Direct "googlevideo.com" cdn link

[AkashDeep000]

I can't find a way to get "googlevideo.com" links.
I have seen many youtube downloader websites just grab the "googlevideo.com" cdn url and show download buttom with those links.
By doing this we haven't proxy YouTube video and stream through our own server.

[imaperson1060]

The download links can be found by doing

function getVideoInfo(id) {
    var videoInfo = await yt.dl.getInfo(id);
    var hd;
    try { hd = videoInfo.formats.find(x => x.itag == 22).url; } catch (e) {}
    var sd = videoInfo.formats.find(x => x.itag == 18).url;
    var audio = videoInfo.formats.find(x => x.itag == 140).url;
    var formats = { hd, sd, audio };
    return formats;
}

[AkashDeep000]

Yeah ☺️ it's work 👍

const ytdl = require('ytdl-core');

async function getVideoInfo(id) {
    var videoInfo = await ytdl.getInfo(id);
    var hd;
    try { hd = videoInfo.formats.find(x => x.itag == 22).url; } catch (e) {}
    var sd = videoInfo.formats.find(x => x.itag == 18).url;
    var audio = videoInfo.formats.find(x => x.itag == 140).url;
    var formats = { hd, sd, audio };
    return formats;
}

getVideoInfo("bR8sE9ubyTI")
.then(results => console.log(results))

[imaperson1060]

You're welcome 😄

[AhmedO9473]

@imaperson1060,
This answer only works for JS that's in a Node JS enviorment, which is server-side, If I'm developing a client side JS, what's the suitable copy of this code:

function getVideoInfo(id) {
    var videoInfo = await yt.dl.getInfo(id);
    var hd;
    try { hd = videoInfo.formats.find(x => x.itag == 22).url; } catch (e) {}
    var sd = videoInfo.formats.find(x => x.itag == 18).url;
    var audio = videoInfo.formats.find(x => x.itag == 140).url;
    var formats = { hd, sd, audio };
    return formats;
}

for a client-side JS??

[imaperson1060]

It should be the same, provided you can find a ytdl library for the front end. All that code does is it filters through the ytdl output.

If it's the library you're looking for, I don't think there is one, as YouTube's CORS policy makes it impossible. tl;dr, that means that no other domain can make requests to YouTube, requiring the library to be backend so it simulates a "user".

[AhmedO9473]

@imaperson1060,
The example doesn't work with a React app, whenever i include (ytdl-core) it says:

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'http' in 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\miniget\dist'
BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "http": require.resolve("stream-http") }'
- install 'stream-http'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "http": false }
WARNING in ./node_modules/miniget/dist/index.js
Module Warning (from ./node_modules/source-map-loader/dist/cjs.js):
Failed to parse source map from 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\miniget\src\index.ts' file: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\miniget\src\index.ts'

WARNING in ./node_modules/m3u8stream/dist/dash-mpd-parser.js
Module Warning (from ./node_modules/source-map-loader/dist/cjs.js):
Failed to parse source map from 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\m3u8stream\src\dash-mpd-parser.ts' file: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\m3u8stream\src\dash-mpd-parser.ts'

WARNING in ./node_modules/m3u8stream/dist/index.js
Module Warning (from ./node_modules/source-map-loader/dist/cjs.js):
Failed to parse source map from 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\m3u8stream\src\index.ts' file: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\m3u8stream\src\index.ts'

WARNING in ./node_modules/m3u8stream/dist/m3u8-parser.js
Module Warning (from ./node_modules/source-map-loader/dist/cjs.js):
Failed to parse source map from 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\m3u8stream\src\m3u8-parser.ts' file: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\m3u8stream\src\m3u8-parser.ts'

WARNING in ./node_modules/m3u8stream/dist/parse-time.js
Module Warning (from ./node_modules/source-map-loader/dist/cjs.js):
Failed to parse source map from 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\m3u8stream\src\parse-time.ts' file: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\m3u8stream\src\parse-time.ts'

WARNING in ./node_modules/m3u8stream/dist/queue.js
Module Warning (from ./node_modules/source-map-loader/dist/cjs.js):
Failed to parse source map from 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\m3u8stream\src\queue.ts' file: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\m3u8stream\src\queue.ts'

WARNING in ./node_modules/sax/lib/sax.js 139:13-37
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'stream' in 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\sax\lib'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "stream": require.resolve("stream-browserify") }'
- install 'stream-browserify'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "stream": false }

WARNING in [eslint]
src\App.js
Line 1:8: 'logo' is defined but never used no-unused-vars
Line 11:49: Expected '===' and instead saw '==' eqeqeq
Line 12:47: Expected '===' and instead saw '==' eqeqeq
Line 13:50: Expected '===' and instead saw '==' eqeqeq

src\Ytapi.js
Line 2:7: 'stream' is assigned a value but never used no-unused-vars
Line 7:49: Expected '===' and instead saw '==' eqeqeq
Line 8:47: Expected '===' and instead saw '==' eqeqeq
Line 9:50: Expected '===' and instead saw '==' eqeqeq

ERROR in ./node_modules/miniget/dist/index.js 8:31-46
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'http' in 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\miniget\dist'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "http": require.resolve("stream-http") }'
- install 'stream-http'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "http": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/miniget/dist/index.js 9:32-48
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'https' in 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\miniget\dist'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "https": require.resolve("https-browserify") }'
- install 'https-browserify'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "https": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/miniget/dist/index.js 10:17-34
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'stream' in 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\miniget\dist'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "stream": require.resolve("stream-browserify") }'
- install 'stream-browserify'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "stream": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/m3u8stream/dist/dash-mpd-parser.js 11:17-34
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'stream' in 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\m3u8stream\dist'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "stream": require.resolve("stream-browserify") }'
- install 'stream-browserify'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "stream": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/m3u8stream/dist/index.js 8:17-34
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'stream' in 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\m3u8stream\dist'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "stream": require.resolve("stream-browserify") }'
- install 'stream-browserify'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "stream": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/m3u8stream/dist/m3u8-parser.js 6:17-34
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'stream' in 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\m3u8stream\dist'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "stream": require.resolve("stream-browserify") }'
- install 'stream-browserify'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "stream": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/safe-buffer/index.js 3:13-30
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'buffer' in 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\safe-buffer'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "buffer": require.resolve("buffer/") }'
- install 'buffer'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "buffer": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/ytdl-core/lib/cache.js 3:4-21
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'timers' in 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\ytdl-core\lib'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "timers": require.resolve("timers-browserify") }'
- install 'timers-browserify'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "timers": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/ytdl-core/lib/index.js 1:20-49
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'stream' in 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\ytdl-core\lib'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "stream": require.resolve("stream-browserify") }'
- install 'stream-browserify'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "stream": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/ytdl-core/lib/info-extras.js 2:11-33
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'querystring' in 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\ytdl-core\lib'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "querystring": require.resolve("querystring-es3") }'
- install 'querystring-es3'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "querystring": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/ytdl-core/lib/info.js 1:20-42
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'querystring' in 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\ytdl-core\lib'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "querystring": require.resolve("querystring-es3") }'
- install 'querystring-es3'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "querystring": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/ytdl-core/lib/info.js 8:4-21
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'timers' in 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\ytdl-core\lib'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "timers": require.resolve("timers-browserify") }'
- install 'timers-browserify'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "timers": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/ytdl-core/lib/sig.js 1:20-42
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'querystring' in 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\ytdl-core\lib'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "querystring": require.resolve("querystring-es3") }'
- install 'querystring-es3'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "querystring": false }

ERROR in ./node_modules/ytdl-core/lib/sig.js 4:11-24
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'vm' in 'C:\Users\ahma2\apcwytpadfree\node_modules\ytdl-core\lib'

BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for node.js core modules by default.
This is no longer the case. Verify if you need this module and configure a polyfill for it.

If you want to include a polyfill, you need to:
- add a fallback 'resolve.fallback: { "vm": require.resolve("vm-browserify") }'
- install 'vm-browserify'
If you don't want to include a polyfill, you can use an empty module like this:
resolve.fallback: { "vm": false }

ERROR in [eslint]
src\App.js
Line 9:32: 'id' is not defined no-undef

Search for the keywords to learn more about each error.

webpack compiled with 15 errors and 8 warnings

How do I solve this?

[imaperson1060]

This appears to be a problem with the miniget module.

[AhmedO9473]

I ran the library on a React application and had this error:

Cross-Origin Request Blocked: The Same Origin Policy disallows reading the remote resource at https://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?video_id=KymaDBqZvfA&c=TVHTML5&cver=7.20210622.10.00&eurl=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutube.googleapis.com%2Fv%2FKymaDBqZvfA&ps=default&gl=US&hl=en&html5=1. (Reason: CORS header ‘Access-Control-Allow-Origin’ missing).

Since every Node.JS app must have a URL, how do I solve this??

[AhmedO9473]

That also, it has a 405 (Method Not Allowed) code besides that.

[imaperson1060]

Yes, that's how CORS works. Node apps don't inherently have URLs, because you can run them without creating a web server. When you send a request from a Node app's backend, it appears as your IP address, and looks like a normal user is requesting the URL. If you send the request from an HTML page, then the URL will be localhost, or whatever domain you're using, and that is blocked.