# Disclamer
This is based on a [fork](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ytdl-core-browser).
By July 02, 2024, it is working.
# Browser Youtube Downloader
This library is a tiny wrapper around the [ytdl-core](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ytdl-core) library to make it work in the browser.
Also add other stuff - such as ytpl and ytsr.
We don't care about bugs and issues, do what you want. **This library is just a proof of concept**.
[free js static CDN](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/ytdl-core-info-browser@latest/)
***Have fun!***
## Explanations
In order to make ytdl-core work in the browser, we use two steps:
1. We [browserify]() the source code
2. We use [proxyquireify](https://www.npmjs.com/package/proxyquireify) to mock [miniget](https://www.npmjs.com/package/miniget) and [m3u8stream](https://www.npmjs.com/package/m3u8stream) to bypass CORS errors by YouTube.
## Usage
Here is an example usage. You can replace `/dist/ytdl.js` with the path to the library's
entry file.
```html
...
...
```
## Customize
This is the source code of the library:
```ts
const proxyquire = require('proxyquireify')(require);
const realMiniget = require('miniget');
const m3u8stream = require('m3u8stream');
// We import the library so it cached before using proxyquire
const ytdlCore = require('ytdl-core');
interface YtdlBrowserOptions {
proxyUrl: string; // Ex: 'https://cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com/'
proxyquireStubs?: any;
}
module.exports = (options: YtdlBrowserOptions) => {
return proxyquire('ytdl-core', {
miniget(url, opts){
return realMiniget(options.proxyUrl + url, opts);
},
m3u8stream(url, opts){
return m3u8stream(options.proxyUrl + url, opts);
},
...(options.proxyquireStubs || {})
});
};
```
You are very welcomed to hack the settings (especially with option `proxyquireStubs`).
For instance, if you want to use a custom implementation of the miniget library:
```js
const ytdl = window.require('ytdl-core-browser')({
proxyUrl: ...
proxyquireStubs: {
miniget(url,options){
// Your custom mock of miniget(...)
},
m3u8stream(url, options){
// Your custom mock of m3u8stream(...)
}
}
})
```