Youtube Clip Downloader API

This API allows you to download specific segments of YouTube videos by specifying a start timestamp and duration. It's based on ytdl-core (DisTube version), fluent-ffmep, ffmpeg-static and Nest Framework

Demo link:

https://yt-clip-downloader.koyeb.app

Project setup

$ npm install

Compile and run the project

# development
$ npm run start

# watch mode
$ npm run dev

# production mode
$ npm run start:prod

Usage

The Swagger definition for this API is available here

Download a clip

1. Endpoint: GET /download-clip

2. Query Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
videoURL	string	YouTube video URL	yes
start	number	Start time in seconds	yes
duration	number	Clip duration in seconds	yes

3. Example:

curl -X 'GET' \
  'http://localhost:3000/download-clip?videoURL=https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ&start=60&duration=30' \
  -H 'accept: application/json'

Get Video Informations

1. Endpoint: GET /video-infos

2. Query Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
videoURL	string	YouTube video URL	yes

3. Example:

curl -X 'GET' \
  'http://localhost:3000/video-info?videoURL=https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ' \
  -H 'accept: application/json'