youtube-chat

Fetch Youtube live chat without API

You will need to take full responsibility for your action

Getting started

1. Install
   • npm i youtube-chat
   • yarn add youtube-chat
2. Import
   • Javascript

   const LiveChat = require('youtube-chat').LiveChat

   • Typescript

   import {LiveChat} from 'youtube-chat'

3. Create instance with ChannelID or LiveID

   // If channelId is specified, liveId in the current stream is automatically acquired.
   const liveChat = new LiveChat({channelId: 'UCxkOLgdNumvVIQqn5ps_bJA?'})
   
   // Or specify LiveID in Stream manually.
   const liveChat = new LiveChat({liveId: 'bc5DoKBZRIo'})

4. Add events

   // Emit at start of observation chat.
   // liveId: string
   liveChat.on('start', (liveId) => {})
   
   // Emit at end of observation chat.
   // reason: string?
   liveChat.on('end', (reason) => {})
   
   // Emit at receive chat.
   // comment: CommentItem
   liveChat.on('comment', (comment) => {})
   
   // Emit when an error occurs
   // err: Error
   liveChat.on('error', (err) => {})

Types

CommentItem

interface CommentItem {
  id: string
  author: {
    name: string
    thumbnail?: ImageItem
    channelId: string
    badge?: {
      thumbnail: ImageItem
      label: string
    }
  }
  message: MessageItem[]
  superchat?: {
    amount: string
    color: number
  }
  membership: boolean
  isOwner: boolean
  timestamp: number
}

MessageItem

type MessageItem = { text: string } | ImageItem

ImageItem

interface ImageItem {
  url: string
  alt: string
  width: number
  height: number
}