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vdkar/youtube-downloader
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A small project for fetching youtube vidoes with their private api.

v1.0.3(4y ago)016RPL-1.5PHPPHP >=7.0

Since Apr 19Pushed 4y agoCompare

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YoutubeDownloader
=================

[](#youtubedownloader)

This is a Youtube Private API Client in PHP

There are multiple other PHP-based youtube downloaders on the Internet, but most of them haven't been updated in years, or they depend on youtube-dl itself.

Every of the, most every downloader uses youtube's front-end, than the extract the data from youtube front-end response which is kinda \[bad\];

I wanted to build a java android application to play youtubes videos in background and i had quite problems with all downloaders on the web.

I mean you have librarys that work, but when youtube changes something on the front-end they need to update, and yeah, youtube is changing it on a regular monthly bases.

Pure PHP-based youtube downloaders that work, don't exist, except of this one.

This is the first Pure PHP-based youtube downloader that works.

This script does not depend on anything other than cURL. cURL is used from GuzzleHttp. No Javascript interpreters, no calls to shell... nothing but pure PHP with no heavy dependencies either.

Feel free to fork and contribute if you like this project!

Demo
----

[](#demo)

This will work every time, you can have 1M requests, if youtube blocks you, just ask the server to register you again, and you have the new key which is not banned.

Here down is a screenshot of [this](./Examples/FetchPlayer.php) example running in browser.

[![](./docs/inBrowser.jpg)](./docs/inBrowser.jpg)

[Here](./docs/ResponseSample.txt) you can see the whole response

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Recommended way of installing this is via [Composer](http://getcomposer.org):

```
composer require socialAPIS/youtubedownloader
```

Copy the [FetchPlayer](./Examples/FetchPlayer.php) example to your server folder and run it

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

To use the Youtube's private API you first need to register. to register you can call this

```
$registrationResponse = $yt->registerDevice();

```

to save bandwidth you can save the id/key from the response and save it to a database or any other method.

if you have the id/key, you can register on this way

```
$yt->registerIdKey("id", "key");

```

```
$yt = new \YoutubeDownloader\YoutubeDownloader();

$registrationResponse = $yt->registerDevice();

//or

$yt->registerIdKey("id", "key");
```

Then you need to have the video id

```
$playerResponse = $yt->playerRequest->fetch_player_info('video_id_comes_here');

//to se some output you can
echo $playerResponse->serializeToJsonString();

```

You will get this output:

```
{
  "requestData": {
    "googleVisitorId": ""
  },
  "playerVideos": {
    "id": 21540,
    "videos": [
      {
        "id": 17,
        "videoUrl": "https://r3---sn-vox-n32e.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1587287354&ei=2sCbXqv1KYmK7gOolJDQAw&ip=146.255.75.42&id=o-ADg-JhQhyb5_HLjBIDhsgPBiCE-m1W1TJEE_ut1_j4L9&itag=17&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mh=7F&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-vox-n32e%2Csn-c0q7lnse&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=2&pcm2cms=yes&pl=24&pcm2=no&initcwndbps=462500&vprv=1&mime=video%2F3gpp&gir=yes&clen=4053996&dur=436.256&lmt=1557915191960575&mt=1587265652&fvip=3&c=ANDROID&txp=5431432&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cpcm2%2Cvprv%2Cmime%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AJpPlLswRQIgaBWKonzA2at6trESlwPOkW8391wYbwL5mFuI4BT6sd0CIQD3MT2lvaa75iuEtO6AbC1knTEaQu9L9IuqToZPkljMpA%3D%3D&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpcm2cms%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=ALrAebAwRQIgd8KLX0ldFKlRJiY4W9eUFBB6Qhg_HD7aLsF0mjkepsQCIQC8cd38PmQSxaXCiF8rIh_UOb3TxD1DPpuk0MeEJTAeAw%3D%3D",
        "format": "video/3gpp; codecs=\"mp4v.20.3, mp4a.40.2\"",
        "size": "small",
        "sizeFormat": "144p"
      },
      {
        "id": 18,
        "videoUrl": "https://r3---sn-vox-n32e.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1587287354&ei=2sCbXqv1KYmK7gOolJDQAw&ip=146.255.75.42&id=o-ADg-JhQhyb5_HLjBIDhsgPBiCE-m1W1TJEE_ut1_j4L9&itag=18&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mh=7F&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-vox-n32e%2Csn-c0q7lnse&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=2&pcm2cms=yes&pl=24&pcm2=no&initcwndbps=462500&vprv=1&mime=video%2Fmp4&gir=yes&clen=35587198&ratebypass=yes&dur=436.233&lmt=1557917191257289&mt=1587265652&fvip=3&c=ANDROID&txp=5431432&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cpcm2%2Cvprv%2Cmime%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cratebypass%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AJpPlLswRQIgW_UDRYl8zmYRNf4fVikpqjenp2l2vMKuiynmChUmCwUCIQD4Q6ggKRo_78nGkXnScL1z9d6Ig4yRap5HKm9QUgyhaw%3D%3D&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpcm2cms%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=ALrAebAwRQIgd8KLX0ldFKlRJiY4W9eUFBB6Qhg_HD7aLsF0mjkepsQCIQC8cd38PmQSxaXCiF8rIh_UOb3TxD1DPpuk0MeEJTAeAw%3D%3D",
        "format": "video/mp4; codecs=\"avc1.42001E, mp4a.40.2\"",
        "size": "medium",
        "sizeFormat": "360p"
      },
      ...
}
...
```

To-do list
----------

[](#to-do-list)

- refactor
- Explain the encryption key preparation (Hashing/Encryption)
- Explain the Url and Body Signing process
- Implement Search/Browse video
- Implement Fetching Google-Visitor-id from response
- Implement Interface for persisting data

License
=======

[](#license)

- Reciprocal Public License 1.5 (RPL-1.5):

Legal
-----

[](#legal)

This code is in no way affiliated with, authorized, maintained, sponsored or endorsed by Youtube or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. This is an independent and unofficial API. Use at your own risk.

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 60% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~309 days

Total

3

Last Release

1596d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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