJ4AaABAg.A6CioZQUPNNA6DANJYoMLK",
          "author": {
            "channelId": "UC9uWa-US_jCYmdwTI2sHpMw",
            "channelUrl": "http://www.youtube.com/@ChristinnaK",
            "profileImageUrl": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/gmoJUD7qhHIDJ6Hh1N049z9E8O4HFdOvxn5paUAotqvH2lKCXWhCnx4KvsiMwos51Idab8m-=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
            "displayName": "@ChristinnaK"
          },
          "text": "Song requests are added to the end of your playback queue.",
          "publishedAt": "2024-07-23T00:16:15Z",
          "likeCount": 0.0
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Search Videos

Search YouTube videos based on query and filters, and return results.

Example Video Object after searching for short rabbits videos:

{
    "videoId": "UcFFrZFQX6w",
    "title": "Cute Rabbits Jumping In The Farm#farming",
    "description": "in this video How do you befriend a rabbit? rabbit frandship rabbit house rabbit dosti rabbit farming rabbit farm rabbit rabbit ...",
    "channelId": "UCbVIs7AaH_e8Y-g8174HhEA",
    "channelTitle": "Aastha Rabbit Farming",
    "publishedAt": "2024-09-29T04:29:21Z",
    "publishTime": "2024-09-29T04:29:21Z",
    "liveBroadcastContent": "none",
    "thumbnails": {
        "default": {
            "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UcFFrZFQX6w/default.jpg",
            "width": 120.0,
            "height": 90.0
        },
        "medium": {
            "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UcFFrZFQX6w/mqdefault.jpg",
            "width": 320.0,
            "height": 180.0
        },
        "high": {
            "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UcFFrZFQX6w/hqdefault.jpg",
            "width": 480.0,
            "height": 360.0
        }
    },
    "kind": "youtube#video"
}

Get Playlist Items

Retrieves all videos from the specified playlist.

Example response with a single video object:

{
    "nextPageToken": "EAAajgFQVDpDQW9pRUVSR1JUSkJNelF6TVRCQ05rSXhOamtvQVVpRmlLUE41OEtJQTFBQldrVWlRMmxLVVZSRVZteGhlbXN4VTIxYVVFeFlhRE5VUmxwdVlsTXhiR014VmpWa01qbHZWREozZEZReVduRmpWekIwUldkM1NYVmxaVmQwZDFsUmFWQlBUekpSVFNJ",
    "items": [
        {
            "videoId": "evj47uRl3Xs",
            "title": "Clean the Bunny Room with Me! 🐰🧹",
            "description": "Come along with me as I clean my bunnies' room! 🧹🐇 In this video, I’ll show you my routine for keeping my rabbit’s space clean and organized...",
            "channelId": "UCMwnCA2CMDQnoQ-UOrwVMUw",
            "channelTitle": "Victoria Raechel",
            "videoOwnerChannelTitle": "Victoria Raechel",
            "videoOwnerChannelId": "UCMwnCA2CMDQnoQ-UOrwVMUw",
            "playlistId": "PL5ek95JfO-xwLVgm-esUywohOl-Ofjqm-",
            "position": 0.0,
            "publishedAt": "2024-09-14T16:03:05Z",
            "videoPublishedAt": "2024-09-14T16:00:41Z",
            "thumbnails": {
                "maxres": {
                    "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/evj47uRl3Xs/maxresdefault.jpg",
                    "width": 1280.0,
                    "height": 720.0
                },
                "default": {
                    "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/evj47uRl3Xs/default.jpg",
                    "width": 120.0,
                    "height": 90.0
                },
                "medium": {
                    "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/evj47uRl3Xs/mqdefault.jpg",
                    "width": 320.0,
                    "height": 180.0
                },
                "standard": {
                    "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/evj47uRl3Xs/sddefault.jpg",
                    "width": 640.0,
                    "height": 480.0
                },
                "high": {
                    "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/evj47uRl3Xs/hqdefault.jpg",
                    "width": 480.0,
                    "height": 360.0
                }
            },
            "resourceId": {
                "kind": "youtube#video",
                "videoId": "evj47uRl3Xs"
            }
        }
    ]
}