universal-video-provider

Install

You can install it with yarn: yarn --pure-lockfile

Description

It's a video provider, which expose some basics data extracted from famous video platforms.

This lib could be used natively on server side (node) and on client side, with a client package manager as npm, webpack, ...

Basic usage :

npm install --save universal-video-provider

yarn add universal-video-provider

const videoProvider = require('universal-video-provider');
 
const provider = videoProvider.getProviderFromUrl('http://www.youtube.com/v/ky6CRSBcf98');
// provider is an object which contains data extraction methods
 
provider.getTitle()
.then(title => console.log(title))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
 
provider.getDescription()
.then(title => console.log(title))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
 
...
 
provider.getVideoFromUrl('http://www.youtube.com/v/ky6CRSBcf98')
then(video => console.log(video))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
// video is an object which contains all the extracted data

Requirements

Run with npm and jspm. Not tested with others package managers.

Support video platforms

youtube, dailymotion, ina, digiteka

For youtube, you have to extend the current provider with an apiKey :

videoProvider.extendProvider('youtube', { apiKey: 'yourKey' });

For digiteka, you have to extend the current provider with credentials :

videoProvider.extendProvider('digiteka', {
  // id of the site lemonde.fr on digiteka
  mdtk: '123456',
  mainCatalog: '5dmpl',
  // When playing a video, this indicates that the video is played
  // in a back-office (to avoid ads, and not count it as a view)
  zoneId: 34,
});

Digiteka provider has a search method to require in utlimedia catalog. Params :

pattern [required]
pageToken (youtube only)
order (youtube only)

Youtube provider has a search method to search within youtube library. It returns an Object with 2 keys, one for the token for the next request, the second holds a videos collection matching the criteria:

// "converge" is your search
const searcher = () => videoProvider.getProviderFromName('youtube').search(encodeURIComponent('converge'))
 
searcher().then(data => console.log(data))
// data is an object which contains all the extracted data
{ nextPageToken: 'CAUQAA',
  videos:
   [ { title: 'Converge - "A Single Tear"',
       description: 'Listen to the full album: http://bit.ly/2ypxqC7\n"A Single Tear" by Converge from the album The Dusk In Us',
       thumbnailUrl: 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DKqOp2YHfhI/maxresdefault.jpg',
       playerUrl: '//www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKqOp2YHfhI',
       duration: '04:06',
       pusblishedDate: '2017-09-25T19:05:29.000Z',
       metadata: { embedCode: '//www.youtube.com/embed/DKqOp2YHfhI' },
       provider: 'youtube',
       providerVideoId: 'DKqOp2YHfhI' },
     { title: 'Converge - "Precipice / All We Love We Leave Behind"',
       description: '"Precipice / All We Love We Leave Behind" by Converge',
       thumbnailUrl: 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/akG2cFldO6I/maxresdefault.jpg',
       playerUrl: '//www.youtube.com/watch?v=akG2cFldO6I',
       duration: '06:17',
       publishedDate: '2017-09-25T19:05:29.000Z',
       metadata: { embedCode: '//www.youtube.com/embed/akG2cFldO6I' },
       provider: 'youtube',
       providerVideoId: 'akG2cFldO6I'
     }
   ]
 }

providerVideo API

getProviderFromUrl

Get a specific provider from an url.

Return: provider Object

const provider = videoProvider.getProviderFromUrl(
  'http://www.youtube.com/v/ky6CRSBcf98'
);

getVideoFromUrl

Get a video from an url.

Return: video object

provider.getVideoFromUrl('http://www.youtube.com/v/ky6CRSBcf98');
then(video => console.log(video)).catch(err => console.error(err));
// video is an object which contains all the extracted data

getVideoFromId

Get a video from a provider and a video id.

Return: video object

const youtubeProvider = videoProvider.getProviderFromUrl(
  'http://www.youtube.com/v/ky6CRSBcf98'
);
provider.getVideoFromId(youtubeProvider, 'ky6CRSBcf98');
then(video => console.log(video)).catch(err => console.error(err));
// video is an object which contains all the extracted data

extractVideoId

Extract video id from an url, with a specific provider.

Return: String

const provider = videoProvider.getProviderFromUrl(
  'http://www.youtube.com/v/ky6CRSBcf98'
);
const videoId = videoProvider.extractVideoId(
  provider,
  'http://www.youtube.com/v/ky6CRSBcf98'
);
// 'ky6CRSBcf98'

getProviderByName

Get a specific provider by his name

Return: provider Object

videoProvider.getProviderByName('dailymotion');

getSupportedProviders

Get a list of supported provider

Return: [String]

videoProvider.getSupportedProviders();
// ['dailymotion', 'ina', 'youtube', 'digiteka']

extendProvider

Extend a current provider with new constants or methods.

Params: provider name (String), new fields (Object)

videoProvider.extendProvider('vimeo', {
  apiKey: 'myKey',
  search: terms =>
    fetch(`vimeoUrl/search/?terms=${terms}?apiKey=${this.apiKey}`),
});

extendProvider

Extend all providers with new constants or methods.

Params: new fields (Object)

videoProvider.extendProviders({ header: { 'Cache-Control': 'no-cache' } });

provider API

getThumbnailUrl

Get the thumbnail url of the video.

Params: video id
Returns: String

provider
  .getThumbnailUrl(videoId)
  .then(thumbnailUrl => console.log(thumbnailUrl))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

getTitle

Get the title of the video.

Params: video id
Returns: String

provider
  .getTitle(videoId)
  .then(title => console.log(title))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

getDescription

Get the description of the video.

Params: video id
Returns: String

provider
  .getDescription(videoId)
  .then(description => console.log(description))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

getDuration

Get the duration of the video.

Params: video id
Returns: String

provider
  .getDuration(videoId)
  .then(duration => console.log(duration))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

getPublishedDate

Get the publication date of the video.

Params: video id
Returns: date

provider
  .getPublishedDate(videoId)
  .then(publishedDate => console.log(publishedDate))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

getPlayerUrl

Get the player url of the video.

Params: video id
Returns: String

provider
  .getPlayerUrl(videoId)
  .then(playerUrl => console.log(playerUrl))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

How to contribute ?

Since js-release is included in the project, you can make a release with it: See the changelog: yarn release changelog make the release: yarn release add <patch|minor|major>

This will transpile the sources (yarn build) before creating a new release.

You can add issue, and create pull request. https://github.com/lemonde/universal-video-provider/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md