Why play-dl ?

ytdl-core has some issues with miniget and also stream abort issues. On the other hand, youtube-dl is a very perfect alternative but it takes time to launch. Hence, play-dl is created to avoid these issues along with providing comparatively faster performance than others.

Download videos/playlists or search for videos

This is a light-weight youtube downloader and searcher.

• searches by video, playlist, channel
• obtains audio playback url

Installation

npm install play-dl@latest

Examples

For pre-made examples, head over to /examples folder.

Docs

• Main
• YouTube
• Spotify