PHP API To get Direct Link of YouTube videos

Direct Link of YouTube videos.md

/*
Made by [egyJs.com](https://www.instagram.com/egyjs/);
*/

see it on :

install it on your localhost and try it :

http://youlink.epizy.com/?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGCLs9Bt_KY

http://youlink.epizy.com/?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[ID]

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youtube.api.php

<?php
/*
Made by [egyJs.com](https://www.instagram.com/egyjs/);
v2.0
*/
header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *');
header('Content-Type: application/json');


function get_error($ErrorExaction){
    $myObj = new stdClass();
    $myObj->error = true;
    $myObj->msg = $ErrorExaction;

    $myObj->madeBy = "A.El-zahaby";
    $myObj->instagram = "egy.js";
    $myJSON = json_encode($myObj,JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
    echo $myJSON;
    exit;
}

function get_log($dump){
    if (isset($_GET['log'])) var_dump($dump).'\n\n\n';
}
if(isset($_GET['url']) && $_GET['url'] != ""){
    parse_str( parse_url( $_GET['url'], PHP_URL_QUERY ), $vars );


    $id=$vars['v'];
    $dt=file_get_contents("https://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?video_id=$id&el=embedded&ps=default&eurl=&gl=US&hl=en");
    if (strpos($dt, 'status=fail') !== false) {

        $x=explode("&",$dt);
        $t=array(); $g=array(); $h=array();

        foreach($x as $r){
            $c=explode("=",$r);
            $n=$c[0]; $v=$c[1];
            $y=urldecode($v);
            $t[$n]=$v;
        }

        $x=explode("&",$dt);
        foreach($x as $r){
            $c=explode("=",$r);
            $n=$c[0]; $v=$c[1];
            $h[$n]=urldecode($v);
        }
        $g[]=$h;
        $g[0]['error'] = true;
        $g[0]['instagram'] = "egy.js";
        $g[0]['apiMadeBy'] = 'El-zahaby';
        echo json_encode($g,JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);

    }else{

        $x=explode("&",$dt);
        $t=array(); $g=array(); $h=array();

        foreach($x as $r){
            $c=explode("=",$r);
            $n=$c[0]; $v=$c[1];
            $y=urldecode($v);
            $t[$n]=$v;
        }
        $streams = explode(',',urldecode($t['url_encoded_fmt_stream_map']));
//        if(empty($streams[0])){ get_error('ops! this video has something wrong! :( '); }
        if(empty($streams[0])){
            get_log($streams);
        }
        foreach($streams as $dt){
            $x=explode("&",$dt);
            foreach($x as $r){
                $c=explode("=",$r);
                if ($c[0]  == 'itag'){ // reference:  https://superuser.com/q/1386658
                    switch ($c[1]){
                        case '18':
                            $h['mimeType'] = "mp4";
                            $h['width'] = "640";
                            $h['height'] = "360";
                            $h['qualityLabel'] = '360p';
                            break;
                        case '22':
                            $h['mimeType'] = "mp4";
                            $h['width'] = "1280";
                            $h['height'] = "720";
                            $h['qualityLabel'] = '720p';
                            break;
                        case '43':
                            $h['mimeType'] = "webm";
                            $h['width'] = "640";
                            $h['height'] = "360";
                            $h['qualityLabel'] = '360p';
                            break;
                        default:
                            $h['mimeType'] = null;
                            $h['width'] = null;
                            $h['height'] = null;
                            $h['qualityLabel'] = '';
                    }
                }
                $n=$c[0]; /* => */ $v=$c[1];
                $h[$n]=urldecode($v);

            }
            $g[]=$h;
        }
        echo json_encode($g,JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
        // var_dump( $g[1]["quality"],true);
    }
}else{

     get_error("Ops, there is no youtube link!");

}

i can not download anymore from youtube since today, there is an error "Undefined index: url_encoded_fmt_stream_map"

i can not download anymore from youtube since today, there is an error "Undefined index: url_encoded_fmt_stream_map"

I think the way this goes is youtube keeps patching this api from working and then OP fixes it... Not a really reliable system but not much you can do when you're using an API that breaks terms of service...

parse_str(file_get_contents("https://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?video_id=N-1IiYkrvgE&asv=3&el=detailpage&hl=en_US"),$info);
$streams = $info['player_response'];
$jsn_str=str_replace("\u0026","&",$streams);
$streamin_data_json=json_decode($jsn_str, true);
foreach ($streamin_data_json["streamingData"]["adaptiveFormats"] as $stream) {

parse_str($stream["cipher"],$dturl);
echo $dturl['url'].'
';
}

parse_str(file_get_contents("https://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?video_id=N-1IiYkrvgE&asv=3&el=detailpage&hl=en_US"),$info,$info));
$streams = $info['player_response'];
$jsn_str=str_replace("\u0026","&",$streams);
$streamin_data_json=json_decode($jsn_str, true);
foreach ($streamin_data_json["streamingData"]["adaptiveFormats"] as $stream) {

parse_str($stream["cipher"],$dturl);
echo $dturl['url'].'
';
}

The link sends me here...

I think there's some param you need that can be found in the youtube video player. (Here's someone who completly reverse engineered this api (if you'd even call it that).)[https://tyrrrz.me/blog/reverse-engineering-youtube]. I think this is missing the sts param, as it is called in his blog.

my code

https://gist.github.com/lhuxman-lhux/bade6474d6b4616d29594541a9e11888

@lhuxman-lhux

my code

https://gist.github.com/lhuxman-lhux/bade6474d6b4616d29594541a9e11888

this is really good work ,, i will fork it and improve it if you don't mind

oke, no problem

no audio i any video @lhuxman-lhux

first url,

first url,

i did not understand this

first url,

i did not understand this

I'm playing around with lhuxman-lhux's script and starting to figure it out... Not every itag is working in his code (he says it's still in development). The ones that are working for me are 299, 251, 313, 137, 248. You can see what those itags correspond to within his switch statement at the top of the script. There are more of them that work, but the ones I listed are for 1080p60, 1080p, 360p, and 4k.

Also, @lhuxman-lhux do you mind if I also fork this? This is really well made.

first url,

i did not understand this

I'm playing around with lhuxman-lhux's script and starting to figure it out... Not every itag is working in his code (he says it's still in development). The ones that are working for me are 299, 251, 313, 137, 248. You can see what those itags correspond to within his switch statement at the top of the script. There are more of them that work, but the ones I listed are for 1080p60, 1080p, 360p, and 4k.

Also, @lhuxman-lhux do you mind if I also fork this? This is really well made.

please contact me:
lhuxman19@gmail.com

Why I am getting no response.
Entered URL: http://youlink.epizy.com/?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIKv7j0bTyM

Why I am getting no response.
Entered URL: http://youlink.epizy.com/?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIKv7j0bTyM

Yeah the API doesn't seem to be working anymore... There arent any good alternatives I could find either...

So after all the research, I have done, I found a better solution and implemented and hosted it on Heroku...
Link: https://maadhav-ytdl.herokuapp.com/
Please let me know if any more features are needed. Thanks.
I hope it helps all others...

So after all the research, I have done, I found a better solution and implemented and hosted it on Heroku...
Link: https://maadhav-ytdl.herokuapp.com/
Please let me know if any more features are needed. Thanks.
I hope it helps all others...

This is really good, great work! Is it, by chance, open source? I may be able to add if the video has audio or not. I'd have to look at some old code of mine and see...

Edit: nevermind, seems like you got that already implemented. Might I suggest the "format" be an array just to make things easier?

Thanks! I have given the source code just below the title.
Anyway: https://github.com/Maadhav/youtube-downloader-API

Thanks! I have given the source code just below the title.
Anyway: https://github.com/Maadhav/youtube-downloader

Cool man! Big ups for making this.

@Maadhav
I just tried with the package you built.

$yt = new YouTubeDownloader();

$links = $yt->getDownloadLinks("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJzCYSdrHMI");

var_dump($links); exit;

I am getting array(0) {} as a result.

How can I get working url with above url ?

does this still work?

I love u <3 <3 u saved my life <3 its working

Thanks! I have given the source code just below the title.
Anyway: https://github.com/Maadhav/youtube-downloader-API

Great work man.. hopefully this remains working for a longer time.

I found an error when running on Repl.it:
[Tue Dec 15 22:14:00 2020] PHP Notice: Undefined index: url_encoded_fmt_stream_map in /home/runner/FreeYoutube/index.php on line 66 [Tue Dec 15 22:14:00 2020] PHP Notice: Undefined offset: 1 in /home/runner/FreeYoutube/index.php on line 102

@jazzy8 Can u send the repl.it public URL for the project u are trying to run?

I created a Javascript variant for anyone not wanting to rely on calling an external API, https://gist.github.com/JMV2112/f131f6d7c7782eb6e54c72f4da735ec0

this doesnt work

This no longer works 😞