@3xanax/youtube-stream-status

youtube-stream-status

A node module to check if YouTube channel is live

Installation

Node.js required

npm install @3xanax/youtube-stream-status

Usage

Require YouTube channel-id. Example: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiaoRUmpQ0mH05w9PVQzYPw UCiaoRUmpQ0mH05w9PVQzYPw is the channel-id string from the above url

const yt = require('@3xanax/youtube-stream-status');

yt.getStream("UCiaoRUmpQ0mH05w9PVQzYPw")
    .then(data => {
      console.log(data)
    })

Example output when Live:

  {
      "stream": {
          "_id": "UCiaoRUmpQ0mH05w9PVQzYPw"
      }
  }

Example output when Offline:

  {
      "stream": null
  }

Support & Issues

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LICENSE

MIT