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YouTube chat subscription JavaScript: Get every new message during YouTube livestream chat with DOM Mutation Observer
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/* YouTube Chat Subscription Function. Written by VityaSchel | |
* Subscribe to new messages in YouTube chat in JS (browser-only) | |
* Pass callback function which gets 2 parameters: author, message | |
* !! Does not support emojies, user badges, message deletions !! | |
*/ | |
function subscribeToChat(chatMessageCallback) { | |
let chatObserverCallback = (mutationsList, observer) => { | |
let messageMutation = mutationsList.filter(mutation => mutation.target.id === 'items').find(itemDOM => itemDOM.addedNodes.length > 0) | |
if(messageMutation === undefined || messageMutation.addedNodes.length === 0) { return; } | |
let messageNode = messageMutation.addedNodes[0] | |
if(messageNode === undefined) { return; } | |
let messageContent = messageNode.querySelector('#content') | |
let authorName = messageContent.querySelector('yt-live-chat-author-chip > #author-name').innerText | |
let messageText = messageContent.querySelector('#message').innerText | |
chatMessageCallback(authorName, messageText) | |
} | |
let chatTarget = document.querySelector('yt-live-chat-item-list-renderer') | |
let chatObserver = new MutationObserver(chatObserverCallback) | |
chatObserver.observe(chatTarget, { childList: true, subtree: true }) | |
} | |
// Example of usage: | |
// subscribeToChat((author, msg) => console.log(author, ':', msg)) | |
/* Output: | |
* Jay : pallavi Didi ️ | |
* Nightbot : Hey Sameer Kumar is Spammer randwa, enjoy The Good Life :) | |
*/ |
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Tested in chat pop-up.
URL of chat pop-up: https://www.youtube.com/live_chat?is_popout=1&v=[VIDEO_ID]