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NAME

StreamFinder::Youtube - Fetch actual raw streamable URLs from Youtube and others.

AUTHOR

This module is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 by

Jim Turner, <turnerjw784 at yahoo.com>

Email: turnerjw784@yahoo.com

All rights reserved.

You may distribute this module under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file.

SYNOPSIS

use strict;

use StreamFinder::Youtube;

my $station = new StreamFinder::Youtube(<url>);

die "Invalid URL or no streams found!\n"  unless ($station);

my $firstStream = $station->get();

print "First Stream URL=$firstStream\n";

my $url = $station->getURL();

print "Stream URL=$url\n";

my $stationTitle = $station->getTitle();

print "Title=$stationTitle\n";

my $stationID = $station->getID();

print "Station ID=$stationID\n";

my $icon_url = $station->getIconURL();

if ($icon_url) {   #SAVE THE ICON TO A TEMP. FILE:

	my ($image_ext, $icon_image) = $station->getIconData();

	if ($icon_image && open IMGOUT, ">/tmp/${stationID}.$image_ext") {

		binmode IMGOUT;

		print IMGOUT $icon_image;

		close IMGOUT;

	}

}

my $stream_count = $station->count();

print "--Stream count=$stream_count=\n";

my @streams = $station->get();

foreach my $s (@streams) {

	print "------ stream URL=$s=\n";

}

DESCRIPTION

StreamFinder::Youtube accepts a valid Youtube video URL on youtube, brighteon, vimeo, et. al. that the "youtube-dl" program can handle, and returns the actual stream URL, title and cover art icon for that video. The purpose is that one needs this URL in order to have the option to stream the video in one's own choice of media player software rather than using their web browser and accepting any / all flash, ads, javascript, cookies, trackers, web-bugs, and other crapware that can come with that method of playing. The author uses his own custom all-purpose media player called "fauxdacious" (his custom hacked version of the open-source "audacious" audio player). "fauxdacious" incorporates this module to decode and play youtube.com videos. This is a submodule of the general StreamFinder module.

Depends: WWW::YouTube::Download, LWP::UserAgent, URI::Escape, and the separate program: youtube-dl.

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

new(url [, "debug" [ => 0|1|2 ]])

Accepts a youtube.com URL and creates and returns a new station object, or undef if the URL is not a valid youtube video or no streams are found.

$station->get()

Returns an array of strings representing all stream urls found.

$station->getURL()

Similar to get() except it only returns a single stream representing the first valid stream found.

$station->count()

Returns the number of streams found for the video.

$station->getID()

Returns the video's Youtube ID (numeric).

$station->getTitle()

Returns the video's title (description).

$station->getIconURL()

Returns the url for the video's "cover art" icon image, if any.

$station->getIconData()

Returns a two-element array consisting of the extension (ie. "png", "gif", "jpeg", etc. and the actual icon image (binary data), if any.

$station->getImageURL()

Returns the url for the video's "cover art" banner image.

$station->getImageData()

Returns a two-element array consisting of the extension (ie. "png", "gif", "jpeg", etc. and the actual video's banner image (binary data).

$station->getType()

Returns the stream's type ("Youtube").

KEYWORDS

youtube

DEPENDENCIES

youtube-dl

LWP::UserAgent

WWW::YouTube::Download

URI::Escape

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-streamFinder-youtube at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=StreamFinder-Youtube. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc StreamFinder::Youtube

You can also look for information at:

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2017-2019 Jim Turner.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the the Artistic License (2.0). You may obtain a copy of the full license at:

http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0

Any use, modification, and distribution of the Standard or Modified Versions is governed by this Artistic License. By using, modifying or distributing the Package, you accept this license. Do not use, modify, or distribute the Package, if you do not accept this license.

If your Modified Version has been derived from a Modified Version made by someone other than you, you are nevertheless required to ensure that your Modified Version complies with the requirements of this license.

This license does not grant you the right to use any trademark, service mark, tradename, or logo of the Copyright Holder.

This license includes the non-exclusive, worldwide, free-of-charge patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import and otherwise transfer the Package with respect to any patent claims licensable by the Copyright Holder that are necessarily infringed by the Package. If you institute patent litigation (including a cross-claim or counterclaim) against any party alleging that the Package constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement, then this Artistic License to you shall terminate on the date that such litigation is filed.

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