youtubei.js 4.2.0
A wrapper around YouTube's private API. Supports YouTube, YouTube Music, YouTube Kids and YouTube Studio (WIP).
youtubei.js@4.2.0 was published on 2023-04-09. Its manifest declares 4 runtime dependencies and 0 peer requirements. Type declarations are bundled according to the package metadata. No Node.js engine requirement is declared in this manifest.
All youtubei.js versions · Permanent reference to 4.2.0 · Latest release
Package specifications
| Version | 4.2.0 |
|---|---|
| License declaration | MIT |
| Published | 2023-04-09T06:42:06.242Z |
| Node.js requirement | Not declared |
| Type declarations | Bundled declarations |
| Runtime dependency count | 4 |
| Peer requirement count | 0 |
| Optional dependency count | 0 |
| Minified size | Measurement not available yet |
| Minified + gzip | Measurement not available yet |
| Unpacked distribution size | 5987.13 KiB |
| Published file count | 1569 |
| Package type | module |
| ES module entry | Not declared |
| Default entry | Not declared |
| Side effects declaration | Not declared |
| Direct advisories | 0 |
| Resolved graph dependencies | 19 |
| Repository stars | 5387 |
| Repository forks | 448 |
Install youtubei.js 4.2.0
npm install youtubei.js@4.2.0 pnpm add youtubei.js@4.2.0 yarn add youtubei.js@4.2.0
Runtime dependencies
Peer requirements
- None declared
Optional dependencies
- None declared
Resolved dependency graph
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- @fastify/busboy@2.1.1 — indirect
- acorn@8.19.0 — indirect
- boolbase@1.0.0 — indirect
- css-select@5.2.2 — indirect
- css-what@6.2.2 — indirect
- cssom@0.5.0 — indirect
- dom-serializer@2.0.0 — indirect
- domelementtype@2.3.0 — indirect
- domhandler@5.0.3 — indirect
- domutils@3.2.2 — indirect
- entities@4.5.0 — indirect
- html-escaper@3.0.3 — indirect
- htmlparser2@8.0.2 — indirect
- jintr@1.2.0 — direct
- linkedom@0.14.26 — direct
- nth-check@2.1.1 — indirect
- tslib@2.8.1 — direct
- uhyphen@0.2.0 — indirect
- undici@5.29.0 — direct
How to interpret the specifications
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Evidence and freshness
- https://registry.npmjs.org/youtubei.js/4.2.0 — retrieved 2026-10-30T02:37:40.610Z
- https://api.deps.dev/v3/projects/github.com%2FLuanRT%2FYouTube.js — retrieved 2026-10-30T02:01:50.076Z
- https://api.deps.dev/v3/systems/npm/packages/youtubei.js/versions/4.2.0 — retrieved 2026-10-30T02:37:41.131Z
- https://api.deps.dev/v3/systems/npm/packages/youtubei.js/versions/4.2.0:dependencies — retrieved 2026-10-30T02:37:41.165Z